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NIH funding notice RFA-DC-27-004

BRAIN Initiative: Exploratory Research Opportunities Using Invasive Neural Recording and Stimulating Technologies in the Human Brain (R61 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Open. Closes February 11, 2027.

Posted
May 4, 2026
Close date
February 11, 2027
Activity codes
R61
Institutes taking part
NIDCD, NEI, NIA, NIAAA, NIBIB, NICHD, NIDA, NIMH, NINDS, NCCIH

Read the notice on Grants.gov

The notices it replaced

  1. Reissues: RFA-DC-24-001 BRAIN Initiative: Exploratory Research Opportunities Using Invasive Neural Recording and Stimulating Technologies in the Human Brain (R61 Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)

Who won it before

4 competing awards (new and renewals) from FY2014 to FY2025 under this notice and the notices it replaced: $3,954,978 in first-year total cost, median $1,033,917.

Most frequent study sections

  1. Special Emphasis Panel[ZNS1 SRB-P (14)]2
  2. Special Emphasis Panel[ZNS1 SRB-P (17)]2

Most frequent institutions

  1. CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER1
  2. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE1
  3. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO1
  4. UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER1
Competing awards under RFA-DC-27-004 and the notices it replaced
FYProjectPIsInstitutionFirst-year costStudy section
2025Neuronal mechanisms of learning and utilizing abstract representations1R61DC022835-01 · under RFA-DC-24-001MAMELAK, ADAM NATHANIELRUTISHAUSER, UELIZHENG, JIECEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER, CA$1,099,402ZNS1
2025Human hippocampal oscillations during visuomotor exploration1R61DC022830-01 · under RFA-DC-24-001BUZSAKI, GYORGYLIU, ANLI ANEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, NY$1,049,678ZNS1
2025Towards causal mapping of episodic memory iEEG networks via multi-method brain stimulation1R61DC021925-01 · under RFA-DC-24-001VOSS, JOEL LUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, IL$787,743ZNS1
2024Neocortical microarchitecture of executive function using large-scale intracranial electrophysiology1R61DC021924-01 · under RFA-DC-24-001DENMAN, DANIEL JAMESKRAMER, DANIEL RPAULK, ANGELIQUE CUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER, CO$1,018,155ZNS1

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