ZI Friday Funding Monthly Digest: Dr. Marlin received the McKnight Scholar award!

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V. Zhuravleva and A. Uhimov
June 21, 2024
ZI Friday Funding Monthly Digest: Dr. Marlin received the McKnight Scholar award!
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Pre-Award and Research Development

June 21, 2024

News and Updates

Congratulations, Dr. Bianca Jones Marlin!


Dr. Bianca Jones Marlin received the prestigious McKnight Scholar Award to study "Molecular mechanisms of intergenerational memory".

Congratulations, Drs. Anastasia Zavitsanou and Sasha Fulton!


Dr. Anastasia Zavitsanou (Abdus-Saboor Lab) received the prestigious Simons Junior Fellowship to study how cancer alters behavior by regulating the body’s internal sensory system.


Dr. Sasha Fulton (Abdus-Saboor Lab) received the Burroughs Wellcome Fund's Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program award to support career development activities as she continues "Defining the role of social touch somatosensory neurons in stress response."

Congratulations, graduate students!

Four graduate students in the NB&B program recently received NIH fellowship awards to carry out their promising research. See their individual awards below!

Our Team

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Congratulations to our recent award recipients!

March 16 - June 21, 2024

Graduate Student Awards

Isabel Bravo: NIH/NIMH F31 "Impact of social environment on cognitive development and thalamocortical maturation" (Kellendonk Lab)

Kevin Gonzalez: NIH/NINDS F99/K00 "Subcellular plasticity mechanisms of hippocampal-dependent memory formation and consolidation" (Losonczy and Polleux Labs)

David Gruskin: NIH/NIMH F30 "Multiscale imaging of context-dependent decision-making" (Kahn and Shadlen Labs)

Aleksandra Recupero: NIH/NIMH F30 "Impact of Species-Specific Synaptic Maturation Timing on Cortical Circuit and Behavioral Development" (Polleux Lab)

Postdoc Awards

Sasha Fulton: Burroughs Wellcome Fund Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program "Defining the role of social touch somatosensory neurons in stress response: A novel skin-brain pathway for resilience" (Abdus-Saboor Lab)

Anastasia-Maria Zavitsanou: Simons Society of Fellows Junior Fellow Award (Abdus-Saboor Lab)

Early Career Investigator Awards

Bianca Jones Marlin: McKnight Scholar Award "Molecular mechanisms of intergenerational memory"

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. BRAIN Initiative R21: New Concepts and Early-Stage Research for Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System: June 17, 2025
  2. BRAIN Initiative R34: Targeted BRAIN Circuits Planning Projects -TargetedBCPP. October 2

Upcoming Funding Opportunities

  1. NIH Parent R01: New: October 5, February 5, June 5; Renewal/Resubmission:
    July 5, November 5, March 5
  2. NIMH Basic Neurodevelopmental Biology of Circuits and Behavior  -  R01/R21: R01: October 5. R21: October 16
  3. NIMH Temporal Dynamics of Coordinated Neural Activity - R01/R21: R01: October 5. R21: October 16
  4. NIH Parent R21: New: October 16, February 16, June 16; Renewal/Resubmission: July 16, November 16, March 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. Beckman Young Investigator Program: U.S. citizen/permanent resident; within first 4 years of tenure-track position; no more than $225,000 in direct, annualized external funding grants. Internal submission: July 10
  2. Edward Mallinckrodt Scholar Program: must be within 4 years of faculty appointment; high risk/high reward proposal. Limited submission - call for submissions expected: Mid-June. Internal application due: Early July
  3. NSF CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) Program: Must be Assistant Professor; Can apply a maximum of 3 times. July 24
  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. , April 8, August 8, December 8

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

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

    • NIH BRAIN Initiative K99/R00: Transition to faculty. 3rd - 4th year postdocs under-represented in sciences (all women included). New: June 13, October 11, February 13; Resubmission: July 15, November 14, March 13
    • 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: June 11, October 11, February 11

  3. NIH K01 Career Development Award

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

    • NIH Parent K01: 2nd - 5+ year postdocs. New: June 12, October 12, February 12. Resubmission: July 12, November 12, March 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. 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. April 8, August 8,  December 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). April 10, August 9, December 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). June 16, 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). June 16, 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). Expected next deadline: October 8, March 20, 2025, 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. Mid-October
  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)