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NIH funding notice RFA-EY-21-001

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

Closed on September 21, 2023.

Posted
January 15, 2021
Close date
September 21, 2023
Activity codes
Not stated on the notice page
Institutes taking part
Not stated on the notice page

The notices it replaced

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

Who won it before

Competing awards, new and renewals, since FY2014, under this notice and the notices it replaced.

Past awards
15
15 new
Median first-year cost
$247,500
$3,835,724 in all
Institutions
12
13 contact PIs

Awards by fiscal year

Fiscal years 2014 to 2026.

Most frequent institutions

  1. BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS)2
  2. CORNELL UNIVERSITY2
  3. OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY2
  4. BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER1
  5. HARVARD UNIVERSITY1

and 7 other institutions

Most frequent study sections

  1. Special Emphasis Panel (ZEY1 VSN (08))15
15 awards under RFA-EY-21-001 and the notices it replaced
FYProjectPIsInstitutionFirst-year costStudy section
FY2024Computational volumetric one-photon voltage imaging in rodents1R21EY035958-01Oenol-Noebauer, TobiasROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY, NYFirst-year cost $259,095Study section ZEY1
FY2024Curved Implantation of Flexible Microelectrode Arrays for High-Density Mapping of Nonlinear Brain Structures and Circuits1R21EY035955-01Lin, DingchangJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, MDFirst-year cost $237,914Study section ZEY1
FY2023Improving the Speed of Galvo-Scanners1R21EY034809-01Xu, ChrisCORNELL UNIVERSITY, NYFirst-year cost $328,000Study section ZEY1
FY2023A multi-foci objective lens for large scale brain activity recording1R21EY035439-01Xu, ChrisCORNELL UNIVERSITY, NYFirst-year cost $328,000Study section ZEY1
FY2023Mechanoluminescent nanomaterials for optogenetic neuromodulation1R21EY034806-01Nam, JinYin, YadongUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE, CAFirst-year cost $282,381Study section ZEY1
FY2023Massively Parallel Optoacoustic Retinal Stimulation at Micrometer-Resolution1R21EY035437-01Yang, ChenBOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS), MAFirst-year cost $265,150Study section ZEY1
FY2023Multiplexed Sensing and Control of Neuromodulators and Peptides in the Awake Brain1R21EY035436-01Andermann, Mark LBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, MAFirst-year cost $259,350Study section ZEY1
FY2023Next Generation Temporal Interference Stimulation for Non-Invasive Neuromodulation1R21EY034803-01Pakhomov, Andrei GOLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY, VAFirst-year cost $240,000Study section ZEY1
FY2023Ultrasonic-tagged remote interferometric flowmetry for brain activity1R21EY035400-01Xu, MinHUNTER COLLEGE, NYFirst-year cost $224,100Study section ZEY1
FY2022Protein ticker-tapes for brain-wide neural recordings1R21EY033669-01Cohen, Adam EzraHARVARD UNIVERSITY, MAFirst-year cost $338,000Study section ZEY1
FY2022Sub-millimeter precision wireless neuromodulation using a microwave split ring resonator1R21EY034275-01Cheng, Ji-XinBOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS), MAFirst-year cost $247,500Study section ZEY1
FY2022Targeted Neuromodulation by Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Fields1R21EY034258-01Pakhomov, Andrei GOLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY, VAFirst-year cost $240,000Study section ZEY1
FY2022Neuro-flakes: Direct Voltage Imaging of Neural Activity with Atomically-thin Optoelectronic Materials1R21EY033676-01Cubukcu, ErtugrulUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO, CAFirst-year cost $219,365Study section ZEY1
FY2022Unlocking the potential of High-speed widefield Imaging1R21EY034291-01Theogarajan, Luke Satish KumarUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA, CAFirst-year cost $211,769Study section ZEY1
FY2022A Novel Wireless and Subcellular Device for Neuromodulation1R21EY034283-01Sarkar, DeblinaMASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MAFirst-year cost $155,100Study section ZEY1
Newest fiscal year first, then first-year cost.

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