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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biology at Northwestern University

Chicago, IL

Funding
$5.7M
$5,708,799
Awards
14
FY2026 NIH awards in Biology
Principal investigators
11
7 lead a grant here, 4 co-investigators
Department rank
Not ranked
Outside the 27 ranked departments
  • 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.
  • These are the awards in the Biology row of the Northwestern University page.

Leads a grant in this department

7 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.

  1. Hojoon Lee

    Leads 3 awards · $1,518,613

    • 1R01DC022740-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Structural and Functional Organization of the Peripheral Taste System

      Principal investigators: Hojoon Lee (contact PI), Lindsey J MacPherson

      $654,376
      award amount
    • 5R01AT013056-02Department: NIH department code
      Neural Circuitry of Motioninduced Nausea
      $632,278
      award amount
    • 5R21EB036732-02Department: NIH department code
      Developing a sensor to monitor brain-to-gut communication
      $231,959
      award amount
  2. Joseph Andrew Miri

    Leads 3 awards · $1,172,864

    • 1R01NS148465-01Department: NIH department code
      Multi-region neural dynamics of internally driven timing decisions, at spiking resolution
      $564,007
      award amount
    • 1R01NS146130-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Primary motor cortical influence on muscle activity during naturalistic motor behaviors
      $534,666
      award amount
    • 3DP2NS120847-01S1Department: NIH department code
      Combining Physiological, Genetic, and Computational Approaches with Naturalistic Climbing Behavior to Elucidate the Functional Elements of Descending Motor Control
      $74,191
      award amount
  3. Daniel A Dombeck

    Leads 3 awards · $970,794

    • 7U01NS128655-05Department: NIH department code
      Multiplex Imaging of Brain Activity and Plasticity with Optimized FRET/FLIM-based Sensors

      Principal investigators: Daniel A Dombeck (contact PI), Oliver Griesbeck, Ryohei Yasuda

      $724,418
      award amount
    • 3U01NS128655-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Multiplex Imaging of Brain Activity and Plasticity with Optimized FRET/FLIM-based Sensors

      Principal investigators: Daniel A Dombeck (contact PI), Oliver Griesbeck, Ryohei Yasuda

      $192,806
      award amount
    • 5U01NS128655-04Department: NIH department code
      Multiplex Imaging of Brain Activity and Plasticity with Optimized FRET/FLIM-based Sensors

      Principal investigators: Daniel A Dombeck (contact PI), Oliver Griesbeck, Ryohei Yasuda

      $53,570
      award amount
  4. Indira M Raman

    Leads 2 awards · $841,077

    • 7R35NS116854-08Department: NIH department code
      Synaptic Coding in the Cerebellar Corticonuclear Circuit
      $779,115
      award amount
    • 5R35NS116854-07Department: NIH department code
      Synaptic Coding in the Cerebellar Corticonuclear Circuit
      $61,962
      award amount
  5. Tiffany M. Schmidt

    Leads 1 award · $570,456

    • 5R01EY034662-04Department: NIH department code
      Genetic Underpinnings of ipRGC Diversity

      Principal investigators: Tiffany M. Schmidt (contact PI), Yue Yang

      $570,456
      award amount
  6. Marco Gallio

    Leads 1 award · $517,850

    • 5R01NS086859-12Department: NIH department code
      Neurogenetic approaches to study directed behavior in Drosophila
      $517,850
      award amount
  7. Michaël Armand Elbaz

    Leads 1 award · $117,145

    • 1K99NS147258-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Acting under uncertainty: neural dynamics underlying self-generated action decisions
      $117,145
      award 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.

  • Oliver Griesbeck

    Co-investigator on 7U01NS128655-05, led by Daniel A Dombeck; 3U01NS128655-04S1, led by Daniel A Dombeck; 5U01NS128655-04, led by Daniel A Dombeck

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Ryohei Yasuda

    Co-investigator on 7U01NS128655-05, led by Daniel A Dombeck; 3U01NS128655-04S1, led by Daniel A Dombeck; 5U01NS128655-04, led by Daniel A Dombeck

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Lindsey J MacPherson

    Co-investigator on 1R01DC022740-01A1, led by Hojoon Lee

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Yue Yang

    Co-investigator on 5R01EY034662-04, led by Tiffany M. Schmidt

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads