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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Neurology at University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX

Funding
$23.7M
$23,721,664
Awards
45
FY2026 NIH awards in Neurology
Principal investigators
50
38 lead a grant here, 12 co-investigators
Department rank
#15
of 81 · 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 Neurology row of the University of Texas at Austin page.

Leads a grant in this department

38 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. Chandra L Muller

    Leads 2 awards · $3,985,105

  2. Kristen M Harris

    Leads 3 awards · $3,956,152

    • 1RF1MH139176-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Synaptic plasticity mechanisms that protect and refine local circuits

      Principal investigators: Kristen M Harris (contact PI), Karen Zito

      $3,093,180
      award amount
    • 2R01MH095980-10A1Department: NIH department code
      Synaptic plasticity across the lifespan
      $782,972
      award amount
    • 1R03EB040282-01Department: NIH department code
      PyReconstruct2: Enhanced Modular, High-throughput, Interoperable, Connectomics Level Annotation Software
      $80,000
      award amount

  3. Karen L Fingerman

    Leads 2 awards · $1,521,113

    • 5P30AG066614-07Department: NIH department code
      Center on Aging and Population Sciences

      Principal investigators: Chandra L Muller (contact PI), Debra J. Umberson (contact PI), Karen L Fingerman (contact PI)

      $770,400
      award amount
    • 5R01AG087118-03Department: NIH department code
      Daily Experiences and Well-being among Caregivers for Older Adults Experiencing Lewy Body Dementia.
      $750,713
      award amount

  4. Franco Pestilli

    Leads 1 award · $1,069,855

    • 5U24NS140384-02Department: NIH department code
      BRAIN CONNECTS: The Axonal Projectome EXchange (APEX)

      Principal investigators: Franco Pestilli (contact PI), Anastasia Yendiki

      $1,069,855
      award amount

  5. Caitlin Anne Orsini

    Leads 2 awards · $1,031,368

    • 5R01DA055676-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigation of the neurobiological mechanisms underlying estradiol-mediated risk aversion in females
      $541,189
      award amount
    • 1R01DA062734-01A1Department: NIH department code
      NOT-DA-21-033 Investigation of the neurobiological mechanisms that mediate fentanyl-induced elevations in risk taking in rats
      $490,179
      award amount

  6. Robert O. Messing

    Leads 2 awards · $898,784

    • 5U24AA025479-10Department: NIH department code
      1/11 Integrative Neuroscience Initiative on Alcoholism
      $469,167
      award amount
    • 5R01AA028807-05Department: NIH department code
      PDE4 regulation of GABA-A receptors in alcohol tolerance and consumption
      $429,617
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5U01AA013520-25, led by Yuri A Blednov.

  7. Jeffrey Gross

    Leads 2 awards · $824,598

    • 5R01EY029410-08Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the Molecular Underpinnings of Endogenous RPE Regeneration
      $432,173
      award amount
    • 5R01EY035888-03Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic Regulation of Retinal Regeneration
      $392,425
      award amount

  8. Debra J. Umberson

    Leads 1 award · $770,400

  9. Nace L Golding

    Leads 2 awards · $724,407

    • 1R21DC023399-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Stimulus-specific labeling and manipulation of sound localization circuits in a new reporter Mongolian gerbil

      Principal investigators: Nace L Golding (contact PI), Boris V Zemelman

      $439,875
      award amount
    • 2R56DC006877-18A1Department: NIH department code
      Dendritic integration and synaptic plasticity in the MSO
      $284,532
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32DA018926-22, led by Amy Lee.

  10. Nicholas J Priebe

    Leads 1 award · $696,503

    • 1R01EY037544-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Circuit mechanisms for the construction of invariant representations

      Principal investigators: Nicholas J Priebe (contact PI), Lindsey L Glickfeld

      $696,503
      award amount

  11. Stephanie M Grasso

    Leads 2 awards · $679,075

    • 5R01AG080470-04Department: NIH department code
      Bilingual Factors Associated with Cognitive Reserve and Linguistic Resilience in Hispanics with Primary Progressive Aphasia
      $468,205
      award amount
    • 3R01AG080470-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Bilingual Factors Associated with Cognitive Reserve and Linguistic Resilience in Hispanics with Primary Progressive Aphasia
      $210,870
      award amount

  12. Alison R Preston

    Leads 1 award · $670,531

    • 5R01MH100121-13Department: NIH department code
      Hippocampal and frontoparietal mechanisms for knowledge acquisition and inference
      $670,531
      award amount

  13. Jasper Smits

    Leads 1 award · $653,450

    • 5R01CA273221-04Department: NIH department code
      Efficacy and implementation of exercise-based smoking cessation treatment for adults with high anxiety sensitivity

      Principal investigators: Jasper Smits (contact PI), Marshall Cheney, Michael J. Zvolensky

      $653,450
      award amount

  14. Samantha Rose Santacruz

    Leads 1 award · $629,098

    • 1R01MH141437-01Department: NIH department code
      Advanced Optical and Sono-Chemogenetic Systems for Probing Dopamine Dynamics in the Non-Human Primate Brain
      $629,098
      award amount

  15. Roy Dayne Mayfield

    Leads 1 award · $545,194

    • 5U01AA020926-15Department: NIH department code
      2/11 Spatially Resolved, Single Cell, Neuroimmune Transcriptomes in Alcohol Dependence
      $545,194
      award amount

  16. Andrew David Gaudet

    Leads 1 award · $490,528

    • 5R01NS131806-04Department: NIH department code
      Circadian control of neuroinflammation after spinal cord injury
      $490,528
      award amount

  17. Lauren K Dobbs

    Leads 1 award · $464,464

    • 5R01DA054329-05Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of striatal microcircuits by endogenous opioids as a novel mechanism underlying cocaine seeking
      $464,464
      award amount

  18. Yuri A Blednov

    Leads 1 award · $454,375

    • 5U01AA013520-25Department: NIH department code
      7/11 Biochemical and Genetic Determinants of Alcohol Consumption

      Principal investigators: Yuri A Blednov (contact PI), Robert O. Messing

      $454,375
      award amount

  19. Robbe L Goris

    Leads 1 award · $451,871

    • 1R01EY038362-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Anticipation and integration in the primate visual system

      Principal investigators: Robbe L Goris (contact PI), Alexander Huth

      $451,871
      award amount

  20. Xuexin Wei

    Leads 1 award · $397,115

    • 5R01DA060742-02Department: NIH department code
      Representational geometry: evaluating brain-computational models with neural activity data

      Principal investigators: Xuexin Wei (contact PI), Nikolaus Kriegeskorte

      $397,115
      award amount

  21. Huiliang Wang

    Leads 1 award · $396,250

    • 5R35GM147408-05Department: NIH department code
      Non-Invasive and Non-Viral Sono-Optogenetics
      $396,250
      award amount

  22. Theresa A Jones

    Leads 1 award · $393,284

    • 1R01NS144898-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Targeting synapse turnover to enhance stroke rehabilitation
      $393,284
      award amount

  23. Tanya T Paull

    Leads 1 award · $389,523

    • 5R01NS126747-05Department: NIH department code
      Origins of DNA damage driving pathology in human neurodegeneration
      $389,523
      award amount

  24. Ku-Lung Hsu

    Leads 1 award · $365,841

    • 5R01AI169412-04Department: NIH department code
      Chemical proteomic investigation of lipid kinase specificity and druggability
      $365,841
      award amount

  25. Hitoshi Morikawa

    Leads 1 award · $356,625

    • 5R01DA054274-05Department: NIH department code
      Experience-Dependent Regulation of Reward Learning and Addiction Vulnerability
      $356,625
      award amount

  26. Johann K Eberhart

    Leads 1 award · $353,701

    • 5R01AA023426-08Department: NIH department code
      Genetic screens in zebrafish to identify gene-ethanol interactions
      $353,701
      award amount

  27. Hongjoo Joanne Lee

    Leads 1 award · $353,582

    • 5R01AA029386-05Department: NIH department code
      Reducing alcohol-seeking behavior in a rat model of alcohol dependence
      $353,582
      award amount

  28. Catherine Cubbin

    Leads 1 award · $341,815

    • 5T32HL140290-09Department: NIH department code
      Research Training Program to Increase the Scientific Workforce and Promote Cardiovascular and Lung Health

      Principal investigators: Catherine Cubbin (contact PI), Yessenia Castro

      $341,815
      award amount

  29. Amy Lee

    Leads 1 award · $308,701

    • 5T32DA018926-22Department: NIH department code
      Pre-Doctoral Training in Interdisciplinary Neuroscience

      Principal investigators: Amy Lee (contact PI), Nace L Golding

      $308,701
      award amount

  30. Ayland Cash Letsinger

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00DA058974-03Department: NIH department code
      ENDOCANNABINOID REINFORCEMENT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
      $249,000
      award amount

  31. Jacie R McHaney

    Leads 1 award · $192,953

    • 1R21DC022914-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Extended High Frequencies on Speech Perception Challenges in Aging
      $192,953
      award amount

  32. Jun Wang

    Leads 1 award · $160,879

    • 1R56DC023963-01Department: NIH department code
      Intraoral wireless tongue tracking-based silent speech interface
      $160,879
      award amount

  33. Nihal A Salem

    Leads 1 award · $149,875

    • 5K99AA032053-02Department: NIH department code
      Dysregulated cell-type specific gene regulatory networks underlying alcohol dependence
      $149,875
      award amount

  34. Mary M Hayhoe

    Leads 1 award · $130,237

    • 5T32EY021462-15Department: NIH department code
      CPS Training Grant

      Principal investigators: Mary M Hayhoe (contact PI), Alexander C Huk

      $130,237
      award amount

  35. Jerry Tang

    Leads 1 award · $76,780

    • 5F32DC022178-03Department: NIH department code
      Assessing semantic encoding and decoding models in stroke-induced aphasia
      $76,780
      award amount

  36. Kanako Matsumura

    Leads 1 award · $46,911

    • 5F31DA058522-03Department: NIH department code
      Recruitment of striatal enkephalin by cocaine as a substrate for striatopallidal circuit adaptations and cocaine seeking
      $46,911
      award amount

  37. Matthew Joseph Lohr

    Leads 1 award · $41,842

    • 5F31HL176137-02Department: NIH department code
      Computational Models of Mechanical Thrombectomy in Acute Ischemic Stroke Treatment
      $41,842
      award amount

  38. Katherine May Motovilov

    Leads 1 award · $40,679

    • 5F31AA032720-02Department: NIH department code
      Unraveling the role of the gut microbiome in a rodent model of alcohol use disorder
      $40,679
      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.