ZI Friday Funding Monthly Digest: Dr. Aronov selected as an HHMI Investigator!

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V. Zhuravleva and A. Uhimov
August 16, 2024
ZI Friday Funding Monthly Digest: Dr. Aronov selected as an HHMI Investigator!
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Pre-Award and Research Development

August 16, 2024

News and Updates

Congratulations, Dr. Dmitriy Aronov!


Dr. Dmitriy Aronov was selected as an HHMI Investigator, providing support for his lab to study episodic memory using the food-caching black-capped chickadee.

Congratulations, Drs. Jackie Gottlieb and Vince Ferrera!


Drs. Gottlieb and Ferrera received an NIH BRAIN Initiative R34 Circuits Planning Project grant to investigate "A Biological Theory of Attention Control in the Framework of Rational Meta-Reasoning."

Congratulations, Dr. Briana Nixon!


Dr. Briana Nixon (Abdus-Saboor Lab) received the prestigious Life Sciences Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship to determining how mammary gland-innervating sensory neurons contribute to lactation.

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Congratulations to our recent award recipients!

July 20 - August 16, 2024

Postdoc Awards

Briana Nixon: Life Science Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship "Determining how Mammary Gland-Innervating Sensory Neurons Contribute to Lactation" (Abdus-Saboor Lab)

Established Investigator Awards

Jackie Gottlieb and Vince Ferrera: NIH/NINDS/BRAIN Initiative R34 NS137420-01 "A Biological Theory of Attention Control in the Framework of Rational Meta-Reasoning"


Gary Struhl: NIH/NIGMS R35 GM127141-07S2 (Equipment Supplement) to support the study "Morphogen control of organ growth in Drosophila"

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. NINDS RM1: Collaborative Opportunities for Multidisciplinary, Bold, and Innovative Neuroscience (COMBINE). 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 8
  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

Established Investigators (view full list on our website)


New/Highlighted Funding Opportunities

  1. Simons SFARI Linking Early Neurodevelopment to Neural Circuit Outcomes. Research focused on whether and how developmental phenotypes caused by autism risk gene mutation lead to altered circuit formation and function. September 12
  2. BRAIN Initiative R34: Targeted BRAIN Circuits Planning Projects -TargetedBCPP. October 2

Upcoming Funding Opportunities

  1. NIH Director’s Transformative Research Awards (R01): September 3
  2. NIH Director's Pioneer Award (DP1): September 9
  3. NIH Parent R01: New: October 5, February 5, June 5; Renewal/Resubmission:
    July 5, November 5, March 5
  4. NIMH Basic Neurodevelopmental Biology of Circuits and Behavior  -  R01/R21: R01: October 5. R21: October 16
  5. NIMH Temporal Dynamics of Coordinated Neural Activity - R01/R21: R01: October 5. R21: October 16
  6. NIH Parent R21: New: October 16, February 16, June 16; Renewal/Resubmission: July 16, November 16, March 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. 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
  2. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship: Must be tenure-track, though untenured. Candidate’s faculty position must carry a regular teaching obligation. September 15
  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-October. Internal application due: November

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

  1. Simons Foundation Junior Fellowship: By nomination (ask your PI). At program start, no more than ~2 years since finished Ph.D. September 12 at NOON
  2. 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
  3. NYAS Leon Levy Scholarships in Neuroscience: Must have no more than 2 years of postdoc experience (can request eligibily extension). October 18
  4. NIH F32 NRSA Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship
    • NIH Parent F32 NRSA: U.S. citizen/permanent resident; 1st - 3rd year postdocs. , December 8, April 8, August 8,

    • NIH/NINDS F32 NRSA: U.S. citizen/permanent resident; 1st year postdocs. October 10
  5. 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 12, February 12, June 12. Resubmission: November 12, March 12, July 12

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

    • NIH BRAIN Initiative K99/R00: Transition to faculty. 3rd - 4th year postdocs under-represented in sciences (all women included). New: October 11, February 13, June 13; Resubmission: November 13, March 13, July 15
    • 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: October 11, February 11

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

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

  7. 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. NIH F31 or F31 Diversity NRSA: For U.S. citizens/permanent residents. December 8, April 8, August 8
  2. NIH Dissertation Grants
    • 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). December 10, April 10
    • NIDA R36: For substance-use disorder related dissertation research. Must be at the dissertation stage of training (must have an approved dissertation proposal at the time of award). October 16, February 16
    • NIA R36: For aging-related dissertation 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). October 16, February 16
  3. 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). October 8, March 20, October 7
  4. 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). October 18
  5. 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. October 16
  6. Hertz Foundation Fellowship: Pre-grad or first year; U.S. citizen/permanent resident. Expected deadline: Mid - late October
  7. 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 31
  8. NIH Diversity Supplement: Salary/stipend support. For all career stages. Deadline varies by funding agency. (Quarterly, monthly, rolling)