ZI Friday Funding Monthly Digest: Drs. Marlin and Zuker receive prestigious awards from the Hypothesis Fund and Gates Foundation

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V. Zhuravleva and A. Uhimov
November 18, 2022
ZI Friday Funding Monthly Digest: Drs. Marlin and Zuker receive prestigious awards from the Hypothesis Fund and Gates Foundation November 18, 2022 ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 


Pre-Award and Research Development

November 18, 2022 

News and Updates

Congratulations, Dr. Marlin!
Dr. Bianca Jones Marlin is a recipient of the first Hypothesis Fund Seed Grants, to support her work studying how "Olfactory Sensory Experiences Impart Susceptibility to Anxiety via Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance." She was specifically scouted for this award by Dr. Kay Tye.

Congratulations, Dr. Zuker!
Dr. Charles Zuker received funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to study "Gut-brain circuits in malnutrition and stunting.'

Achievement Awards Recognized at SfN

Congratulations, Dr. Abbott!
Dr. Larry Abbott won the Gruber Foundation's Neuroscience Prize for his seminal contributions to the field of theoretical neuroscience.

Congratulations, Dr. Zazhytska!
Dr. Marianna Zazhytska (Lomvardas Lab) won the Society for Neuroscience's Peter and Patricia Gruber International Research Award for her contributions to science as an international early career researcher.

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Congratulations to our recent award recipients!

October 21 - November 18, 2022

Postdoc Awards

Andrew Zimnik: American Parkinson Disease Association Post-Doctoral Fellowship "Role of basal ganglia output in acquiring and executing complex motor skills" (Churchland Lab)

Early Career Investigator Awards

Bianca Jones Marlin: Hypothesis Fund Seed Grant "Olfactory Sensory Experiences Impart Susceptibility to Anxiety via Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance."

Established Investigator Awards

Mike Shadlen and Daniel Wolpert: Air Force Office of Scientific Research "Center of Excellence in the Neuroscience of Decision Making at Columbia University" (Lead PI: Paul Sajda (Biomedical Engineering); Additional Co-PIs: Qi Wang (Biomedical Engineering); Steven Feiner (Computer Science))
Charles Zuker: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grant "Gut-brain circuits in malnutrition and stunting"

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. NSF Integrative Strategies for Understanding Neural and Cognitive Systems (NCS): Supports interdisciplinary research in four focus areas: neuroengineering and brain-inspired designs; individuality and variation; cognitive and neural processes in complex environments; and data-intensive cognitive science and neuroscience. LOI: December 15. Full application: February 15, 2023
  2. 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
  3. 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.
  4. 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
  5. 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

Investigators (view full list on our website)


New/Highlighted Funding Opportunities

  1. Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience (CRCNS) NSF Innovative Approaches to Science and Engineering Research on Brain Function: Two types of proposals accepted - Research Proposals describing collaborative research projects, and Data Sharing Proposals to enable sharing of data and other resources. November 22
  2. McKnight Neurobiology of Brain Disorders Award: For proposals that address the biological mechanisms of neurological and psychiatric disorders, with particular interest in proposals that incorporate new approaches and in those that provide potential paths for therapeutic interventions. Collaborative and cross-disciplinary applications are encouraged. LOI: December 12. Full proposal: April 24, 2023
  3. BRAIN Initiative R01: Theories, Models and Methods for Analysis of Complex Data from the Brain: for the development of theories, computational models, and analytical tools to derive understanding of brain function from complex neuroscience data. December 15
  4. 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.
  5. BRAIN Initiative R34: Brain-Behavior Quantification and Synchronization – Transformative and Integrative Models of Behavior at the Organismal Level: applications to: 1) develop, validate, and apply cutting-edge tools and methods for minimally invasive, multi-dimensional, high-resolution measurement of behavior at the level of the organism, with synchronous capture of changes in the organism’s social or physical environment; and/or 2) develop computational methods that allow for integration of multidimensional behavioral and environmental data representing multiple timescales into a conceptual and/or computational model of behavior as a complex dynamic system, 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. February 14
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. BRAIN Initiative R01: Targeted BRAIN Circuits Projects - TargetedBCP. June 30
  9. BRAIN Initiative R34: Targeted BRAIN Circuits Planning Projects – TargetedBCPP. June 30
  10. 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. Columbia Precision Medicine Joint Pilot Grants Program: One-year pilot studies in precision medicine. Studies must be relevant to advancing precision medicine basic science, pre-clinical/clinical approaches to tailoring medical care (prevention, diagnosis, and/or treatment) to the individual patient, and/or precision cancer research. Must have a full-time appintment at Columbia University/Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons/Columbia University Irving Medical Center/NY State Psychiatric Institute at the rank of an Assistant, Associate, or Full ProfessorPreference will be given to applications from early- and mid-career investigators. December 1.
  2. 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
  3. 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.
  4. Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Awards in Neuroscience: Maximum of four years between the completion of last postdoc and the application deadline.  February 15

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

  1. NIH F32 NRSA Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship

  2. NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence (1-2 years of postdoc + 3 years of faculty funding)

    • NIH Parent K99/R00: Transition to faculty (1-2 years of postdoc + 3 years of faculty funding). International applicants eligible. 3rd - 4th year postdocs. New:February 12, June 12, October 12. Renewal/Resubmission: November 12, March 12, July 12

    • NIH K99/R00 MOSAIC: Transition to faculty. 2nd - 4th year postdocs under-represented in sciences. New:February 12, June 12, October 12 Renewal/Resubmission: November 12, March 12, July 12

  3. 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

  4. HHMI Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program: must be from a gender, racial, ethnic, or other group under-represented in the life sciences (including all women, and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds); international applicants must have a Ph.D. or M.D. degree from a U.S. research institution; can have no more than 27 months of postdoctoral research experience at the time of the application due date. December 1
  5. Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship: Open to all U.S. citizens/nationals/permanent residents; individuals granted deferred action status under DACA (whether current or lapsed); Indigenous individuals exercising rights associated with the Jay Treaty of 1794; individuals granted Temporary Protected Status; asylees; and refugees; must have completed all requirements for PhD at some time on/after December 8, 2015. December 8
  6. Leon Levy Scholarships in Neuroscience: Must be a post-doc with no more than 3 years of cumulative postdoctoral experience; must be conducting neuroscience research at a New York City institution.  Eligible if: U.S. Citizen/Permanent resident; OR J-1 or H-1B Visa; OR DACA; OR Indigenous individual exercising Jay Treaty rights; OR granted temporary protected status. Conditional visas considered. December 10
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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. Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship: Open to all U.S. citizens/nationals/permanent residents; individuals granted deferred action status under DACA (whether current or lapsed); Indigenous individuals exercising rights associated with the Jay Treaty of 1794; individuals granted Temporary Protected Status; asylees; and refugees; must complete the dissertation within 9-12 months in 2023-2024, and no later than Fall 2024. December 8
  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). December 15
  4. Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship: Open to all U.S. citizens/nationals/permanent residents; individuals granted deferred action status under DACA (whether current or lapsed); Indigenous individuals exercising rights associated with the Jay Treaty of 1794; individuals granted Temporary Protected Status; asylees; and refugees; as of Fall 2023, must have 3+ years left in the program. December 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.