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Pre-Award and Research Development |
July 25, 2025 |
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Congratulations, Dr. Litwin-Kumar!
Dr. Ashok Litwin-Kumar was awarded an NSF CAREER award for "Identifying and modeling sensorimotor pathways in whole-brain connectomes". |
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Congratulations, Dr. Gadagkar!
Dr. Vikram Gadagkar was awarded a Brain Research Foundation Seed Grant for his study "In Search of Memory: The Neural Substrate for the Song Template". |
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Weekly Office Hours
Every Thursday, 2:00-3:00 pm:
Meet the team and ask any questions during office hours.
Click here to join the Zoom meeting. |
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Schedule time to meet with the team |
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Congratulations to our recent award recipients!June 20 - July 25, 2025 |
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Postdoc Awards |
Keanu Shadron: BWF PDEP "The neural basis of an innate preference for conspecific vocalizations" (Woolley Lab)
Alexis Stutzman: BWF PDEP "Determining the role of extracellular vesicles in intergenerational inheritance of stress" (Marlin Lab)
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Early Career Investigator Awards |
Vikram Gadagkar: BRF Seed Grant "In Search of Memory: The Neural Substrate for the Song Template"
Ashok Litwin-Kumar: NSF CAREER Award #2443158 "CAREER: Identifying and modeling sensorimotor pathways in whole-brain connectomes" |
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Congratulations to our alumni!
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Previous graduate students |
NIH OSNAP: Zhenrui Liao, former NB&B Student in the Losonczy Lab, was recognized with the NIH Outstanding Scholars in Neuroscience Award Program (OSNAP). |
Previous postdocs |
Klingenstein Awards in Neuroscience: Former postdocs Tristan Geiller (Losonczy Lab; now faculty at Yale), Danique Jeurissen (Shadlen Lab; now faculty at NYU), Justin O'Hare (Polleux Lab; now facutly at the University of Colorado), and Carl Schoonover (Axel Lab; now Senior Scientsit at the Allen Institute) each won the Klingenstein Award in Neuroscience. |
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Upcoming funding opportunities |
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Team Grants |
Want to write a large, multi-investigator grant? Come talk to us about planning and executing team grant applications. Schedule a meeting with our team here!
New/Highlighted Team Grant Opportunities
- BRAIN Initiative U01: Brain-Behavior Quantification and Synchronization – Transformative and Integrative Models of Behavior at the Organismal Level. Projects are expected to be designed with the capacity to integrate synchronously recorded neural data and/or inform existing models of neurobehavioral function, such as those developed with the support of the NIH BRAIN Initiative. For applications using non-human animal models. October 9, 2025
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Established Investigators (view full list on our website) |
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New/Highlighted Funding Opportunities
- BRAIN Initiative R01: Development and Validation of Novel Tools to Probe Cell-Specific and Circuit-Specific Processes in the Brain. For research that will develop and validate novel tools to facilitate the detailed analysis of complex circuits and provide insights into cellular interactions that underlie brain function. October 07, 2025
- BRAIN Initiative R01: New Technologies and Novel Approaches for Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System. Applications for proof-of-concept testing and development of new technologies and novel approaches for recording and modulation of neural cells and circuits, to address major challenges and enable transformative understanding of dynamic signaling in the central nervous system. January 20, 2026
- BRAIN Initiative R21: New Concepts and Early-Stage Research for Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System. For unique and innovative recording and/or modulation technologies that are in the earliest stage of development, including new and untested ideas that are in the initial stages of conceptualization. June 15, 2026
Upcoming Funding Opportunities
- NIH Parent R01: New: October 5, June 5, February 5; Renewal/Resubmission: March 5, July 5, November 5
- NIH Parent R21: New: October 16, February 16, June 16; Renewal/Resubmission: March 16, July 16, November 16
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Early Career Investigators (view full list and timeline on our website) |
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- 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
- NSF CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) Program: Can apply a maximum of 3 times. July 23
- Beckman Young Investigator Program: U.S. citizen/permanent resident; within first 4 years of tenure-track position. Letter of Intent: June 2
- Rita Allen Foundation Scholars: Basic biomedical research in the fields of cancer, immunology, and neuroscience. Must be in the first three years of their tenure track appointment (start date after September 2020). Limited submission - call for submissions expected: Mid-July. Internal application due: Late July - Early August
- NIH Director’s New Innovator Award Program (DP2): For early stage investigators of exceptional creativity who propose highly innovative research projects with the potential to produce a major impact on broad, important areas relevant to the mission of NIH. August 19
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship: Must be tenure-track, though untenured.
Candidate’s faculty position must carry a regular teaching obligation. September 15
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Post-Docs (view full list and timeline on our website) |
- NIH F32 NRSA Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship
- 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. New: October 13, February 12, June 12. Resubmission: November 12, March 12, July 12
- NIH K01 Career Development Award
NIH Parent K01: 2nd - 5+ year postdocs. New: June 12, October 12, February 12. Resubmission: November 12, March 12, July 12,
- Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholars Program: For advanced postdocs. Limited submission - internal application: August 5
- Simons Foundation Junior Fellowship: By nomination (ask your PI). At program start, no more than ~2 years since finished Ph.D. September 9
- Life Sciences Research Foundation Postdoctoral Research Award: Must apply within 5 years of receiving Ph.D. or M.D.; must have begun (or will begin) working in your proposed postdoc lab between August 1 of the previous year and July 31 of the upcoming year; Post-doc must be in different lab than Ph.D. October 1
- NYAS Leon Levy Scholarships in Neuroscience: Must have no more than 2 years of postdoc experience (can request eligibily extension). October 17.
*Check with us regarding eligibility window extensions for NIH grants |
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Graduate Students (view full list and timeline on our website) |
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- NIH F31: For U.S. citizens/permanent residents. August 8, December 8, April 8
- NIH F99/K00 Pre-doc to post-doc transition award
- NIH/NIA F99/K00: Transition to Aging Research for Predoctoral Students. must be a U.S. citizen/permanent resident OR non-U.S. citizen with a valid U.S. visa; for grad students with 1.5-2 years left of PhD (typically 3rd or 4th year students). Mid-October (anticipated)
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP): Pre-grad, first or second year Ph.D.; U.S. citizen/permanent resident; Cannot have a master’s degree. Mid-October
- Hertz Foundation Fellowship: Pre-grad or first year; U.S. citizen/permanent resident. Expected deadline: Mid - late October
- Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans: First or second year Ph.D.; Less than 31 years old; Must be an immigrant or child of immigrants; U.S. citizen/permanent resident, DACA, asylee, refugee. October 30
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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.
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