BRAIN Blog

The Stanford Program for Integrated Neuroscience Technologies (SPrINT) is funding pilot projects focused on understanding brain function. Applications are due December 9, 2022. 

The solicitation for pre-proposals is due October 24, 2022 and is seeking collaborative projects aimed at developing emerging neurotechnologies into commercially viable, clinically focused solutions for disorders of the nervous system. 

Dr. Judy Illes, Professor of Neurology at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Musqueam Traditional Territory, Canada) recently received the Alvin J.

This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) will support the creation of Molecular Payloads Centers with a first application due date of June 28, 2023, and the earliest start date of April 2024. 

Register now for the first NIH Annual Investigator meeting on Functional Neural Circuits which will take place on September 29, 2022. This virtual meeting will focus on pre-clinical functional neural circuit analysis of interoception. 

The NIH BRAIN Initiative announces awards for two-large scale projects that aim to transform neuroscience research and enhance our understanding of the human brain.  

A virtual National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) workshop on September 22 and September 23, 2022 brings together experts to discuss scientific, technical, ethical, and regulatory issues around brain-machine interfaces.

OpenScope Program, DANDI Archive, Neurodata Without Borders (NWB), and The Kavli Foundation co-host an upcoming Open Neurodata Showcase on Wednesday, September 28, to promote neurodata analysis in NWB and DANDI. This event is open to the public. 

Dr. Preeya Khanna is a F32 award recipient who used the funding opportunity to study motor control restoration after stroke.

Last month, members of the NIH BRAIN Initiative Neuroethics Working Group (NEWG) and Multi-Council Working Group (MCWG) discussed research-related care needs for trial participants, emerging ethics themes, the annual BRAIN Initiative meeting, and more.