ZI Friday Funding Monthly Digest: Congratulations to our postdocs! A Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholar and NYAS Leon Levy awardees.

Pre-Award and Research Development

May 16, 2025

News and Updates

Congratulations, Drs. Haba, Kumar, Mabuchi, and Suresh!

Drs. Yuki Haba, Sreejan Kumar, Yuta Mabuchi, and Keshav Suresh were each awarded the New York Academy of Sciences' Leon Levy Scholarship in Neuroscience. See awards list below for more details.

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Congratulations to our recent award recipients!

April 12 - May 16, 2025

Postdoc Awards

Yuki Haba: NYAS Leon Levy Scholarship "Investigating the genomic and neurobiological bases of social recognition in the African naked mole-rat" (Abdus-Saboor Lab)

Sreejan Kumar: NYAS Leon Levy Scholarship "Computational modeling of the neural mechanism by which the brain implements flexible, goal-directed behavior" (Duncker Lab)

Yuta Mabuchi: NYAS Leon Levy Scholarship "Studying the mechanistic basis of parental care using transcriptomic, molecular, circuit, and behavioral tools in Peromyscus species, which diverged from laboratory mice and rats" (Bendesky Lab)

Keshav Suresh: NYAS Leon Levy Scholarship "Defining the function of basal ganglia astrocytes in a context-dependent motor skill" (Gadagkar Lab)

Mengong Li: Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholars Award "The neural basis for the regulation of brain inflammation" (Zuker Lab)

Established Investigator Awards

Franck Polleux: Simons Foundation SFARI award "Linking human-specific synaptic developmental timing to early cortical circuit function and plasticity in autism spectrum disorders"

Upcoming funding opportunities

Team Grants

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New/Highlighted Team Grant Opportunities

1. NIMH P50: Conte Centers for Basic Neuroscience or Translational Mental Health Research. Supports interdisciplinary basic neuroscience or translational research that demonstrates an extraordinary level of synergy, integration, and potential for advancing the state of the field; to address high-risk, high-impact questions. June 9, 2025
2. 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
   

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 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
2. 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. June 02, 2025; January 20, 2026
3. 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 17, 2025; June 15, 2026

Upcoming Funding Opportunities

1. NIH Parent R01: New: June 5, October 5, June 5; Renewal/Resubmission: March 5, July 5, November 5
2. NIH Parent R21: New: June 16, October 16, February 16; Renewal/Resubmission: March 16, July 16, November 16

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

1. 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
2. NSF CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) Program: Can apply a maximum of 3 times. July 23
3. Beckman Young Investigator Program: U.S. citizen/permanent resident; within first 4 years of tenure-track position. Letter of Intent: June 2
4. 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
5. 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. Expected mid-August
6. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship: Must be tenure-track, though untenured.
   Candidate’s faculty position must carry a regular teaching obligation. September 15