ZI Friday Funding Monthly Digest - Congrats to Dr. Polleux for winning the NINDS Research Program Award!

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V. Zhuravleva and A. Uhimov
May 20, 2022
ZI Friday Funding Monthly Digest: Congrats to Dr. Polleux for winning the NINDS Research Program Award! May 20, 2022 ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌


Pre-Award and Research Development

May 20, 2022 

News and Updates

Congratulations, Dr. Franck Polleux!

Dr. Franck Polleux has been awarded $9.87M over 8 years to investigate the "Development, maintenance, and human-specific evolution of cortical circuits" through NINDS's R35 Research Program Award.
      A signature program for NINDS, the R35 RPA provides greater funding stability, flexibility, and support for overall research projects, without the constraint of specific aims, by providing substantial funding support for eight years.

Read more about Dr. Polleux's award here.

You're invited to the JLG 5th Floor Social

Wednesday, May 25, 5:30 - 7:30pm

9th Floor Terrace


Come meet the 5th Floor labs and admin teams (including our team) this upcoming Wednesday on the 9th Floor Terrace!
Food and drink will be available.

Pre-Award team

Weekly Office Hours
Every Thursday, 2:00-3:00 pm:
Meet the team and ask any questions during office hours on Thursdays from 2:00 - 3:00 pm. Click here to join the Zoom meeting. 

Schedule time to meet with the team

Congratulations to our recent award recipients!

March 12 - May 20, 2022

Postdoc Awards

Alice Mosberger: NIH/NINDS BRAIN Initiative K99/R00 "Dissecting the role of cortico-basal ganglia circuit diversity in action learning from reinforcement" (Costa Lab)
JohnMark Taylor: NIH/NEI F32 "Fast and Flexible Conjunction Coding in Biological and Artificial Vision" (Kriegeskorte Lab)

Early Stage Investigator Awards

Ishmail Abdus-Saboor: (1) Junior Faculty Grant "Does brain activity in the naked mole-rat govern cooperative social life?" and (2) NIH/NIMH R25 subaward "The Short Course on the Application of Machine Learning for Automated Quantification of Behavior"
Andrés Bendesky: NIH/NICHD R21 "Determining the role of reward circuits behind different paternal care behaviors and the motivation to care for offspring by comparing two animal models"

Established Investigator Awards

Rui Costa: Michael J. Fox Foundation Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) subaward "Distributed circuit dysfunction underlying motor and sleep deficits in a progressive mouse model of Parkinson’s disease"
Nikolaus Kriegeskorte: Duke University's Summer Seminars in Neuroscience and Philosophy (SSNAP) subaward "Making Sense of Probabilistic Visual Representations"
Franck Polleux: NIH/NINDS R35 Research Program Award (RPA) "Development, maintenance, and human-specific evolution of cortical circuits"

Upcoming funding opportunities

Established Investigators (view full list on our website)


New/Highlighted Funding Opportunities

  1. BRAIN Initiative R01: Integration and Analysis of BRAIN Initiative Data: June 10, October 14
  2. BRAIN Initiative U01: Exploratory Team-Research BRAIN Circuit Programs - eTeamBCP: For teams of 3-6 PDs/PIs that seek to cross boundaries of interdisciplinary collaboration to elucidate the contributions of dynamic circuit activity to a specific behavioral or neural system. June 14
  3. NIH R01/R21 - Special Interest: Neuro-Glia Mechanisms Governing Complex Behaviors. Must submit through an existing R01 or R21 funding opportunity (list at bottom of NOSI announcement). Deadline varies by funding opportunity.
  4. BRAIN Initiative R01: Targeted BRAIN Circuits Projects - TargetedBCP. July 1, October 6
  5. BRAIN Initiative R34: Targeted BRAIN Circuits Planning Projects – TargetedBCPP. July 1, October 5
  6. NINDS Interdisciplinary Team Science RM1. Encourages interdisciplinary teams of experts that seek to cross technical and conceptual boundaries through collaboration to achieve ambitious goals for basic, translational, and clinical research questions within the mission of NINDS. October 07, October 11 (2023), October 08 (2024)
  7. NIH U-, R-, K- awards - Special Interest: NINDS mission relevant Pain Research. Must submit through an existing funding opportunity (list in NOSI announcement). Deadline varies by funding opportunity.

Upcoming Funding Opportunities

  1. NIH Parent R01: New: June 5, October 5; Renewal/Resubmission: July 5, November 5
  2. NIMH Basic Neurodevelopmental Biology of Circuits and Behavior - R01/R21: R01: June 6, October 5. R21: June 16, October 16
  3. NIMH Temporal Dynamics of Coordinated Neural Activity - R01/R21: R01: June 6, October 5. R21: June 16, October 16
  4. BRAIN Initiative Tools R01: Development and Validation of Novel Tools to Probe Cell-Specific and Circuit-Specific Processes in the Brain. June 7
  5. BRAIN Initiative UG3/UH3: Development of Novel Tools to Probe Cell-Specific and Circuit-Specific Processes in Human and Non-Human Primate Brain. June 7
  6. NIH Parent R21: New: June 16, October 16; Renewal/Resubmission: July 16, November 16
  7. 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. IMHRO One Mind Rising Star Award: for cutting-edge neuropsychiatric illness research; should not overlap with existing funding. Eligible within first 10 years since starting faculty position. June 6
  2. NIMH BRAINS R01: must have ESI status; for launching an innovative clinical, translational, basic, or services research program that holds the potential to profoundly transform the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of mental disorders. June 20
  3. Edward Mallinckrodt Scholar Program: must be within 4 years of faculty appointment; high risk/high reward proposal. Limited submission - call for submissions expected: Mid-June. Internal application due: Early July
  4. NSF CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) Program: U.S. citizen/national; can apply a maximum of 3 times. July 25
  5. Beckman Young Investigator Program: U.S. citizen/permanent resident; within first 4 years of tenure-track position. Letter of Intent: August 1
  6. Rita Allen Scholars: In first 3 years of tenure-track position. Limited submission - call for submissions expectedMid-late July. Internal application dueEarly - Mid August
  7. Searle Scholars Program: must be within first year of faculty appointment at internal submission deadline; Limited submission - call for submissions expected: Mid-late June. Internal application due: Mid-August
  8. NIH Director’s New Innovator Award Program (DP2): must have ESI status; for highly innovative research projects with the potential to produce a major impact on broad, important areas relevant to the mission of NIH. August 19
  9. Sloan Research Fellowships: must be tenure-track but not tenured; must have a teaching obligation with faculty position; must have a letter of nomination from department head or other senior researcher. September 15

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 K99/R00 BRAIN Initiative: 2nd - 5th year postdocs under-represented in sciences (all women included). June 8, October 11
    • NIH Parent K99/R00: International applicants eligible. 3rd - 4th year postdocs. New: June 12, October 12; Renewal/Resubmission: July 12.
    • NIH K99/R00 MOSAIC: 2nd - 4th year postdocs under-represented in sciences (all women included). New: June 12, October 12; Renewal/Resubmission: July 12.
  3. NIH K01 Career Development Award
    • NIH/NINDS K01: 2nd - 4th year postdocs. New: June 12; October 12. Renewal/Resubmission: July 12.
    • NIH Parent K01: 2nd - 5+ year postdocs. New: June 12, October 12; Renewal/Resubmission: July 12.
  4. Helen Hay Whitney Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: For postdocs doing basic biomedical research; eligible within first 2 years of postdoc. June 15
  5. Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards at the Scientific Interface (CASI): for final 2 years of postdoc + 3 years of independent faculty position. Pre-proposal due: September 1
  6. NIH Diversity Supplement: Salary/stipend support. For all career stages. Deadline varies by funding agency. (Quarterly, monthly, rolling)
  7. NIH K- awards - Special Interest: NINDS mission relevant Pain Research. Must submit through an existing funding opportunity (list in NOSI announcement). Deadline varies by funding opportunity.

   *Check with us regarding eligibility window extensions for NIH grants

Graduate students (view full list and timeline on our website)

  1. NIH R36 Dissertation Grant - NIANIMH: supports dissertation research of grad students under-represented in sciences who are studying aging (NIA) or mental health (NIMH) topics. June 16, October 16
  2. NIH R36 Dissertation Grants - NIDA: supports dissertation research of grad students studying substance use/substance use disorder. June 16, October 16
  3. F31 or F31 Diversity NRSAFor U.S. citizens or permanent residents. August 8, December 8, April 8
  4. NIH F99/K00 D-SPAN: Transition to post-doc award (last 1-2 years of Ph.D. + 4 years of postdoc). Applicants under-represented in sciences. December 15, April 14.
  5. NIH Diversity SupplementSalary/stipend support. For all career stages. Deadline varies by funding agency. (Quarterly, monthly, rolling)