ZI Friday Funding Monthly Digest - Introducing Themed Office Hours!

By
V. Zhuravleva and A. Uhimov
February 17, 2022
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Pre-Award and Research Development

February 11, 2022 

News and Updates

Introducing Themed Office Hours!

Thurs, February 17, 2:00-3:00pm:
F31 NRSA and F99/K00 (Ph.D students)

  • Info + Your Questions + Creating your writing timeline for the April deadline
  • F31 NRSA: 2nd-5th Year grad Students. Salary and stipend support. Check out the proposal overview on our website.
  • F99/K00: 3rd-5th Year grad students. Transition to post-doc grant.
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Pre-Award team

Weekly Office Hours
Every Thursday, 2:00-3:00 pm:
Meet the team and ask any questions during office hours on Thursdays from 2:00 - 3:00 pm. Click here to join the Zoom meeting. 

Schedule time to meet with the team

Congratulations to our recent award recipients!

January 15 - February 11, 2021

Undergraduate Awards

Karlton Gaskin: NIH/NINDS Diversity Supplement Award "Dendritic patterning by interacting extrinsic cues" (Grueber Lab)

Postdoc Awards

Akira Fushiki: BBRF NARSAD Young Investigator Grant "Unveiling the Correspondence Between Molecular and Functional Subtypes of Midbrain Dopamine Neurons" (Costa Lab)
Jeffrey Lopez-Rojas:
 BBRF NARSAD Young Investigator Grant "Decoupling of Entorhinal-Hippocampal Network Underlying Social Memory in a Mouse Model of Schizophrenia" (Siegelbaum Lab)

Early Career Investigator Awards

Yasmine El-Shamayleh: NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award "Neural basis of visual shape perception"

Minoree Kohwi: Hirschl Research Scientist Award "Generation of neural diversity through regulation of genome architecture dynamics"
Bianca Jones Marlin:
BBRF NARSAD Young Investigator Grant "Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance of Parental Stress"

Investigator Awards

Stavros Lomvardas: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Research Grant subaward "Engineered olfactory receptors to detect odors"
Carol Mason: National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation Established Researcher Grant "Cell and molecular defects in the developing albino eye leading to an impaired binocular circuit: What does the RPE do?"

Upcoming funding opportunities

Graduate students

  1. F31 or F31 Diversity NRSAFor U.S. citizens or permanent residents. April 8, August 8
  2. NIH F99/K00 D-SPAN: Transition to post-doc award (last 1-2 years of Ph.D. + 4 years of postdoc). Applicants under-represented in sciences. April 15, August 15
  3. NIH Diversity SupplementSalary/stipend support. For all career stages. Deadline varies by funding agency. (Quarterly, monthly, rolling)

Post-docs

  1. Simons Foundation Bridge to Independence - SFARI - Autism Research: International applicants eligible. For Postdocs preparing to be on job market. February 28 (Letters of Rec + Letter of Intent)
  2. BBRF Young Investigator (NARSAD): International applicants eligible. 3+ year postdocs. Can only apply twice for this grant (including as early faculty). Late March - 2022 deadline not yet on website
  3. NIH/NINDS K01: 2nd - 4th year postdocs. New:June 12; October 12. Renewal/Resubmission:March 14, July 12.
  4. 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:June 12, October 12; Renewal/Resubmission:March 14, July 12.
  5. NIH K99/R00 MOSAIC: Transition to faculty. 2nd - 4th year postdocs under-represented in sciences. New:June 12, October 12; Renewal/Resubmission:March 14, July 12.
  6. NIH Parent K01: 2nd - 5+ year postdocs. New:June 12, October 12; Renewal/Resubmission:March 14, July 12.
  7. NIH Parent F32 NRSA: 1st - 3rd year postdocs. April 8, August 8
  8. NIH BRAIN Initiative F32 NRSA: 1st year postdocs. April 11, December 9
  9. Simons Foundation Bridge to Independence - Collaboration on the Global Brain: International applicants eligible. For Postdocs preparing to be on job market. Applicants under-represented in the sciences (all women included). April 11 (application + letters of rec)
  10. Simons Foundation Bridge to Independence - Plasticity and the Aging Brain: International applicants eligible. For Postdocs preparing to be on job market. Applicants under-represented in the sciences. April 11 (application + letters of rec)
  11. NIH/NINDS F32 NRSA: 1st year postdocs. June 8, October 11
  12. NIH K99/R00 BRAIN Initiative: Transition to faculty (1-2 years of postdoc + 3 years of faculty funding). 2nd - 5th year postdocs under-represeneted in sciences (all women included). June 8, October 11
  13. NIH Diversity Supplement: Salary/stipend support. For all career stages. Deadline varies by funding agency. (Quarterly, monthly, rolling)
  14. NIH K- awards - Special Interest: NINDS mission relevant Pain Research. Must submit through an existing funding opportunity (list in NOSI announcement). Deadline varies by funding opportunity.

   *Check with us regarding eligibility window extensions for NIH grants

Early Career Investigators

  1. Science and PINS Prize: Eligible if advanced degree awarded within 10 years and 45 years old or younger. For essay describing research and its implications for neuromodulation. March 15
  2. BBRF Young Investigator: Can only apply once. Late March - 2022 deadline not yet on website
  3. Pew Biomedical ScholarsLimited submission. Eligible within first 5 years since starting faculty position. Early – Mid March (call for submissions). Early April (internal application)
  4. Whitehall Foundation: Must have no substantial support from other sources. April 15 (letter of intent)

Investigators


New/Highlighted Funding Opportunities

  1. NIH R01/R21 - Special Interest: Neuro-Glia Mechanisms Governing Complex Behaviors. Must submit through an existing R01 or R21 funding opportunity (list at bottom of NOSI announcement). Deadline varies by funding opportunity.
  2. BRAIN Initiative R01: Targeted BRAIN Circuits Projects - TargetedBCP. July 1, October 6
  3. BRAIN Initiative R34: Targeted BRAIN Circuits Planning Projects – TargetedBCPP. July 1, October 5
  4. NIH Administrative Supplements: to Recognize Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Mentorship. April 7.
  5. NIH U-, R-, K- awards - Special Interest: NINDS mission relevant Pain Research. Must submit through an existing funding opportunity (list in NOSI announcement). Deadline varies by funding opportunity.

Upcoming Funding Opportunities

  1. Simons Foundation SFARI Pilot Award: Support for exploratory ideas, particularly those with novel hypotheses for autism. March 17
  2. NIH Parent R01: New:June 5, October 5; Renewal/Resubmission:March 7, July 5, November 5
  3. NIMH Basic Neurodevelopmental Biology of Circuits and Behavior - R01/R21: R01June 6, October 5. R21 June 16, October 16
  4. NIMH Temporal Dynamics of Coordinated Neural Activity - R01/R21: R01June 6, October 5. R21June 16, October 16
  5. NIH Parent R21: New:June 16, October 16; Renewal/Resubmission: March 16, July 16, November 16
  6. BRAIN Initiative Tools R01: Development and Validation of Novel Tools to Probe Cell-Specific and Circuit-Specific Processes in the Brain. June 7
  7. BRAIN Initiative UG3/UH3: Development of Novel Tools to Probe Cell-Specific and Circuit-Specific Processes in Human and Non-Human Primate Brain. June 7
  8. NIH Diversity Supplement: Salary/stipend support for trainees at all career stages. Deadline varies by funding agency. (Quarterly, monthly, rolling)