ZI Friday Funding Monthly Digest: Celebrating Career Development Awardees

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V. Zhuravleva and A. Uhimov
February 17, 2023
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Pre-Award and Research Development

February 17, 2023 

News and Updates

Congratulations, Drs. Geiller, Payne, and Shin!
Dr. Tristan Geiller and Dr. Hannah Payne received NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence awards, and Dr. Shin received an NIH K01 Mentored Research Scientist Development Award.

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Congratulations to our recent award recipients!

December 17 - February 17, 2023

Postdoc Awards

Tristan Geiller: NIH/NIMH K99/R00 "Dissecting the functional organization of local hippocampal circuits underlying spatial representations" (Losonczy Lab)
Hannah Payne: NIH/NEI/BRAIN Initiative K99/R00 "Processing of visual information by spatial memory circuits in the avian brain" (Aronov Lab)
Grace Shin: NIH/NIAMS K01 "Sensory neuron-skin interaction in health and disease" (Grueber Lab)

Established Investigator Awards

Elizabeth Hillman: Leducq Foundation Award "International Network of Excellence on Brain Endothelium: A Nexus for Cerebral Small Vessel Disease"
Lawrence Shapiro: NIH/NIAID R01 subaward "Evaluating the Functional Impact of Genetic Diversity on Malaria Vaccine Candidates"

Upcoming funding opportunities

Team Grants


Want to write a huge grant? Come talk to us about planning and executing team grant applications. Schedule a meeting with our team here!


New/Highlighted Team Grant Opportunities

  1. Simons Foundation Neuroscience Collaborations Vision Statements Call: Researchers with an idea for an innovative collaboration (on the scale of Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain, and Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain) should submit a vision statement. Submissions should outline the big idea and related hypotheses the proposed collaboration will address, including high-level overviews of the methods and approaches that will be used. March 8.
  2. HEAL Initiative RM1: Integrated Basic and Clinical Team-based Research in Pain: Integrated efforts of 3-6 PDs/PIs to pursue research to understand the biology of specific human pain conditions as well as pain associated with various diseases/disorders, including mechanistic underpinning of heterogeneity and stratification of patients with specific pain conditions and co-morbidities. June 14, October 13, February 12, 2024
  3. BRAIN Initiative UM1: Engineering and optimization of molecular technologies for functional dissection of neural circuits. To support the creation of Centers for accelerated engineering and optimization of high-impact, molecular technologies to monitor and/or manipulate brain cell activity in experimental animals. June 28, 2023
  4. NINDS Interdisciplinary Team Science RM1: Integrated team effort from 3-6 PD/PIs who will each bring a distinct scientific viewpoint or expertise necessary to pursue the interdisciplinary approach. October 11, 2023

Established Investigators (view full list on our website)


New/Highlighted Funding Opportunities

  1. BRAIN Initiative R01: Development and Validation of Novel Tools to Probe Cell-Specific and Circuit-Specific Processes in the Brain. For developing and validating novel tools to facilitate the detailed analysis of complex circuits and provide insights into cellular interactions that underlie brain function. June 7
  2. BRAIN Initiative R01: Targeted BRAIN Circuits Projects - TargetedBCP. June 30
  3. BRAIN Initiative R34: Targeted BRAIN Circuits Planning Projects – TargetedBCPP. June 30
  4. BRAIN Initiative R01: Integration and Analysis of BRAIN Initiative Data: June 9
  5. BRAIN Initiative R61/R33: Brain Behavior Quantification and Synchronization: for the development and validation of next-generation tools, methods, and analytic approaches to precisely quantify behaviors and combine them with simultaneous recordings of brain activity in humans. February 15, 2024

Upcoming Funding Opportunities

  1. NIH Parent R01: New: June 5, October 5, February 5; Renewal/Resubmission:
    March 5, July 5, November 5
  2. NIMH Basic Neurodevelopmental Biology of Circuits and Behavior  -  R01/R21 : R01: June 5, October 5, February 5. R21: June 16, October 16, February 16
  3. NIMH Temporal Dynamics of Coordinated Neural Activity - R01/R21: R01: June 5, October 5, February 5. R21: June 16, October 16, February 16
  4. NIH Parent R21: New: June 16, October 16, February 16; Renewal/Resubmission: March 16, July 16, November 16
  5. NIH Diversity Supplement: Salary/stipend support for trainees at all career stages. Deadline varies by funding agency. (Quarterly, monthly, rolling)

Early Career Investigators (view full list and timeline on our website)


  1. Science and PINS Prize: Eligible if advanced degree awarded within 10 years and 45 years old or younger. For essay describing research and its implications for neuromodulation. March 15
  2. Feldstein Medical Research Grant: Assistant professor in VP&S, MSPH, or Nursing with a history of some prior funding. Call for submissions expected: Mid-February. Internal application expected: Early March
  3. BBRF Young Investigator Grants: Support advanced post-doctoral fellows, instructors and assistant professors. The goal of the YI program is to help researchers launch careers in neuroscience and psychiatry and gather pilot data to apply for larger federal and university grants. Can only apply 2 times (maximum). Expected deadline: Mid-March
  4. Pew Biomedical Scholars Program: Can only apply twice; Applicants with recent breakthrough publication are favored; Must spent at least 80% of time on your overall research goals. Call for submissions expected: Early – Mid March. Internal application: Early April
  5. 1907 Foundation Trailblazer Award: The goal is to catalyze disruptive - but actionable - ideas which have the potential to unearth causes & cures for mental health and uniquely require the 1907 Trailblazer Award to see the light of day. Applicants must be within ten years of the date when PhD (or MD) degree was awarded. Call for submissions expected: Early – Mid April. Internal application: Early May

Post-Docs (view full list and timeline on our website)


  1. NIH F32 NRSA Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship
  2. NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence (1-2 years of postdoc + 3 years of faculty funding)

    • NIH Parent K99/R00: Transition to faculty. International applicants eligible. 3rd - 4th year postdocs. Resubmission: March 12  [RFA has yet to be reissued with new award dates. Expected next deadline: June 12]

    • NIH K99/R00 MOSAIC: Transition to faculty. 3rd - 4th year postdocs under-represented in sciences (all women included). New: June 12, October 12, February 12; Resubmission: March 12, July 12, November 12

    • NIH BRAIN Initiative K99/R00: Transition to faculty. 3rd-5th year postdocs. Only U.S. Citizens/Permanent Residents who are from a group under-represented in sciences are eligible (including all women). Research must be in a BRAIN Initiative research area. Resubmission: March 10. [RFA has yet to be reissued with new award dates.]

    • NIH HEAL Initiative K99/R00 or HEAL Initiative K99/R00 to Promote Diversity: Transition to faculty. International applicants eligible. Pain and substance use disorder research. 3rd - 4th year postdocs. For diversity track application, must be from a group under-represented in sciences (all women included), and U.S. citizen/permanent resident. New:June 9, October 11, February 9

  3. NIH K01 Career Development Award

    • NIH/NINDS K01: 2nd - 4th year postdocs. New: June 12, October 12, February 12. Renewal/Resubmission: March 12, July 12, November 12

    • NIH Parent K01: 2nd - 5+ year postdocs. Renewal/Resubmission: March 12. [RFA has yet to be reissued with new award dates.]

  4. BBRF Young Investigator Grants: Support advanced post-doctoral fellows, instructors and assistant professors. The goal of the YI program is to help researchers launch careers in neuroscience and psychiatry and gather pilot data to apply for larger federal and university grants. Can only apply 2 times (maximum). Expected deadline: Mid-March
  5. NIH Diversity Supplement: Salary/stipend support. For all career stages. Deadline varies by funding agency. (Quarterly, monthly, rolling)

   *Check with us regarding eligibility window extensions for NIH grants

Graduate Students (view full list and timeline on our website)
  1. NIH F31 or F31 Diversity NRSA: For U.S. citizens/permanent residents. April 8, August 8, December 8
  2. NIH Dissertation Grants
    • NIMH R36: Mental health research. Must be: U.S. Citizen/Permanent resident; from a background under-represented in the health sciences (race/ethnicity, disability, disadvantaged background); at the dissertation stage of training (must have an approved dissertation proposal at the time of award). April 11, August 10, December 11
  3. NIH F99/K00 D-SPAN: Blueprint and BRAIN Initiative Diversity Specialized Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Advancement in Neuroscience; must be a U.S. citizen/permanent resident; for grad students from an under-represented backgrounds, with 1.5-2 years left of PhD (typically 3rd or 4th year students). April 14
  4. NIH Diversity Supplement: Salary/stipend support. For all career stages. Deadline varies by funding agency. (Quarterly, monthly, rolling)


The Future in Mind

The Zuckerman Institute Friday Funding monthly email recaps the latest award wins of our researchers and outlines important upcoming grant deadlines.