Project Grant BCS0114568000

This $707,000 National Science Foundation project grant funds the development of a personalized motor learning algorithm at the University of Southern California from August 2022 through July 2025. The university researchers aim to improve motor learning outcomes by generating customized practice schedules for individuals based on a novel algorithm. The algorithm will incorporate each learner's unique attributes and data from other learners to select daily practice doses and schedules that...

This three-year, $633,223 National Science Foundation project grant aims to develop an understanding of how novel high-precision proprioceptive and motor command memories can improve motor precision during voluntary movement. Funded under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), the research team at President and Fellows of Harvard College will identify the existence of a high-precision sensory memory for proprioception and characterize its extent and time course in...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) program, provides $440,610 to Yale University to conduct research on the neural signals underlying motor learning. The project aims to investigate the necessary and sufficient conditions for motor learning, specifically in the domains of upper-limb and speech adaptation, through behavioral...

This Project Grant awarded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), provides $613,017 in funding to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to conduct research on the neurobiological mechanisms linking reinforcement learning and timing. The key objectives of this 5-year research project are to: 1) Examine how the temporal precision of dopamine (DA) reward omission signals and striatal neural dynamics change...

This $454,385 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) program supports research at New York University (NYU) School of Medicine to investigate the cerebellum's role in perceptual timing behavior. The research aims to provide evidence of a causal link between the activity of lateral cerebellar neurons and the perceived duration of sensory...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) federal grant program, will fund research to understand the functional neuroanatomy of motor adaptation and skill learning processes. The $650,878 award to The Pennsylvania State University, with a sub-award to Northeastern University, will utilize non-invasive brain stimulation techniques to...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $322,971 project grant to Northeastern University for research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EMERGENT MOTOR TIMING INFLUENCES PERCEPTUAL TIMING." The award period is from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The grant is being administered under the NSF's Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), which supports basic research and education in these fields. Specifically, the funding will support collaborative...

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awarded a $1,836,071 Project Grant under the 21st Century Cures Act - Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative (CFDA 93.372) to the University of Chicago. This 3-year grant will fund research to parameterize the relationship between motor cortical reactivation during sleep and motor skill acquisition in freely behaving marmoset monkeys. The project aims to develop a more nuanced model of...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) federal grant program, provides $1,864,446.00 to the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) to conduct research on the molecular mechanisms regulating the transition from variable to stable motor skill performance. The key objectives of this 5-year project are to: Investigate how neuronal...

This $721,141 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program aims to improve understanding of how humans perceive and are aware of time, a crucial aspect of everyday life. The award to George Mason University will conduct a series of experiments using electroencephalography (EEG), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and computational modeling to investigate...