Jointly Sponsored NIH Predoctoral Training Program in the Neurosciences (JSPTPN – T32)

Jointly Sponsored NIH Predoctoral Training Program in the Neurosciences (JSPTPN – T32) is sponsored by National Institutes of Health (NIH) Blueprint for Neuroscience Research. This program supports broad and fundamental, early-stage graduate research training in the neurosciences via institutional NRSA research training grants (T32) at domestic institutions of higher education.

Institutional National Research Service Award (T32) | Grants & Funding U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Institutional National Research Service Award (T32) To enable institutions to make National Research Service Awards to individuals selected by them for predoctoral and postdoctoral research training in specified shortage areas.

Note: General Institutional Training Information Visit Institutional Training for general guidance, policy, and program information. Find ICO Specific Information Funding Considerations and The purpose of this Kirschstein-NRSA training program is to enable institutions to recruit individuals selected by them for predoctoral and postdoctoral research training in specified shortage areas.

The goal of this program is to prepare qualified predoctoral and/or postdoctoral trainees for careers that have a significant impact on the health-related research needs of the Nation. U.S. domestic institutions Carefully read the Eligibility section of the funding opportunity for opportunity-specific organization eligibility requirements.

Project Director/ Principal Investigator (PD/PI) Eligibility PD/PI U.S. Citizenship Requirement: Established investigator capable of providing administrative and scientific leadership. Carefully read the Eligibility section of the funding opportunity for opportunity-specific PD/PI eligibility requirements.

Predoctoral, Postdoctorate/Residency U.S. citizens or permanent residents enrolled in a research or clinical doctoral or postdoctoral program. Carefully read the Eligibility section of the funding opportunity for opportunity-specific Appointee eligibility requirements. Research Training and Career Development TI - Training, Institutional Application and Submission Information T32 Parent Announcements are available.

Not all NIH institutes and centers participate on all parent announcements. Check the participating organization in the funding opportunity before applying. The Jointly Sponsored Institutional Predoctoral Training Program in the Neurosciences (JSPTPN), formerly described under PAR-22-265 (expired), supports broad and fundamental research training in the neurosciences.

This initiative began in 1997 to provide support during the early years of graduate training, the first and second years, typically before full-time thesis research begins. This opportunity is a program within the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research in conjunction with the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) and the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIDCD).

The primary objective of the JSPTPN is to prepare individuals for careers in neuroscience that have a significant impact on the health-related research needs of the nation.

The NIH Blueprint will only support programs that fulfil the following criteria: 1) provide broad and fundamental research training in the neurosciences; 2) include a curriculum that provides a strong foundation in experimental design, statistical methodology and quantitative reasoning; 3) include laboratory rotations that allow students to explore different research areas, scientific approaches, and laboratory cultures; and 4) students may only be appointed to this training grant during the first 2 years of their graduate research training.

Applicants for 2025 should apply to the Parent T32 announcement ( PA-25-168 ), indicate that they are applying for the NIH Blueprint JSPTPN in the application cover letter and direct their application to NINDS in the Assignment Request Form. The next application deadline is May 25, 2025. (see NOT-NS-25-020 ).

Questions should be directed to the Scientific Program Contacts: Ashlee Van’t Veer ( [email protected] ) and Lauren Ullrich ( [email protected] ). The Jointly Sponsored Institutional Predoctoral Training Program in the Neurosciences is managed by an NIH-wide steering committee with one member from each of the participating Institutes.

Participating Blueprint Institutes and Program Contacts National Institute on Aging ( NIA ) Contact: Laura Major ( [email protected] ) National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) Contact: Jennifer Baumgartner ( [email protected] ) National Eye Institute (NEI) Contact: Ed Clayton ( [email protected] ) National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) Contact: Miri Gitik ( [email protected] ) National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) Contact: Zeynep Erim ( [email protected] ) National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Contact: Ralph Nitkin ( [email protected] ) National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) ( NIDA ) Contact: Edgardo Falcon-Morales ( [email protected] ) National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) Contact: Michele McGuirl ( [email protected] ) National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Contact: Carol Shreffler ( [email protected] ) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) ( NIMH ) Contact: Ashlee Van't Veer ( ashlee.

van' [email protected] ) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) ( NINDS ) Contact: Lauren Ullrich ( [email protected] ) Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) Contact: Dana Schloesser ( [email protected] ) Participating Non-Blueprint Institutes and Program Contacts National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) Contact: Alberto Rivera-Rentas ( [email protected] ) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Contact: Jeremy McIntyre ( [email protected] ) Currently Supported Training Programs University of California Berkley Title: Neuroscience Training Program at UC Berkeley Program Director: Helen Bateup, Ph.

D. ( [email protected] ) University of California San Diego Title: Neurosciences Graduate Training Program Program Director: Brenda Bloodgood, Ph. D.

( [email protected] ) University of California San Francisco Title: Predoctoral Training in Neurobiology Program Director: Samuel Pleasure, MD/Ph. D. ( [email protected] ) Title: Neuroscience Research Training Program Director: Merritt Maduke, Ph.

D. ( [email protected] ) University of Colorado Denver Title: Neuroscience Training Grant Program Director: Nathan Schoppa, Ph. D.

( [email protected] ) Title: Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program Program Director: Charles Greer, Ph. D. ( [email protected] ) Title: Broad-based Research, Analytics and Innovation in Neuroscience (B2RAIN) predoctoral Training Program Program Director: Jennifer Bizon, Ph.

D. ( [email protected] ) Title: Training in System and Integrative Biology Neuroscience Program Director: Yoland Smith, Ph. D.

( [email protected] ) Title: Neuroscience Training Program Program Director: Daniel Tranel, Ph. D. ( [email protected] ) Title: Training Program in Neuroscience Program Director: James Knierim, Ph.

D. ( [email protected] ) University of Maryland Baltimore Title: Multidisciplinary Training Program in Neuroscience Program Director: Jessica Mong, Ph. D.

( [email protected] ) Title: PhD Training in Neuroscience Program Director: John Assad, Ph. D. ( [email protected] ) Boston University Medical Campus Title: Graduate Program for Neuroscience Program Director: Shelley Russek, Ph.

D. ( [email protected] ) University of Michigan Ann Arbor Title: Early Stage Training in Neuroscience Program Director: Carol Elias, Ph. D.

( [email protected] ) Title: Predoctoral Training of Neuroscientists Program Director: David Redish, Ph. D. ( [email protected] ) Title: Neuroscience Training Program at Washington University Program Director: Daniel Kerschensteiner, MD.

( [email protected] ) Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Title: Training Program in Neuroscience Program Director: George Huntley, Ph. D. ( [email protected] ) State University of New York at Stony Brook Title: Training Program in Neuroscience at Stony Brook University: Fostering Quantitative Literacy and Experimental Rigor Program Director: Arianna Maffei, Ph.

D. ( [email protected] ) Title: Graduate Training in Neuroscience Program Director: Anna Majewska, Ph. D.

( [email protected] ) Wake Forest University Health Sciences Title: Neuroscience Training at Wake Forest Program Director: Paul Czoty, Ph. D. ( [email protected] ) Title: Neurobiology Training Program Program Director: Richard Mooney, Ph.

D. ( [email protected] ) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Title: Neuroscience Predoctoral Training at UNC-Chapel Hill Program Director: Mark Zylka, Ph. D.

( [email protected] ) Title: Predoctoral Training Program in the Neurosciences Program Director: James Herman, Ph. D. ( [email protected] ) Oregon Health & Science University Title: Multidisciplinary Training in Neuroscience Program Director: Kelly Monk, Ph.

D. ( [email protected] ) University of Pennsylvania Title: Graduate Training in Neuroscience Program Director: Minghong Ma, Ph. D.

( [email protected] ) Title: Interdisciplinary Predoctoral Neuroscience Training Program in the Neuroscience Graduate Program Program Director: David Sheinberg, Ph. D. ( [email protected] ) Baylor College of Medicine Title: Graduate Training in the Neurosciences Program Director: Mathew Rasband, Ph.

D. ( [email protected] ) University of Texas San Antonio Title: Integrated Graduate Training Program in Neuroscience, UTHSCSA Program Director: David Morilak, Ph. D.

( [email protected] ) University of Texas at Austin Title: Pre-Doctoral Training in Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program Director: Amy Lee, Ph. D. ( [email protected] ) Title: Predoctoral Training in Integrative Neuroscience Program Director: Ludise Malkova, Ph.

D. ( [email protected] ) University of Wisconsin at Madison Title: Neuroscience Training Program Program Director: Ari Rosenberg, Ph. D.

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