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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Neurosciences at University of Oregon

Eugene, OR

Funding
$12.6M
$12,599,618
Awards
17
FY2026 NIH awards in Neurosciences
Principal investigators
18
14 lead a grant here, 4 co-investigators
Department rank
#21
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 Oregon page.

Leads a grant in this department

14 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. Monte Westerfield

    Leads 2 awards · $5,400,884

    • 1U24HG014757-01Department: NIH department code
      ZFIN: The Zebrafish Model Organism Database
      $4,656,958
      award amount
    • 5R24OD036061-03Department: NIH department code
      Resource of zebrafish models of human diseases
      $743,926
      award amount

  2. Zoltan Marton Varga

    Leads 2 awards · $3,117,659

    • 5P40OD011021-28Department: NIH department code
      Zebrafish International Resource Center (ZIRC)
      $2,395,757
      award amount
    • 5R24OD037797-02Department: NIH department code
      A New Opportunity for Protecting Zebrafish Genetic Resources: Development of a Reproducible Repository System for Community-driven Cryopreservation

      Principal investigators: Zoltan Marton Varga (contact PI), Terrence Robert Tiersch, Yue Liu

      $721,902
      award amount

  3. Michael Wehr

    Leads 1 award · $659,684

    • 5R01AG077681-05Department: NIH department code
      Circuit mechanisms underlying network disruption and temporal processing deficits in Alzheimer's
      $659,684
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01NS127305-03, led by Cristopher M Niell.

  4. Cristopher M Niell

    Leads 1 award · $589,570

    • 5R01NS127305-03Department: NIH department code
      The interaction of cortical and subcortical processing in natural sensory behavior

      Principal investigators: Cristopher M Niell (contact PI), Michael Wehr

      $589,570
      award amount

  5. Adam C Miller

    Leads 1 award · $574,972

    • 5R01NS105758-08Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms of electrical synapse formation in vivo
      $574,972
      award amount

  6. Santiago Jaramillo

    Leads 1 award · $564,262

    • 4R01NS131993-02Department: NIH department code
      Distinct contributions of converging neural pathways to auditory learning

      Principal investigators: Santiago Jaramillo (contact PI), James Murray

      $564,262
      award amount

  7. Emily L Sylwestrak

    Leads 1 award · $493,580

    • 4R01NS132914-02Department: NIH department code
      Peptidergic neurons in error computations and behavioral flexibility
      $493,580
      award amount

  8. Chris Q Doe

    Leads 2 awards · $489,267

    • 5T32HD007348-37Department: NIH department code
      Developmental Biology Training Program

      Principal investigators: Chris Q Doe (contact PI), Kryn Stankunas

      $253,146
      award amount
    • 5R01HD027056-34Department: NIH department code
      Genetic and Molecular Studies of Neurogenesis
      $236,121
      award amount

  9. Shawn R Lockery

    Leads 1 award · $445,152

    • 5R35GM152169-03Department: NIH department code
      Neuronal and theoretical analysis of subjective value representations
      $445,152
      award amount

  10. David M. James

    Leads 1 award · $81,580

    • 5F32EY035578-03Department: NIH department code
      Microbiome Modulation of Visual System Development
      $81,580
      award amount

  11. Ava Jane Reck Rognstad

    Leads 1 award · $79,780

    • 1F32MH144791-01Department: NIH department code
      Bidirectional Dynamics of Daily Behavior and Mood Associated with Adolescent Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in a Clinical and Community Sample: A Passive Mobile Sensing Study
      $79,780
      award amount

  12. Estelle Berger

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31MH140538-02Department: NIH department code
      Neighborhood environment, puberty, sleep quality, and trajectories of depression in adolescent girls: A longitudinal study of risk and resilience
      $50,114
      award amount

  13. Miranda Rose Hulsey-Vincent

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31NS143396-02Department: NIH department code
      The Neural Basis of Syllables and Syntax in Canary Song
      $50,114
      award amount

  14. Rolf J Skyberg

    Leads 1 award · $3,000

    • 3F32EY032360-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Development of coarse-to-fine spatial processing throughout the primary visual system
      $3,000
      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.

  • Terrence Robert Tiersch

    Co-investigator on 5R24OD037797-02, led by Zoltan Marton Varga

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Yue Liu

    Co-investigator on 5R24OD037797-02, led by Zoltan Marton Varga

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

  • James Murray

    Co-investigator on 4R01NS131993-02, led by Santiago Jaramillo

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

  • Kryn Stankunas

    Co-investigator on 5T32HD007348-37, led by Chris Q Doe

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads