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The BRAIN Initiative® and NIDCD | NIDCD The BRAIN Initiative® and NIDCD The Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative is aimed at revolutionizing our understanding of the human brain. The National Institutes of Health’s Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative was announced in 2013 with the goal of revolutionizing our understanding of the human brain.
The initiative’s mission is to accelerate the development and application of innovative technologies, allowing researchers to produce a revolutionary new dynamic picture of the brain that, for the first time, shows how individual cells and complex neural circuits interact in both time and space. It is collaboratively managed by 10 NIH institutes and centers, including NIDCD.
The NIH BRAIN Initiative is supported by Congress through the regular appropriations process, and with funds from the 21st Century Cures Act. Since 2014, the BRAIN Initiative has invested more than $3 billion to fund more than 1,300 projects. Funded Awards in NIDCD Mission Areas A primary aim of the BRAIN Initiative is building tools—including computational tools—and knowledge resources for understanding how neural circuits function.
A number of these tools and resources are broadly applicable across diverse fields of research, including NIDCD-related mission areas . John Ngai, Ph. D.
, BRAIN Initiative director, explains: “The scientific mission areas of NIDCD—spanning speech and language, auditory and vestibular function, and chemosensation—provide not only fertile ground for understanding the molecular, cellular, and circuit basis of behavior, but also great inspiration and opportunity for developing new tools and therapies that can be generalized across diverse areas of neuroscience."
Learn more about funded awards in NIDCD mission areas: BRAIN Initiative grantees range from trainees to early stage investigators to well-established researchers.
While the initiative largely focuses on collaborative, multidisciplinary science, it offers an array of opportunities including single-investigator awards, exploratory/planning awards, training and small business grants, supplements to existing awards, and pathway to independence grants for those transitioning from postdoctoral to faculty positions. Learn about the various BRAIN Initiative programs .
Watch a recording of our April 2022 virtual seminar , Demystifying the BRAIN Initiative Program: Guidance to Potential NIDCD Applicants. NIDCD BRAIN Initiative Contacts Scientific Areas: Investigative human neuroscience ; sensory neuroscience; integrated/quantitative approaches to understanding circuits ; human neuroimaging technologies; cells and circuits analysis Email: merav. sabri@nih.
gov Scientific Areas: Neural recording and modulation/technology development and human studies; SBIR/STTR Email: millerr@nidcd. nih. gov Scientific Areas: Sensory neuroscience; integrated/quantitative approaches to understanding circuits; cells and circuits analysis Email: amy.
poremba@nih. gov Alberto Rivera-Rentas, Ph. D.
Scientific Areas: Training Email: riverara@mail. nih. gov BRAIN Initiative Resources BRAIN Initiative® - YouTube Channel BRAIN Initiative Alliance Homepage Comprising federal and non-federal members and affiliates, the alliance coordinates and facilitates communications from its members related to The BRAIN Initiative®.
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