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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Physiology at Northwestern University

Chicago, IL

Funding
$16M
$15,997,052
Awards
28
FY2026 NIH awards in Physiology
Principal investigators
38
26 lead a grant here, 12 co-investigators
Department rank
#7
of 89 · Ranking
  • 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 Physiology row of the Northwestern University page.

Leads a grant in this department

26 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. Peter Penzes

    Leads 3 awards · $5,194,050

  2. Alfred L. George

    Leads 1 award · $3,221,647

  3. Anis Contractor

    Leads 1 award · $3,221,647

  4. Evangelos Kiskinis

    Leads 1 award · $3,221,647

  5. Gavin R Rumbaugh

    Leads 1 award · $3,221,647

  6. Jennifer A Kearney

    Leads 1 award · $3,221,647

  7. Sehyoun Yoon

    Leads 1 award · $3,221,647

  8. Jones G Parker

    Leads 3 awards · $1,975,115

    • 1R01MH135987-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Determining the mechanisms and therapeutic potential of novel cholinergic antipsychotics
      $781,358
      award amount
    • 5R01MH136998-02Department: NIH department code
      The Neural Basis of Dopamine-Driven Deficits in Cognition and Perception
      $691,049
      award amount
    • 5R01MH125885-04Department: NIH department code
      Plasticity and Function of Dopamine Circuits Regulating the Transition to Habit
      $502,708
      award amount

  9. Debra Ellyn Weese-Mayer

    Leads 1 award · $1,598,563

  10. Charles Heckman

    Leads 3 awards · $920,009

    • 5R37NS135820-03Department: NIH department code
      Neuromodulation of motoneuronal processing of dynamic synaptic inputs
      $388,000
      award amount
    • 5R01NS132487-03Department: NIH department code
      The role of propriospinal neurons in the recovery of posture after spinal cord injury

      Principal investigators: Charles Heckman (contact PI), David James Bennett, Marin Manuel

      $354,673
      award amount
    • 3R01NS132487-03S1Department: NIH department code
      The role of propriospinal neurons in the recovery of posture after spinal cord injury

      Principal investigators: Charles Heckman (contact PI), David James Bennett, Marin Manuel

      $177,336
      award amount

  11. Dalton James Surmeier

    Leads 1 award · $726,002

    • 5R37NS034696-27Department: NIH department code
      Dopaminergic and Muscarinic Signaling in the Striatum
      $726,002
      award amount

  12. Talia Newcombe Lerner

    Leads 1 award · $722,218

    • 1R01DA063125-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Effects of Developmental Environment on Dopamine Circuit Structure and Function
      $722,218
      award amount

  13. Lee Miller

    Leads 1 award · $624,009

  14. Alicia Dione Guemez Gamboa

    Leads 2 awards · $600,582

    • 5R01NS123163-05Department: NIH department code
      Identifying pathogenic mechanisms underlying PACS1 Syndrome: implications for neural development
      $509,568
      award amount
    • 3R01NS123163-05S1Department: NIH department code
      Identifying pathogenic mechanisms underlying PACS1 Syndrome: implications for neural development
      $91,014
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5P50MH132775-03, led by Alfred L. George and Anis Contractor and Evangelos Kiskinis and Gavin R Rumbaugh and Jennifer A Kearney and Peter Penzes and Sehyoun Yoon.

  15. Savio Chan

    Leads 1 award · $585,830

    • 5R01NS136123-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigation of Pallidal Neurons in Motor Inhibition
      $585,830
      award amount

  16. Mark D Bevan

    Leads 1 award · $565,162

    • 5R01NS041280-25Department: NIH department code
      Resilience, Dysregulation, and Rescue of Basal Ganglia Indirect Pathway Function in Progressive Parkinsonism
      $565,162
      award amount

  17. Gordon M Shepherd

    Leads 1 award · $526,950

    • 5R37NS061963-18Department: NIH department code
      Synaptic circuit organization of motor cortex
      $526,950
      award amount

  18. Gianmaria MacCaferri

    Leads 1 award · $495,914

    • 5R01NS096092-08Department: NIH department code
      Microcircuits of the Subiculum and Epilepsy
      $495,914
      award amount

  19. Apkar Vania Apkarian

    Leads 1 award · $401,725

  20. Yuta Senzai

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00EY033850-04Department: NIH department code
      Role of the Superior Colliculus in Orienting Eye Movements during REM Sleep
      $249,000
      award amount

  21. Daniel A Dombeck

    Leads 1 award · $240,223

    • 5T32MH067564-24Department: NIH department code
      Training Program in Neurobiology of Information Storage
      $240,223
      award amount

  22. Marc Forrest

    Leads 1 award · $240,000

    • 1R21NS148969-01Department: NIH department code
      Diversity and function of TRIO isoforms during human synapse development
      $240,000
      award amount

  23. Marco Martina

    Leads 1 award · $160,000

    • 5R03AG092302-02Department: NIH department code
      The role of depolarizing GABA in Alzheimer's disease
      $160,000
      award amount

  24. Manhua Zhu

    Leads 1 award · $75,880

    • 5F32NS141898-02Department: NIH department code
      Motor cortical control of dopamine release dynamics during motor learning
      $75,880
      award amount

  25. Jacob Andrew Nadel

    Leads 2 awards · $51,327

    • 5F31DA060560-03Department: NIH department code
      The impact of adolescent stress on neural circuits underlying punishment resistant reward seeking
      $48,327
      award amount
    • 3F31DA060560-02S1Department: NIH department code
      The impact of adolescent stress on neural circuits underlying punishment resistant reward seeking
      $3,000
      award amount

  26. Justin Anair

    Leads 1 award · $44,493

    • 5F31MH136695-03Department: NIH department code
      Determining the nigrostriatal circuit basis of false auditory perceptions.
      $44,493
      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.