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NIH funding notice RFA-MH-20-556

BRAIN Initiative: Pilot resources for brain cell type-specific access and manipulation across vertebrate species (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Closed on October 19, 2021.

Posted
September 17, 2020
Close date
October 19, 2021
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

6 competing awards (new and renewals) from FY2014 to FY2025 under this notice and the notices it replaced: $34,425,194 in first-year total cost, median $6,491,905.

Most frequent study sections

  1. Special Emphasis Panel[ZMH1 ERB-E (02)]3
  2. Special Emphasis Panel[ZMH1 ERB-Q (06)]3

Most frequent institutions

  1. ALLEN INSTITUTE1
  2. BROAD INSTITUTE, INC.1
  3. CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY1
  4. DUKE UNIVERSITY1
  5. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY1
Competing awards under RFA-MH-20-556 and the notices it replaced
FYProjectPIsInstitutionFirst-year costStudy section
2022Systematic identification of enhancers to target the breadth of excitatory and inhibitory neuronal cell types in the cerebral cortex1UF1MH130701-01ARLOTTA, PAOLADEVERMAN, BENJAMIN EFISHELL, GORDON JWANG, YATINGBROAD INSTITUTE, INC., MA$10,679,255ZMH1
2022Cell type specific AAVs to study reward and cognition1UF1MH130881-01BYRNE, LEAHPFENNING, ANDREAS ROBERTSILVA, AFONSO CSTAUFFER, WILLIAM RICHARDUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH, PA$6,850,168ZMH1
2022Machine Learning Augmented Discovery of AAV Capsids for Cell Type Specific Access into Human Neurons and Glia1UF1MH130700-01NOWAKOWSKI, TOMASZSCHAFFER, DAVID VSOHAL, VIKAAS SINGHUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY, CA$2,893,549ZMH1
2021Open-Access AAV Toolbox for Basal Ganglia Cell Types and Circuits1UF1MH128339-01BAKKEN, TRYGVEDAIGLE, TANYA LYNNLEVI, BOAZ PIRIETASIC, BOSILJKATING, JONATHAN TALLEN INSTITUTE, WA$7,282,237ZMH1
2021Engineered AAV Identification, Validation, and Dissemination Pipeline for Brain Cell Type-Specific Manipulation Across Species1UF1MH128336-01FOX, ANDREW SGRADINARU, VIVIANASHAY, TIMOTHY FRANCISTIAN, LINCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CA$6,133,641ZMH1
2021RNA-programmable cell type targeting and manipulation across vertebrate nervous systems1UF1MH128337-01HUANG, Z JOSHDUKE UNIVERSITY, NC$586,344ZMH1

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