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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Neurosciences at University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Funding
$25.3M
$25,253,317
Awards
39
FY2026 NIH awards in Neurosciences
Principal investigators
52
39 lead a grant here, 13 co-investigators
Department rank
#4
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 University of Florida page.

Leads a grant in this department

39 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. David E Vaillancourt

    Leads 1 award · $4,505,090

  2. Glenn E. Smith

    Leads 1 award · $4,505,090

  3. Melissa Jo Armstrong

    Leads 1 award · $4,505,090

  4. Michael Marsiske

    Leads 1 award · $4,505,090

  5. Rosie E Curiel Cid

    Leads 1 award · $4,505,090

  6. Stefan Prokop

    Leads 1 award · $4,505,090

  7. Tatjana Rundek

    Leads 1 award · $4,505,090

  8. Carolina B MacIel

    Leads 1 award · $3,419,550

  9. Gregory Michael Pontone

    Leads 1 award · $2,740,003

    • 4RF1MH139576-02Department: NIH department code
      Anxiety in Parkinson’s disease: using fMRI to evaluate amygdala networks in the on and off dopamine state

      Principal investigators: Gregory Michael Pontone (contact PI), Arnold Bakker

      $2,740,003
      award amount

  10. Gavin R Rumbaugh

    Leads 2 awards · $1,569,597

    • 5R01MH096847-15Department: NIH department code
      Intersection of causal neurodevelopmental disorder risk genes, cortical circuit function, and cognitive processing required for behavioral adaptions

      Principal investigators: Gavin R Rumbaugh (contact PI), Courtney A Miller

      $891,191
      award amount
    • 5R01MH131788-05Department: NIH department code
      Neurodevelopmental Disorder Risk Gene Regulation of Intrinsic Membrane Excitability: A Rheostat that Tunes Dendritic Morphogenesis to Regulate Circuit Assembly During Development
      $678,406
      award amount

  11. Paramita Chakrabarty

    Leads 3 awards · $1,250,784

    • 5R01AG078734-05Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering tau phosphorylation and Abeta/tau strain interactions in Alzheimer’s pathogenesis
      $448,122
      award amount
    • 1R21NS146733-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Exploration of Potential Treatments Targeting alpha-Synuclein

      Principal investigators: Paramita Chakrabarty (contact PI), Jane V Aldrich

      $418,489
      award amount
    • 5R01NS092788-10Department: NIH department code
      Modeling the progression of SOD1-linked motor neuron disease
      $384,173
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32AG061892-08, led by Jada M Lewis.

  12. David J Clark

    Leads 1 award · $1,170,742

    • 5R01AG081477-04Department: NIH department code
      Cognitively engaging walking exercise and neuromodulation to enhance brain function in older adults
      $1,170,742
      award amount

  13. Jose Francisco Abisambra

    Leads 2 awards · $965,404

    • 5R01AG075900-05Department: NIH department code
      Contributions of tau-mediated translational dysregulation to pathogenesis and progression of fronto-temporal dementia
      $543,279
      award amount
    • 1R21AG095654-01Department: NIH department code
      The impact of tau on RNA and translation in progressive supranuclear palsy
      $422,125
      award amount

  14. Jennifer Lynn Bizon

    Leads 2 awards · $781,189

  15. Christopher Norfleet Kaufmann

    Leads 2 awards · $761,774

    • 5R01AG079391-05Department: NIH department code
      Sleep apnea treatment and risk for cognitive decline and Alzheimers disease
      $612,626
      award amount
    • 5K02AG095384-02Department: NIH department code
      Leadership Training in Real-World Data Analytics: Sleep and Alzheimer's Disease
      $149,148
      award amount

  16. Nancy Padilla Coreano

    Leads 1 award · $692,404

    • 5R01MH139895-02Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating social competence: neural mechanisms for competition and cooperation
      $692,404
      award amount

  17. Abbas Babajani-Feremi

    Leads 1 award · $601,636

    • 1R01EB038575-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Personalized Epilepsy Surgery Through Virtual Resection and Multimodal Language Mapping

      Principal investigators: Abbas Babajani-Feremi (contact PI), Ravindra Arya

      $601,636
      award amount

  18. Matthew J Lavoie

    Leads 1 award · $581,043

    • 5R01AG082373-03Department: NIH department code
      Intersection of GBA and LRRK2 in Lewy Body Dementia
      $581,043
      award amount

  19. Habibeh Khoshbouei

    Leads 1 award · $526,153

    • 5R01DA058143-04Department: NIH department code
      Vagus nerve stimulation increases basal dopamine levels in the brain to decrease methamphetamine-mediated responses
      $526,153
      award amount

  20. Sathya Puthanveettil

    Leads 1 award · $507,214

    • 1R21AG094050-01Department: NIH department code
      Assessing the role of lncRNA SLAMR in the pathogenesis of Alzheimers disease

      Principal investigators: Sathya Puthanveettil (contact PI), Abid Hussaini

      $507,214
      award amount

  21. Aparna Wagle Shukla

    Leads 1 award · $506,790

    • 5R01NS122943-05Department: NIH department code
      Progressive resistance exercise and dystonia pathophysiology.
      $506,790
      award amount

  22. Ezgi Hacisuleyman

    Leads 1 award · $466,125

    • 5R35GM159898-02Department: NIH department code
      Decoding RNA Localization and Local Translation: Key Mechanisms of Cellular Adaption and Function
      $466,125
      award amount

  23. Kimberly Michele Alonge

    Leads 1 award · $460,500

    • 5DP2AI171150-05Department: NIH department code
      Maternal immune activation remodeling of offspring glycosaminoglycan sulfation patterns during neurodevelopment
      $460,500
      award amount

  24. Sara N Burke

    Leads 1 award · $422,125

    • 1R21AG101844-01Department: NIH department code
      Metabolic Regulation of Neural Oscillations in APOE4 Genetic Risk for Late Onset Alzheimer’s Disease

      Principal investigators: Sara N Burke (contact PI), Andrew Porter Maurer

      $422,125
      award amount

  25. Benoit I Giasson

    Leads 1 award · $418,402

    • 5R25AG086095-03Department: NIH department code
      GATORAADE: Gators Advancing Through Opportunities in Research for Aging and Alzheimer's Disease Education

      Principal investigators: Benoit I Giasson (contact PI), Karina Alvina

      $418,402
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32NS131140-03, led by Jennifer Lynn Bizon.

  26. Eduardo Jesus Candelario-Jalil

    Leads 1 award · $408,885

    • 5R01NS129136-04Department: NIH department code
      Role of RIPK2 in the neuroinflammatory response to ischemic stroke
      $408,885
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32NS131140-03, led by Jennifer Lynn Bizon.

  27. Diego E Rincon-Limas

    Leads 1 award · $381,250

    • 5R01AG077534-04Department: NIH department code
      Harnessing new targets and mechanisms mediating AD pathogenesis
      $381,250
      award amount

  28. Yuqing Li

    Leads 1 award · $367,646

    • 5R01NS129873-05Department: NIH department code
      Pathophysiology of DYT1 dystonia: Targeted Mouse Models
      $367,646
      award amount

  29. Jada M Lewis

    Leads 1 award · $312,067

    • 5T32AG061892-08Department: NIH department code
      Clinical and Translational Predoctoral training in Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementias

      Principal investigators: Jada M Lewis (contact PI), Paramita Chakrabarty

      $312,067
      award amount

  30. Alexandria Marciante

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00HL175029-03Department: NIH department code
      Rest/Active Phase Specificity of APOE4 and Inflammation on Respiratory Plasticity
      $249,000
      award amount

  31. Larissa J Strath

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00AG081552-04Department: NIH department code
      Pain and Nutrition in Dementia and Alzheimer's-2 (PANDA-2)
      $249,000
      award amount

  32. Jeffrey Ray Jones

    Leads 1 award · $248,999

    • 5R00AG078557-04Department: NIH department code
      Alterations in neuronal metabolic pathways contribute to human cognitive aging and are exacerbated in Alzheimer's disease
      $248,999
      award amount

  33. Michelle Bedenbaugh

    Leads 1 award · $247,206

    • 5R00DK133560-04Department: NIH department code
      Melanocortin-3 receptor in feeding and anxiety neural circuits
      $247,206
      award amount

  34. Pedro Antonio Valdes Hernandez

    Leads 1 award · $126,333

    • 5K01AG083228-03Department: NIH department code
      Machine learning-based brain aging morphological signatures of chronic musculoskeletal pain
      $126,333
      award amount

  35. Adithya K Gopinath

    Leads 1 award · $118,962

    • 5K99DA063743-02Department: NIH department code
      Cocaine-Mediated Modulation of Dopamine Transmission and Its Effects on Peripheral Immunity
      $118,962
      award amount

  36. Jose Jacob Vigil

    Leads 1 award · $75,913

    • 5K00MH144711-04Department: NIH department code
      Sexually Dimorphic Amygdala Dysfunction in a Mouse Model of Global Cerebral Ischemia
      $75,913
      award amount

  37. Stephan Spencer Quintin

    Leads 1 award · $47,303

    • 5F30NS143381-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanistic Studies of α-Synuclein Prion-Like Transmission in Disease Models
      $47,303
      award amount

  38. Jackson Carter

    Leads 1 award · $37,114

    • 1F31MH141968-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering the Role of lncRNA SLAMR in Synapse Function and Long-term Memory Storage
      $37,114
      award amount

  39. Yibo Zhao

    Leads 1 award · $37,114

    • 5F31MH139249-02Department: NIH department code
      Cell specific & compartment specific changes in translation during long term memory storage
      $37,114
      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.