Project Grant N629092412065

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awarded a $179,836 Project Grant under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory for the "ION CHANNELS IN SYNAPTIC AND NEURAL CIRCUIT PHYSIOLOGY COURSE" from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2029. The primary goal of this course is to demonstrate, through lectures and laboratory work, the different properties of ion channels that...

This U19 Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI) under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867), supports a multidisciplinary research project focused on understanding the neuronal circuits in the brainstem that coordinate orofacial motor actions, such as breathing, feeding, sniffing, and whisking. The $642,536 award supports a team of researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to investigate the high-level and low-level computations underlying...

This $399,365 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) program (CFDA 47.075) aims to develop ethical guidelines for neurotechnology research to ensure its advancements enhance societal well-being. The research team will analyze existing ethics guidance, survey neurotechnology researchers on their perspectives, and provide recommendations to improve the utility and impact of ethics resources in this field. This...

This cooperative agreement from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke will fund $8,473,173 for research exploring the neural population codes that support context-dependent behavior. The funding will support a collaborative project between New York University, Riken, and Ecole Normale Superieure from April 15, 2021 through March 31, 2024 under the National Institutes of Health's Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders program (CFDA...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) awarded a $550,000 Project Grant to The Trustees of Smith College for the research project "RUI: HEDGEHOG DEPENDENT CRANIAL NEURAL CREST CELLS PATTERN THE ZEBRAFISH FOREBRAIN." The grant will support a 3-year research effort to investigate the role of neural crest cells in the development of the vertebrate forebrain, using the zebrafish model system. The research will employ advanced microscopy techniques...

The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded a Project Grant under the Vision Research program (CFDA 93.867) to the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in the amount of $264,226 from June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2030. The grant will support a two-week advanced research training course in visual neuroscience at the MBL in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The course aims to: 1) train students in the fundamental concepts of visual neuroscience through lectures by faculty experts; 2) provide hands-on training in...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), under the 21st Century Cures Act - Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative (CFDA 93.372), is providing $636,528 to The Leland Stanford Junior University to develop multiphoton in vivo imaging approaches to study the encoding of maternal odors in a social poison frog tadpole model. The goal is to understand how amphibians learn and encode individual...

The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) received a $1,378,728 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) to conduct research on the neural circuits underlying biological motion perception and social engagement. The project aims to investigate the development of social brain networks in the micro glassfish (Danionella cerebrum) vertebrate model, leveraging its genetic amenability, small size, and optical...

This $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) will support research at the University of Pittsburgh to develop new analytical tools and computational models to understand how the brain selectively processes relevant information and coordinates information flow across brain regions. The project aims to integrate existing datasets on large-scale neural activity and anatomical connectivity...

This $329,099 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program. The grant aims to develop new computational models to uncover the functional architecture of the brain and its role in enabling complex behaviors like navigation and decision-making. Specifically, the project will: Identify the brain systems underlying navigation in zebrafish larvae using advanced optical imaging...