ZI Friday Funding Monthly Digest: Congratulations to our Simons Collaboration Awardees and Simons Junior Fellows!

By
V. Zhuravleva and A. Uhimov
June 20, 2025
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Pre-Award and Research Development

June 20, 2025

News and Updates



Congratulations, Drs. Wolpert and Stachenfeld!


Dr. Daniel Wolpert (executive committee member), Dr. Kim Stachenfeld (Theory Center), and a collaboration of 18 other principal investigators won a large collaborative grant to launch the Simons Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience (SCENE).


This 10-year program will support projects aimed at uncovering how opportunities for action offered by the world shape representations in the mind and the brain. 


Congratulations, Drs. Paul, Stutzman, and Zung!


Drs. Maela Paul, Alex Stutzman, and Jessica Zung won the prestigious Simons Society of Fellows Junior Fellowship!

Our Team

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Congratulations to our recent award recipients!

May 17 - June 20, 2025

Postdoc Awards

Yuki Haba: New York Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Scholarship (Abdus-Saboor Lab)


Maela Paul: Simons Junior Fellowship "Investigating how single neurons establish complex connection patterns with multiple targets across different brain regions" (Lomvardas Lab)


Alex Stutzman: Simons Junior Fellowship "Molecular mechanisms by which stress influences olfactory sensory neuron development" (Marlin Lab)


Jessica Zung: Simons Junior Fellowship "Visual feature processing in Drosophila flies" (Card Lab)

Early Career Investigator Awards

Kim Stachenfeld: Simons Foundation Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience (SCENE) (with Daniel Wolpert and 18 other collaborating principal investigators)

Established Investigator Awards

Daniel Wolpert: Simons Foundation Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience (SCENE) (with Kim Stachenfeld and 18 other collaborating principal investigators)

Upcoming funding opportunities

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

  1. 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. 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 15, 2026

Upcoming Funding Opportunities

  1. NIH Parent R01: New: October 5, June 5, February 5; Renewal/Resubmission: March 5, July 5, November 5
  2. NIH Parent R21: New: October 16, February 16, June 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. August 19
  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

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

  1. NIH F32 NRSA Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship
    • NIH Parent F32 NRSA: U.S. citizen/permanent resident; 1st - 3rd year postdocs. August 8, December 8, April 8

    • NIH/NINDS F32 NRSA: U.S. citizen/permanent resident; 1st year postdocs. June 9, October 9, February 9
  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. New: June 12, October 12, February 12. Resubmission: March 12, July 12, November 12

  3. NIH K01 Career Development Award
    • NIH Parent K01: 2nd - 5+ year postdocs. New: June 12, October 12, February 12. Resubmission: March 12, July 12, November 12

  4. Simons Foundation Junior Fellowship: By nomination (ask your PI). At program start, no more than ~2 years since finished Ph.D. Mid-September
  5. 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
  6. NYAS Leon Levy Scholarships in Neuroscience: Must have no more than 2 years of postdoc experience (can request eligibily extension). Expected mid-October.

   *Check with us regarding eligibility window extensions for NIH grants

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

  1. NIH F31: For U.S. citizens/permanent residents. August 8, December 8, April 8
  2. 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)
  1. 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. Mid0October
  2. Hertz Foundation Fellowship: Pre-grad or first year; U.S. citizen/permanent resident. Expected deadline: Mid - late October
  3. 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. Late October


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.