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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Neurosciences at University of Maryland Baltimore

Baltimore, MD

Funding
$5.9M
$5,904,214
Awards
11
FY2026 NIH awards in Neurosciences
Principal investigators
8
6 lead a grant here, 2 co-investigators
Department rank
#42
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 Maryland Baltimore page.

Leads a grant in this department

6 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. Marco Venniro

    Leads 3 awards · $1,652,089

    • 5R01DA063051-02Department: NIH department code
      Behavioral and neurobiological mechanisms of reciprocal social interactions in Substance Use Disorders
      $641,450
      award amount
    • 5R01DA056440-05Department: NIH department code
      Genomic profiling mediating the protective effect of social reward on opioid craving

      Principal investigators: Marco Venniro (contact PI), Mary Kay Lobo, Seth Abrams Ament

      $597,677
      award amount
    • 5R01MH129310-04Department: NIH department code
      Behavioral and neural mechanisms mediating social motivation in a rat model for ASD
      $412,962
      award amount

  2. Joseph F Cheer

    Leads 2 awards · $1,347,665

    • 2R01DA022340-16Department: NIH department code
      Endogenous Cannabinoid Control of Reward Substrates
      $676,022
      award amount
    • 5R01MH139635-02Department: NIH department code
      Endocannabinoid Control of Cholinergic Transmission and the Pursuit of Reward
      $671,643
      award amount

  3. Ilia V Baskakov

    Leads 2 awards · $1,240,536

    • 5R01NS129502-04Department: NIH department code
      Role of reactive astrocytes in prion diseases
      $622,545
      award amount
    • 5R01NS045585-23Department: NIH department code
      Role of microglial phagocytosis in prion diseases
      $617,991
      award amount

  4. Mary Kay Lobo

    Leads 2 awards · $878,515

    • 5R01DA054905-05Department: NIH department code
      Lasting Neurological Effects of Perinatal Opioids

      Principal investigators: Mary Kay Lobo (contact PI), Asaf Keller, Seth Abrams Ament

      $569,515
      award amount
    • 5R33DA052101-05Department: NIH department code
      Epigenome Editing in Opioid Action
      $309,000
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01DA056440-05, led by Marco Venniro.

  5. Mervyn J Monteiro

    Leads 1 award · $738,305

    • 5R01NS098243-08Department: NIH department code
      Mechanistic studies and therapeutics for ALS/FTD linked to UBQLN2 mutations
      $738,305
      award amount

  6. Jessica McInerney

    Leads 1 award · $47,104

    • 5F31DA062453-02Department: NIH department code
      The Impact of Perinatal Fentanyl on Dopamine Neuron Circuitry and Behavior
      $47,104
      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.