FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators
Neurology at Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA · Sum of member hospitals
- NIH names only the principal investigators on an award, so this page lists only them. The department is the award's: it is where ScienceDex counts the award, not a list of the department's members.
- NIH gives hospital awards no department code. Each counts under its contact PI's own department, from their PubMed affiliations, or under a department inferred from the award's topic when no affiliation names one. Each award below says which. How departments are assigned
- Awards at Boston Children's Hospital's member hospitals under the department-ranking rules: awards with a department, R&D contracts left out. They match Boston Children's Hospital's Neurology row on the system page.
By member hospital
Where NIH made these awards. Each hospital's page lists its own investigators.
Leads a grant in this department
32 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.
Mustafa Sahin
Leads 3 awards · $3,748,932
- 5U54NS092090-12Department: investigator's affiliationDevelopmental Synaptopathies Associated with TSC, PTEN, SHANK3 and SynGAP1 Pathogenic Variants
Principal investigators: Alexander Kolevzon (contact PI), Antonio Hardan (contact PI), Darcy Krueger (contact PI), Joseph D. Buxbaum (contact PI), M. Pilar Trelles (contact PI), Mustafa Sahin (contact PI)
$1,747,520award amount - 3P50HD105351-05S1Department: investigator's affiliationBoston Children's Hospital/HMS Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center
Principal investigators: Hisashi Umemori (contact PI), Mustafa Sahin (contact PI), Scott Loren Pomeroy
$1,187,800award amount - 5R01MH130356-04Department: investigator's affiliationEffects of 16p11.2 copy number variation on neuronal development and pathology
Principal investigators: Mustafa Sahin (contact PI), Mirjana Maletic-Savatic
$813,612award amount
Also a principal investigator on 4R33NS131704-03, led by Alexander Rotenberg.
Beth Ann Stevens
Leads 1 award · $3,152,705
- 5P50MH112491-10Department: investigator's affiliationNeural-immune Mechanisms and Synaptic Connectivity in Psychiatric Illness
Principal investigators: Beth Ann Stevens (contact PI), Michael Craig Carroll
$3,152,705award amount
Hisashi Umemori
Leads 3 awards · $2,945,801
- 3P50HD105351-05S1Department: investigator's affiliationBoston Children's Hospital/HMS Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center
Principal investigators: Hisashi Umemori (contact PI), Mustafa Sahin (contact PI), Scott Loren Pomeroy
$1,187,800award amount - 2R01DA042744-06Department: investigator's affiliationActivity-dependent development of dopamine synapses, release modes, and actions
Principal investigators: Hisashi Umemori (contact PI), Mitsuko Watabe-Uchida
$888,421award amount - 5R01MH111647-09Department: investigator's affiliationHow do neurons in the brain decide to refine their synaptic connections in vivo?
Principal investigators: Hisashi Umemori (contact PI), Chinfei Chen
$869,580award amount
Also a principal investigator on 1R01NS144151-01A1, led by Jonathan Oren Lipton.
Yue Huang
Leads 1 award · $2,651,015
- 4R01AG088082-03Department: topic-inferredRole of clonal somatic mutations in microglia and Alzheimer’s disease$2,651,015award amount
Zhigang He
Leads 4 awards · $2,440,616
- 1R01NS142815-01A1Department: investigator's affiliationDissecting Neural Circuits for Top-Down Control of Sympathetic Functions
Principal investigators: Zhigang He (contact PI), Kuan Hong Wang
$674,950award amount - 5R01EY035684-03Department: investigator's affiliationKinase regulators of retinal ganglion cell survival and axon regeneration
Principal investigators: Zhigang He (contact PI), Philip Raymond Williams
$624,210award amount - 1R01NS146411-01A1Department: investigator's affiliationOrganization, plasticity, and regeneration of reticulospinal axons$580,605award amount
- 5R01EY036220-03Department: investigator's affiliationPromoting myelination of regenerating axons for vision restoration$560,851award amount
Michael Tri Hoang Do
Leads 3 awards · $1,903,510
- 5R01EY036071-03Department: investigator's affiliationSignal Generation and Processing in the Retinohypothalamic Pathway$706,201award amount
- 5R01EY036430-03Department: investigator's affiliationNeurophysiology of Melanopsin Photoreceptors$598,984award amount
- 5R01EY034089-05Department: investigator's affiliationDownstream Actions of Biophysical Mechanisms in the Visual System$598,325award amount
Alexander Kolevzon
Leads 1 award · $1,747,520
- 5U54NS092090-12Department: investigator's affiliationDevelopmental Synaptopathies Associated with TSC, PTEN, SHANK3 and SynGAP1 Pathogenic Variants
Principal investigators: Alexander Kolevzon (contact PI), Antonio Hardan (contact PI), Darcy Krueger (contact PI), Joseph D. Buxbaum (contact PI), M. Pilar Trelles (contact PI), Mustafa Sahin (contact PI)
$1,747,520award amount
Antonio Hardan
Leads 1 award · $1,747,520
- 5U54NS092090-12Department: investigator's affiliationDevelopmental Synaptopathies Associated with TSC, PTEN, SHANK3 and SynGAP1 Pathogenic Variants
Principal investigators: Alexander Kolevzon (contact PI), Antonio Hardan (contact PI), Darcy Krueger (contact PI), Joseph D. Buxbaum (contact PI), M. Pilar Trelles (contact PI), Mustafa Sahin (contact PI)
$1,747,520award amount
Darcy Krueger
Leads 1 award · $1,747,520
- 5U54NS092090-12Department: investigator's affiliationDevelopmental Synaptopathies Associated with TSC, PTEN, SHANK3 and SynGAP1 Pathogenic Variants
Principal investigators: Alexander Kolevzon (contact PI), Antonio Hardan (contact PI), Darcy Krueger (contact PI), Joseph D. Buxbaum (contact PI), M. Pilar Trelles (contact PI), Mustafa Sahin (contact PI)
$1,747,520award amount
Joseph D. Buxbaum
Leads 1 award · $1,747,520
- 5U54NS092090-12Department: investigator's affiliationDevelopmental Synaptopathies Associated with TSC, PTEN, SHANK3 and SynGAP1 Pathogenic Variants
Principal investigators: Alexander Kolevzon (contact PI), Antonio Hardan (contact PI), Darcy Krueger (contact PI), Joseph D. Buxbaum (contact PI), M. Pilar Trelles (contact PI), Mustafa Sahin (contact PI)
$1,747,520award amount
M. Pilar Trelles
Leads 1 award · $1,747,520
- 5U54NS092090-12Department: investigator's affiliationDevelopmental Synaptopathies Associated with TSC, PTEN, SHANK3 and SynGAP1 Pathogenic Variants
Principal investigators: Alexander Kolevzon (contact PI), Antonio Hardan (contact PI), Darcy Krueger (contact PI), Joseph D. Buxbaum (contact PI), M. Pilar Trelles (contact PI), Mustafa Sahin (contact PI)
$1,747,520award amount
Darius Ebrahimi-Fakhari
Leads 1 award · $1,599,527
- 5U54NS148312-02Department: investigator's affiliationSpastic Paraplegia Centers of Excellence Research Network (SP-CERN) - RDCRC
Principal investigators: Darius Ebrahimi-Fakhari (contact PI), Joshua Burns (contact PI), Michael E. Shy (contact PI), Stephan Zuchner (contact PI)
$1,599,527award amount
Joshua Burns
Leads 1 award · $1,599,527
- 5U54NS148312-02Department: investigator's affiliationSpastic Paraplegia Centers of Excellence Research Network (SP-CERN) - RDCRC
Principal investigators: Darius Ebrahimi-Fakhari (contact PI), Joshua Burns (contact PI), Michael E. Shy (contact PI), Stephan Zuchner (contact PI)
$1,599,527award amount
Michael E. Shy
Leads 1 award · $1,599,527
- 5U54NS148312-02Department: investigator's affiliationSpastic Paraplegia Centers of Excellence Research Network (SP-CERN) - RDCRC
Principal investigators: Darius Ebrahimi-Fakhari (contact PI), Joshua Burns (contact PI), Michael E. Shy (contact PI), Stephan Zuchner (contact PI)
$1,599,527award amount
Stephan Zuchner
Leads 1 award · $1,599,527
- 5U54NS148312-02Department: investigator's affiliationSpastic Paraplegia Centers of Excellence Research Network (SP-CERN) - RDCRC
Principal investigators: Darius Ebrahimi-Fakhari (contact PI), Joshua Burns (contact PI), Michael E. Shy (contact PI), Stephan Zuchner (contact PI)
$1,599,527award amount
Annapurna Poduri
Leads 3 awards · $1,444,791
- 1R56NS150428-01Department: investigator's affiliationEvaluating Candidate Genes for Evidence of Epilepsy$577,573award amount
- 1R21NS151075-01Department: investigator's affiliationEVALUATING CANDIDATE GENES FOR SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN PEDIATRICS
Principal investigators: Annapurna Poduri (contact PI), Richard Daniel Goldstein
$489,500award amount - 5U24NS137481-03Department: investigator's affiliationBrain Malformation Expert Panels for Gene and Variant Curation
Principal investigators: Annapurna Poduri (contact PI), Edward Yang, Heather Elisa Olson
$377,718award amount
Jonathan Oren Lipton
Leads 2 awards · $1,201,452
- 1R01NS144151-01A1Department: investigator's affiliationLocal circadian regulation of synaptic function and sleep/wake behavior
Principal investigators: Jonathan Oren Lipton (contact PI), Hisashi Umemori
$711,952award amount - 1R21AG103841-01Department: investigator's affiliationPrion-like properties of CLOCK as a protective reservoir for circadian timekeeping$489,500award amount
Wei-Chung Allen Lee
Leads 1 award · $1,101,231
- 5U01NS142013-02Department: investigator's affiliationBRAIN CONNECTS: FAST-ET: fast automated serial tape-enabled electron tomography
Principal investigators: Wei-Chung Allen Lee (contact PI), Mark H Ellisman
$1,101,231award amount
Chinfei Chen
Leads 1 award · $714,515
- 5R01EY013613-20Department: investigator's affiliationPlasticity of the Retinogeniculate Synapse$714,515award amount
Also a principal investigator on 5R01MH111647-09, led by Hisashi Umemori.
Michela Fagiolini
Leads 1 award · $714,060
- 1R01NS144555-01A1Department: investigator's affiliationVIP Circuits Dynamics in Sensory Processing in Rett Syndrome
Principal investigators: Michela Fagiolini (contact PI), April R. Levin, Nancy Kopell, Takao K Hensch
$714,060award amount
Phillip Lawrence Pearl
Leads 2 awards · $699,812
- 5R01HD091142-08Department: investigator's affiliationNatural History of Succinic Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase Deficiency (SSADHD), a Heritable Disorder of GABA Metabolism$649,604award amount
- 3R01HD091142-08S1Department: investigator's affiliationNatural History of Succinic Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase Deficiency (SSADHD), a Heritable Disorder of GABA Metabolism$50,208award amount
Jordan Stewart Farrell
Leads 2 awards · $649,498
- 1R01AG100457-01Department: investigator's affiliationEpileptiform corruption of dentate spikes in Alzheimer’s Disease$400,500award amount
- 5R00NS126725-05Department: investigator's affiliationDissecting Hypothalamic Pathways for Seizure Control$248,998award amount
Emily K Osterweil
Leads 1 award · $497,364
- 1R01MH143987-01Department: investigator's affiliationTherapeutic targeting of proteostasis in Fragile X Syndrome$497,364award amount
Thomas L. Schwarz
Leads 1 award · $480,560
- 2T32NS007473-26Department: topic-inferredDevelopmental Neurology
Principal investigators: Thomas L. Schwarz (contact PI), Elizabeth C. Engle
$480,560award amount
Kiran Prasad Maski
Leads 1 award · $465,931
- 5R61NS130215-03Department: investigator's affiliationDevelopment and Validation of a Nocturnal Sleep Signature for the Diagnosis of Idiopathic Hypersomnia$465,931award amount
Caitlin Rollins
Leads 1 award · $440,741
- 5R01NS121334-05Department: investigator's affiliationFetal Brain MRI as a Predictor of Late Neurodevelopmental Outcome in Congenital Heart Disease$440,741award amount
Siddharth Srivastava
Leads 1 award · $431,781
- 1R01HD121615-01Department: investigator's affiliationImpact of Genomics in Cerebral Palsy: Family Perspectives, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, and Healthcare Utilization$431,781award amount
Alexander Rotenberg
Leads 1 award · $342,719
- 4R33NS131704-03Department: investigator's affiliationGene Therapy for Succinic Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase Deficiency (SSADHD)
Principal investigators: Alexander Rotenberg (contact PI), Hing Cheong Henry Lee, Mustafa Sahin
$342,719award amount
Mandana Arbab
Leads 1 award · $249,000
- 5R00NS119743-05Department: investigator's affiliationPrecision Base Editing for the Treatment of Motor Neuron Diseases$249,000award amount
Sara Trowbridge
Leads 1 award · $192,020
- 5K08NS130150-04Department: investigator's affiliationThe Role of Fos and the BAF Complex in Neuronal Activity-Dependent Chromatin Remodeling and Gene Expression$192,020award amount
Franklin Caval-Holme
Leads 1 award · $136,512
- 5K99EY037374-02Department: investigator's affiliationTransformations of photic information in melanopsin pathways$136,512award amount
Kathleen Donovan
Leads 1 award · $39,970
- 5F31NS141557-02Department: investigator's affiliationNeuronal Primary Cilia Dysfunction in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex$39,970award amount
Co-investigators
Named as principal investigators on these awards, which someone else leads. They may belong to another department or institution: their own, below, comes from the awards they lead.
Michael Craig Carroll
Co-investigator on 5P50MH112491-10, led by Beth Ann Stevens
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Boston Children's Hospital · Pediatrics (investigator's affiliation, 1 award)
Scott Loren Pomeroy
Co-investigator on 3P50HD105351-05S1, led by Hisashi Umemori and Mustafa Sahin
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Mark H Ellisman
Co-investigator on 5U01NS142013-02, led by Wei-Chung Allen Lee
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- University of California, San Diego · Neurosciences (NIH department code, 1 award)
Mitsuko Watabe-Uchida
Co-investigator on 2R01DA042744-06, led by Hisashi Umemori
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Mirjana Maletic-Savatic
Co-investigator on 5R01MH130356-04, led by Mustafa Sahin
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Baylor College of Medicine · Genetics (NIH department code, 1 award)
- Baylor College of Medicine · Pediatrics (NIH department code, 1 award)
April R. Levin
Co-investigator on 1R01NS144555-01A1, led by Michela Fagiolini
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Boston Children's Hospital · Psychiatry (topic-inferred, 2 awards)
Nancy Kopell
Co-investigator on 1R01NS144555-01A1, led by Michela Fagiolini
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Princeton University · Psychology (NIH department code, 1 award)
Takao K Hensch
Co-investigator on 1R01NS144555-01A1, led by Michela Fagiolini
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Kuan Hong Wang
Co-investigator on 1R01NS142815-01A1, led by Zhigang He
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Rochester · Neurosciences (NIH department code, 2 awards)
Philip Raymond Williams
Co-investigator on 5R01EY035684-03, led by Zhigang He
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Washington University in St. Louis · Ophthalmology (NIH department code, 2 awards)
Richard Daniel Goldstein
Co-investigator on 1R21NS151075-01, led by Annapurna Poduri
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Boston Children's Hospital · Pediatrics (investigator's affiliation, 1 award)
Elizabeth C. Engle
Co-investigator on 2T32NS007473-26, led by Thomas L. Schwarz
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Edward Yang
Co-investigator on 5U24NS137481-03, led by Annapurna Poduri
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Heather Elisa Olson
Co-investigator on 5U24NS137481-03, led by Annapurna Poduri
From the FY2024 awards this person leads
- Boston Children's Hospital · Neurosciences (topic-inferred, 1 award)
Hing Cheong Henry Lee
Co-investigator on 4R33NS131704-03, led by Alexander Rotenberg
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.