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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Neurosciences at Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

Funding
$4.1M
$4,074,030
Awards
9
FY2026 NIH awards in Neurosciences
Principal investigators
10
8 lead a grant here, 2 co-investigators
Department rank
#50
of 75 · 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 Neurosciences row of the Stony Brook University page.

Leads a grant in this department

8 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. Alfredo Fontanini

    Leads 2 awards · $1,192,473

    • 1R01DC022610-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Discrimination learning and neural dynamics in gustatory cortical circuits

      Principal investigators: Alfredo Fontanini (contact PI), Giancarlo La Camera

      $638,908
      award amount
    • 5R01DC020722-04Department: NIH department code
      Functional role of Gastrin Releasing Peptide (GRP) and GRP expressing neurons in the gustatory cortex
      $553,565
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DC013770-12, led by Arianna Maffei.

  2. Arianna Maffei

    Leads 1 award · $632,055

    • 5R01DC013770-12Department: NIH department code
      Cortical circuits and neurotransmitters for taste aversion learning

      Principal investigators: Arianna Maffei (contact PI), Alfredo Fontanini

      $632,055
      award amount

  3. Maya Shelly

    Leads 1 award · $625,508

    • 5R01NS137605-02Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Non-Vesicular Lipid Transport at ER-PM Contact Sites in Phosphoinositide Signaling in Early Dendrite Development

      Principal investigators: Maya Shelly (contact PI), Jen Liou

      $625,508
      award amount

  4. Prerana Shrestha

    Leads 1 award · $587,270

    • 5R01MH132795-03Department: NIH department code
      Prefrontal pathway-specific modulation of protein synthesis in emotional memories
      $587,270
      award amount

  5. Joshua L Plotkin

    Leads 1 award · $552,680

    • 1R56NS146980-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Disrupted striatal cholinergic signaling and compulsive motor behaviors
      $552,680
      award amount

  6. Nurit Ballas

    Leads 1 award · $398,750

    • 5R01NS136519-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigating mitochondrial dysfunction in human astrocytes with RTT-causing MECP2 mutations
      $398,750
      award amount

  7. Colista Sue West

    Leads 1 award · $42,647

    • 1F31NS147705-01Department: NIH department code
      The Role of MEF2A in the Selective Vulnerability of Dopamine Neurons in Parkinson's Disease
      $42,647
      award amount

  8. Trevor Van Brunt

    Leads 1 award · $42,647

    • 1F30AG094286-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The role of KCNS3 in Dopaminergic Neuron Pacemaking and Parkinson's Disease
      $42,647
      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.