Training plays a central role at the NIH BRAIN Initiative and efforts focus on the development of early-stage investigators and on initiatives to enhance the biomedical workforce.
The NIH BRAIN Initiative supports a continuum of programs. This includes early education funding opportunities for early-stage postdoctoral scholars to conduct research that uses novel tools developed through the NIH BRAIN Initiative. Opportunities are also centered on bridging the gap between late-stage postdoctoral training and early independence for scientists often underrepresented in the biomedical enterprise.
The NIH BRAIN Initiative’s training program regularly convenes activities and workshops that bring together promising scholars across the career development pipeline not only to support community development, but also designed to address key issues linked to retention of these promising scholars.
Other Training Information
The NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research is a cooperative effort among the 12 NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices that support neuroscience research. Blueprint was one of the inaugural sponsors of the BRAIN Initiative and has continued its investment in BRAIN. Blueprint aims to raise interest in and provide opportunities to learn about research training in neuroscience.
View Blueprint and other NIH training program information:
- Training in Computational Neuroscience: From Biology to Model and Back Again
- Jointly Sponsored Institutional Predoctoral Training Program in the Neurosciences (JSPTPN)
Contact
For questions related to funding opportunities or program areas, please find contact information below. For public inquiries, please use our Contact Us form.
Ashlee Van't Veer, Ph.D.
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
ashlee.vantveer@nih.gov
Ivana Grakalic, Ph.D.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
igrakalic@mail.nih.gov