ZI Friday Funding Monthly Digest: Dedication to Education - New NIH-Funded Postbac Program

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V. Zhuravleva and A. Uhimov
December 15, 2022
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Pre-Award and Research Development

December 16, 2022 

News and Updates

Congratulations, Drs. Grueber, Hengst, and Das!


Drs. Wes Grueber (ZI), Ulrich Hengst (CUIMC), and Aniruddha Das (ZI) have been awarded an NIH R25 Research Education grant to start a new training program for post-baccalaureates: Columbia Access to Doctoral REadiness (CADRE). This program will promote diversity in neuroscience by providing a research-intensive two-year training program for students who had limited access to research opportunities as undergraduates. See details here!

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Congratulations to our recent award recipients!

November 19 - December 16, 2022

Postdoc Awards

Mingjian Du: Damon Runyon Postdoc Fellowship "The Gut-Brain Axis Mediating Overnutrition" (Zuker Lab)
Dong Liu: BBRF NARSAD Young Investigator Award "Altering Functional Brain Connectivity with Focused Ultrasound" (Ferrera Lab)
Alejandro Ramirez: BBRF NARSAD Young Investigator Award Characterizing neural circuit mechanisms underlying cue-induced eating (Salzman Lab)
Zhixiong Sun: BBRF NARSAD Young Investigator Award "Deciphering the molecular and cellular effects of SETD1A deficiency in schizophrenia" (Gogos Lab)

Early Stage Investigator Awards

Jia Guo: BBRF NARSAD Young Investigator Award "Modulating Hippocampal Glutamate Metabolism in Mice to Identify In Vivo Biomarkers for Schizophrenia"
Bianca Jones Marlin: Provosts's Grant for Junior Faculty  who Contribute to the Diversity Goals of the University "Mechanisms of sensory memory encoding and inheritance"

Established Investigator Awards

Wes Grueber, Ulrich Hengst, and Aniruddha Das: NIH Research Education Program (R25) "CADRE Program for Postbaccalaureate Training in the Neurosciences"

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. 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. February 14, June 14, October 13
  2. 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.
  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. Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative 2023 Winter Pilot Award: To provide early support for exploratory ideas, particularly those with novel hypotheses. Appropriate projects for this mechanism include those considered higher risk but with the potential for transformative results. LOI: January 12.
  2. BRAIN Initiative R34: Brain-Behavior Quantification and Synchronization – Transformative and Integrative Models of Behavior at the Organismal Level: cutting-edge tools and methods for minimally invasive, multi-dimensional, high-resolution measurement of behavior at the level of the organism, and/or computational methods for integrating  multidimensional behavioral and environmental data. February 14
  3. 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 17
  4. 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, 2023
  5. BRAIN Initiative R01: Targeted BRAIN Circuits Projects - TargetedBCP. June 30
  6. BRAIN Initiative R34: Targeted BRAIN Circuits Planning Projects – TargetedBCPP. June 30
  7. BRAIN Initiative R01: Integration and Analysis of BRAIN Initiative Data: June 9

Upcoming Funding Opportunities

  1. NIH Parent R01: New: February 5, June 5, October 5; Renewal/Resubmission:
    November 5, March 5, July 5
  2. NIMH Basic Neurodevelopmental Biology of Circuits and Behavior  -  R01/R21 : R01: February 5, June 5, October 5. R21: February 16, June 16, October 16
  3. NIMH Temporal Dynamics of Coordinated Neural Activity - R01/R21: R01: February 5, June 5, October 5. R21: February 16, June 16, October 16
  4. NIH Parent R21: New: February 16, June 16, October 16; Renewal/Resubmission: November 16, March 16, July 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. McKnight Scholar Awards: Must have an appointment as an assistant professor, and must have served at that rank for less than four years at the application deadline. Cannot apply more than twice for this award. January 1, 2023
  2. Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative 2023 Winter Pilot Award: To provide early support for exploratory ideas, particularly those with novel hypotheses. Appropriate projects for this mechanism include those considered higher risk but with the potential for transformative results. LOI: January 12.
  3. Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Awards in Neuroscience: Maximum of four years between the completion of last postdoc and the application deadline.  February 15
  4. Feldstein Medical Research Grant: Assistant professor in VP&S, MSPH, or Nursing with a history of some prior funding. Call for submissions expected: January/February. Internal application: Late February
  5. 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

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


  1. Burroughs Wellcome Fund Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program: To support the career development activities for underrepresented minority postdoctoral fellows. Must be a U.S. or Canadian citizen; must have no more than 48 months of postdoctoral research experience at the time of application and not be more than 5 years from Ph.D. Must be within an underrepresented group. January 18
  2. Jane Coffin Childs Postdoctoral Fellowship: Should have no more than 18 months of postdoctoral research experience at the time of the application deadline; Ph.D. degree must not have been conferred more than 24 months prior to the application deadline. February 1
  3. Revson Foundation Biomedical Research Program: Must be third or fourth year postdoc. Goal of grant is to strengthen basic research in the biomedical sciences. Call for submissions expected: Late January. Internal application expected: Early February. Final proposal expected: Early March
  4. 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: February 12, June 12, October 12; Resubmission: November 12, March 12, July 12

    • NIH K99/R00 MOSAIC: Transition to faculty. 3rd - 4th year postdocs under-represented in sciences (all women included). New: February 12, June 12, October 12; Resubmission: November 12, March 12, July 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. New: February 10; Resubmission: March 10

    • 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: February 10, June 9, October 11

  5. NIH K01 Career Development Award

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

    • NIH Parent K01: 2nd - 5+ year postdocs. New: February 12, June 12, October 12; Renewal/Resubmission: November 12, March 12, July 12

  6. NIH F32 NRSA Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship
  7. Simons Foundation Independence Awards (supports final 1-2 years of postdoc + 3 years of independent position). Applicants can apply under more than one category in the same application cycle.
    • SFARI Bridge to Independence: Autism research. Deadline: February 16
    • SCGB Transition to Independence Award: Systems and computational neuroscience. Application is open to individuals who are from gender, racial, ethnic and other groups underrepresented in systems and computational neuroscience, including individuals with disabilities and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. This includes, but is not limited to, women of any ethnic or racial group as well as any individual identifying as Hispanic/Latine, Black/African American, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander or American Indian/Alaska Native. Deadline: February 16
    • SCPAB Transition to Independence Award: Plasticity and the aging brain research. application is open to individuals who are from racial, ethnic, and other groups underrepresented in cognitive aging, including individuals with disabilities and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.This includes, but is not limited to, any individual identifying as Hispanic or Latine, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, or American Indian or Alaska Native. A previous background in aging research is not required; candidates with a background in fields including neuroscience, molecular biology, genetics, immunology, cell biology and the physical and information sciences are encouraged to apply. Deadline: February 16
  8. 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
  9. 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. Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation: Internal competition - there will be two separate competitions for Morningside and CUIMC students. Need at least 2 publications to submit for the competition. Call for submissions expected: Mid-January. Internal application: Late January – Early February
  2. NIH Dissertation Grants
    • NIDA R36: Substance Use/Substance Use Disorder research related to the study of basic, clinical, developmental, epidemiology, prevention, treatment, services, or women and sex/gender differences. February 16
    • 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). February 16
    • NIA R36: Aging research. Must be: U.S. Citizen/Permanent resident; from a background under-represented in the health sciences (race/ethnicity, disability, disadvantaged background). February 16
  3. NIH F31 or F31 Diversity NRSA: For U.S. citizens/permanent residents.  April 8, August 8, December 8
  4. 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 15
  5. 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.