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NIH funding notice RFA-EY-18-001

BRAIN Initiative: New Concepts and Early - Stage Research for Large - Scale Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System (R21) (Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Closed on October 29, 2020.

Posted
March 2, 2018
Close date
October 29, 2020
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

30 competing awards (new and renewals) from FY2014 to FY2025 under this notice and the notices it replaced: $11,335,367 in first-year total cost, median $436,217.

Most frequent study sections

  1. Special Emphasis Panel[ZEY1 VSN (08)]19
  2. Special Emphasis Panel[ZEY1 VSN (07)]7
  3. Special Emphasis Panel[ZNS1 SRB-G (21)]4

Most frequent institutions

  1. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY3
  2. PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE2
  3. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO2
  4. UNIVERSITY OF UTAH2
  5. ACHUCARRO BASQUE CENTER FOR NEUROSCIENCE1
Competing awards under RFA-EY-18-001 and the notices it replaced
FYProjectPIsInstitutionFirst-year costStudy section
2021Interferometric Speckle Visibility Spectroscopy for Brain Activity Associated Cerebral Blood Flow Monitoring1R21EY033086-01YANG, CHANGHUEICALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CA$287,750ZEY1
2021Optical gearbox for high speed neural recording1R21EY032382-01CUI, MENGYANG, GUANGPURDUE UNIVERSITY, IN$253,500ZEY1
2021Simultaneous, Cell-Resolved, Bioluminescent Recording From Microcircuits1R21EY033085-01NISHIMURA, NOZOMISCHAFFER, CHRIS BCORNELL UNIVERSITY, NY$246,000ZEY1
2021Multimodal probes for multiscale calcium imaging1R21EY032369-01JASANOFF, ALANMASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MA$231,825ZEY1
2021Conformable, Expandable Neural Interface Device for the developing brain1R21EY032381-01GELINAS, JENNIFERKHODAGHOLY, DIONCOLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE, NY$230,865ZEY1
2021Developing A Transition MicroElelectrode Array for Large-scale Brain Recording1R21EY033082-01FAN, YANTAOUNIVERSITY OF UTAH, UT$226,606ZEY1
2021Ultra High-density Optomechanic Neural Interfaces1R21EY033084-01CHAMANZAR, MAYSAMREZAPIAZZA, GIANLUCACARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY, PA$210,616ZEY1
2021A robotic fiber platform for large area deep brain interfacing1R21EY033080-01COHEN, ITAIJIA, XIAOTINGVIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV, VA$198,936ZEY1
2021High Frequency Wearable and Transparent Electrostrictive Row-Column Arrays for Whole Brain Functional Imaging1R21EY033078-01ZEMP, ROGER JUNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, AB$162,000ZEY1
2020Focused ultrasound-mediated disruption of blood plasma protein binding with pharmacological molecules1R21EY031807-01LEE, WONHYEBRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, MA$526,888ZEY1
2020Light-Induced Targeted Recombination Strategies For Genetic Access to Recently Active Neurons1R21EY031269-01NORRIS, AARON JTUCKER, CHANDRA LWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, MO$484,032ZEY1
2020Re-engineering Connectivity in the Drosophila Brain1R21EY031849-01GALLIO, MARCONORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, IL$476,500ZEY1
2020NeuroPhIBER: A Nimble Fiber-Optically Read Silicon Microelectrode Array1R21EY031854-01FOSTER, AMY CAROLEFOSTER, MARK AJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, MD$476,494ZEY1
2020Two-photon Line Excitation Array Detection (2p-LEAD) microscopy for volumetric monitoring neuronal activity at 120,000 frames per second1R21EY031863-01BEN-YAKAR, ADELAUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, TX$475,500ZEY1
2020Development of multi-color, bright chemigenetic indicators to image synaptic transmission1R21EY031858-01TIAN, LINUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS, CA$471,000ZEY1
2020Neural Electrodes with Enhanced Charge Injection and Reduced Interfacial Impedance Using Graphenated Carbon Nanotubes Coated With Atomic Layer-Deposited Platinum Nanoparticles1R21EY031271-01PARKER, CHARLES BERNARDDUKE UNIVERSITY, NC$461,770ZEY1
2020Metasurface-Dressed Nanophotonic Neural Interfaces for Multipoint Concurrent Optogenetic Modulation and Calcium Mapping1R21EY031853-01NI, XINGJIEPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE, PA$457,844ZEY1
2020Noninvasive low-intensity focused ultrasound-enabled sonogenetic method to induce plasticity in adult visual cortex.1R21EY031265-01HWANG, GRACE MLEE, HEY-KYOUNGJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, MD$395,731ZEY1
2020Genetic-assisted, full brain scale integrated activity mapping with MRI1R21EY031256-01HASAN, MAZAHIR T.ACHUCARRO BASQUE CENTER FOR NEUROSCIENCE$322,380ZEY1
2019A system for whole-brain recording and control of activated neurons with near-infrared light1R21EY030705-01SHCHERBAKOVA, DARIAALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, NY$502,625ZEY1
2019A Computational Miniature Mesoscope for Large-Scale Brain Mapping in Behaving Mice1R21EY030016-01BOAS, DAVID ADAVISON, IAN GORDONTIAN, LEIBOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS), MA$495,000ZNS1
2019Genetically targeted high sensitivity voltage sensitive dyes1R21EY030712-01LOEW, LESLIE MUNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT, CT$492,000ZEY1
2019Highly specific control of neurons with photoswitchable bioluminescent optogenetics.1R21EY030716-01SHANER, NATHAN CHRISTOPHERUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO, CA$486,100ZEY1
2019Expanding field-of-view with reduced tissue displacement in micro-endoscopic computational imaging1R21EY030717-01BLAIR, STEVEN MMENON, RAJESHSHEPHERD, JASON DUNIVERSITY OF UTAH, UT$456,800ZEY1
2019Rapid and Agile Multi-Photon Optical Imaging Over Large Neural Volumes1R21EY030011-01FOSTER, MARK AJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, MD$439,625ZNS1
2019Self-Image-Guided Flexible Ultrasonic Interrogation Platform for Neural Dust1R21EY030700-01KIANI, MEHDIPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE, PA$438,934ZEY1
2019Non-Invasive Nanoparticle Platform for Tool Delivery to the Brain1R21EY030012-01HOCHGESCHWENDER, UTE HROSSIGNOL, JULIENSHARMA, AJITCENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, MI$433,500ZNS1
2019Flexible active electrodes for frequency-multiplexed large-scale neural recording1R21EY030007-01JOHNSTON, MATTHEW LMINOT, ETHAN DOREGON STATE UNIVERSITY, OR$406,074ZNS1
2019Massively Multiplexed Gold Microprobe Arrays for Whole-Mouse-Brain Recording1R21EY030710-01FANG, HUIWALKER, ROSS MNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, MA$402,876ZEY1
2019Transparent neural interface for in vivo interrogation of human organoids1R21EY030727-01DEVOR, ANNAUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO, CA$185,596ZEY1

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