BRAIN Initiative: Development and Validation of Novel Tools to Probe Cell-Specific and Circuit-Specific Processes in the Brain (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-MH-23-290 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This is a reissue of RFA-MH-21-175 to comply with DMSP policy. The purpose of this Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative is to encourage applications that will develop and validate novel tools to facilitate the detailed analysis of complex circuits and provide insights into cellular interactions that underlie brain function. The new tools and technologies should inform and/or exploit cell-type and/or circuit-level specificity. Plans for validating the utility of the tool/technology will be an essenti...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - May 8, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

INCLUDE (INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE) Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-OD-23-016 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of the INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE (INCLUDE) Predoctoral to postdoctoral Fellow Transition award (F99/K00) is to recruit exceptional graduate students from diverse research fields to pursue postdoctoral training focused on Down syndrome related research. Talented graduate students from disciplines including, but not limited to, genetics, biochemistry, data science, imaging, engineering and neurobiology are invited to apply to this opportunity. Prospective applicants are ...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - May 8, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

BRAIN Initiative: Development of Novel Tools to Probe Cell-Specific and Circuit-Specific Processes in Human and Non-Human Primate Brain (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity RFA-MH-23-295 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. Reissue of RFA-MH-22-115 to comply with DMSP policy. The purpose of this Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative is to encourage applications that will develop and validate novel tools to facilitate the detailed analysis and manipulation of complex circuits and provide insights into cellular interactions that underlie brain function. Critical advances in the treatment of brain disorders in human populations are hindered by our lack of ability to monitor and manipulate circuitry in safe, minimally-invas...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - May 8, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Pre-Clinical Research on Gene Therapies for Rare Genetic Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Notice NOT-MH-23-236 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - April 28, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): NIMH Planning Grants for Natural History Studies of Rare Genetic Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Notice NOT-MH-23-235 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - April 28, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Data Integration and Statistical Analysis Methods (DISAM) (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-HG-23-005 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) solicits applications to develop innovative and generalizable statistical methods to enable analysis of data from the human Developmental Genotype-Expression (dGTEx) and non-human primate (NHP dGTEx) projects. Methods that assess the influence of genetic variation on development, compare gene expression and regulation across tissues and time points, or leverage comparative genomics to understand developmental and evolutionary processes and integrate with existing tissue and cell atlas efforts are stro...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - April 18, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Development and Validation of Models for Alzheimers Disease-Related Dementias (ADRD) (R61/R33 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-23-154 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. "This FOA would support development and validation of clinically relevant models of AD/ADRD including post-TBI dementias. Models could include small animals, larger animals, ex vivo models, human iPSCs, or other in vitro models. Validation includes internal, face, construct, and predictive (to the extent possible) validation. Such validations could include looking at underlying mechanism/pathways, functional imaging, behavior, and other cognitive readouts. Independent replication is also encouraged. These models can be developed/validated with ...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - April 11, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

BRAIN Initiative: New Technologies and Novel Approaches for Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-NS-24-004 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. Reissue of RFA-NS-18-020: Understanding the dynamic activity of brain circuits is central to the NIH BRAIN Initiative. This FOA seeks applications for proof-of-concept testing and development of new technologies and novel approaches for recording and modulation (including various modalities for stimulation/activation, inhibition and manipulation) of cells (i.e., neuronal and non-neuronal) and networks to enable transformative understanding of dynamic signaling in the central nervous system (CNS). This FOA seeks exceptionally creative approach...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - March 14, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

BRAIN Initiative: Optimization of Instrumentation and Device Technologies for Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System (U01 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-NS-24-005 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. Reissue of RFA-NS-18-019: Understanding the dynamic activity of neural circuits is central to the NIH BRAIN Initiative. The invention, proof-of-concept investigation, and optimization of new technologies through iterative feedback from end users are key components of the BRAIN Initiative. This FOA seeks applications to optimize existing or emerging technologies through iterative testing with end users. The technologies and approaches should have potential to address major challenges associated with recording and modulation (including various ...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - March 14, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Genomic Community Resources (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-23-124 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this initiative is to facilitate genomic research and to disseminate its products to the broader biomedical research community. NHGRI supports both new and existing genomic resources of demonstrated broad value to the research community. Awards under this FOA will support the development and distribution of genomic resources that will be valuable for both basic and clinical genomics research. Such resources include, but are not limited to, those that support: Genomic informatics toolsets, such as biomedical ontologies and analysi...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - March 1, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Ex Vivo Models for Studies at the Intersection of HIV and Poly-Substance Use (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-DA-24-001 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites grant applications aimed at elucidating neuroimmune and neuronal-glial pathophysiological mechanisms of HIV-associated neurological disorders (HAND) using ex vivo culturing platforms derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC) in the presence of addictive substances. Specific emphasis is on unbiased, reproducible analysis of genetics and epigenetics, neuroglial interactions, and neuroimmune cell activities from the single cell to neural circuit levels. (Source: NIH Funding Oppo...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 28, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Notice of Pre-Application Webinar for PAR-23-035: Discovery of the Genetic Basis of Childhood Cancers and of Structural Birth Defects: Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program (X01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Notice NOT-RM-23-007 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 27, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Discovery of the Genetic Basis of Conditions Associated with Down Syndrome for the INCLUDE (INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE) Project (X01)
Notice NOT-OD-23-042 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 8, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Discovery of the Genetic Basis of Childhood Cancers and of Structural Birth Defects: Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program (X01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-23-035 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. As part of the Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program (Kids First Program), the NIH invites applications to submit samples from pediatric cohorts for whole genome sequencing at a Kids First Program-supported sequencing center. Applicants are encouraged to propose sequencing of existing pediatric cancer or structural birth defect cohorts to elucidate the genetic contribution (somatic and/or germline) to childhood cancers, to investigate the genetic etiology of structural birth defects, to study the molecular basis of the associati...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 6, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Conference for Early Stage HIV/AIDS Researchers Using Nonhuman Primate Models (R13 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The objectives of the meeting(s) supported by this FOA are to provide these early stage HIV/AIDS researchers with guidance on conducting preclinical research to inform clinical trials on reducing the incidence of HIV/AIDS infection, including vaccine development and testing; developing next-generation HIV therapies, including potential cure therapies; treatment of HIV-associated coinfections, comorbidities and complications; and infection prevention strategies. In addition to guidance on translating results to clinical trials, the conference should target developing skills related to networking, grantsmanship, and goal/mil...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - January 31, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding