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NIH funding notice RFA-EY-15-001

Brain Initiative: New Concepts and Early-Stage Research for Large-Scale Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System (R21)

Closed on April 16, 2015.

Posted
January 30, 2015
Close date
April 16, 2015
Activity codes
Not stated on the notice page
Institutes taking part
Not stated on the notice page

Read the notice on Grants.gov · NIH Guide page

The notices it replaced

Its page was not saved, so the notices it replaced are not known.

Who won it before

23 competing awards (new and renewals) from FY2014 to FY2025 under this notice and the notices it replaced: $5,573,417 in first-year total cost, median $237,000.

Most frequent study sections

  1. Special Emphasis Panel[ZEY1 VSN (01)]23

Most frequent institutions

  1. BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS)2
  2. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN2
  3. BROAD INSTITUTE, INC.1
  4. CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY1
  5. CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY1
Competing awards under RFA-EY-15-001 and the notices it replaced
FYProjectPIsInstitutionFirst-year costStudy section
2015Neural Monitoring with Magnetically-Focused Electrical Impedance Tomography (mf-EIT)1R21EY026360-01FREEMAN, DANIEL KENNETHCHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, MA$299,208ZEY1
2015Potentiometric photoacoustic imaging of brain activity enabled by near infrared to visible light converting nanoparticles1R21EY026411-01PRASAD, PARAS N.XIA, JUNSTATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO, NY$294,603ZEY1
2015Use of Calcium Indicator Proteins in Spike Counting Mode1R21EY026434-01DIGREGORIO, DAVID AWANG, SAMUEL SHENG-HUNGPRINCETON UNIVERSITY, NJ$287,355ZEY1
2015Capabilities of MRI-Based Neural Current Imaging for Human Brain Mapping1R21EY026379-01KIM, YOUNG RMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, MA$260,815ZEY1
2015Fluorescent Sensors for Imaging External Potassium in the Brain1R21EY026362-01KOBERTZ, WILLIAM RUNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER, MA$251,250ZEY1
2015Development of a scalable methodology for imaging neuropeptide release in the brain1R21EY026432-01ANDERSON, DAVID JCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CA$250,125ZEY1
2015High-speed Deep Brain Imaging and Modulation with Ultrathin Minimally Invasive Probes1R21EY026436-01PIESTUN, RAFAELUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, CO$248,638ZEY1
2015Multiplexed Multiphoton Interrogation of Brain Connectomics1R21EY026410-01HAN, XUERAMACHANDRAN, SIDDHARTHBOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS), MA$245,750ZEY1
2015Wavefront sensor for deep imaging of the brain1R21EY026391-01XU, CHRISCORNELL UNIVERSITY, NY$241,500ZEY1
2015Employing subcellular calcium to control membrane voltage1R21EY026427-01HOCHGESCHWENDER, UTE HLIPSCOMBE, DIANEMOORE, CHRISTOPHER ICENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, MI$241,375ZEY1
2015Ultra-miniaturized single fiber probe for functional brain imaging in freely moving animals1R21EY026310-01MERTZ, JEROMEBOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS), MA$239,361ZEY1
2015Self-Motile Electrodes for Three Dimensional, Non-perturbative Recording and Stimulation1R21EY026365-01MELOSH, NICHOLAS ASTANFORD UNIVERSITY, CA$237,000ZEY1
2015LOCATER: Large-scale Observation of Cellular Activity Through Exosomal Reporters1R21EY026412-01ZHANG, FENGBROAD INSTITUTE, INC., MA$234,436ZEY1
2015Space-division multiplexing optical coherence tomography for large-scale, millisecond resolution imaging of neural activity1R21EY026380-01BERDICHEVSKY, YEVGENYZHOU, CHAOLEHIGH UNIVERSITY, PA$234,143ZEY1
2015Optical tools for extended neural silencing1R21EY026363-01KENNEDY, MATTHEW JTUCKER, CHANDRA LUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER, CO$231,863ZEY1
2015Label-free 4D optical detection of neural activity1R21EY026441-01BAZHENOV, MAKSIM VBINDER, DEVIN KPARK, BORIS HYLEUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE, CA$231,250ZEY1
2015Optical Tools to Study Neuropeptide Signaling1R21EY026425-01TANTAMA, MATHEWPURDUE UNIVERSITY, IN$226,857ZEY1
2015Conducting polymer nanowires for neural modulation1R21EY026392-01PAYNE, CHRISTINE KGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, GA$226,514ZEY1
2015Neuronal voltage tracers for photoacoustic imaging in the deep brain1R21EY026449-01SACK, JON THOMASUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS, CA$223,558ZEY1
2015A robust ionotropic activator for brain-wide manipulation of neuronal function1R21EY026442-01ELLINGTON, ANDREW DZEMELMAN, BORIS VUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, TX$223,425ZEY1
2015A viral system for light-dependent trapping of activated neurons1R21EY026446-01DREW, MICHAEL RMARTIN, STEPHENZEMELMAN, BORIS VUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, TX$221,500ZEY1
2015Implantable Brain Microelectromechanical Magnetic Sensing and Stimulation (MEMS-MAGSS)1R21EY026438-01SCHIFF, STEVEN JTADIGADAPA, SRINIVASPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR, PA$216,697ZEY1
2015Five-dimensional optoacoustic tomography for large-scale electrophysiology in scattering brains1R21EY026382-01RAZANSKY, DANIELTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH$206,194ZEY1

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