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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Neurosciences at University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Funding
$12.3M
$12,266,811
Awards
27
FY2026 NIH awards in Neurosciences
Principal investigators
20
19 lead a grant here, 1 co-investigator
Department rank
#24
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 Utah page.

Leads a grant in this department

19 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. Christopher Gregg

    Leads 1 award · $1,539,974

    • 4RF1AG077201-02Department: NIH department code
      Gene regulatory mechanisms connecting metabolism and Alzheimer’s Disease
      $1,539,974
      award amount

  2. Moriel Zelikowsky

    Leads 2 awards · $1,242,516

    • 1R01HD117924-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Social Isolation Re-Organizes Neural Dynamics Governing Mating
      $657,829
      award amount
    • 5R01MH132822-04Department: NIH department code
      Prefrontal Circuit Control of Isolation-Induced Aggression
      $584,687
      award amount

  3. Monica L Vetter

    Leads 3 awards · $1,233,210

    • 5R01EY035158-03Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Retinal Neurogenesis by Foxp1
      $568,043
      award amount
    • 5R01EY030307-07Department: NIH department code
      Developmental Regulation of Retinal Microglia
      $469,867
      award amount
    • 5R21EY037023-02Department: NIH department code
      Chimeric model for study of human retinal microglia in vivo

      Principal investigators: Monica L Vetter (contact PI), Nicole Gabriele Coufal

      $195,300
      award amount

  4. Megan Elise Williams

    Leads 2 awards · $1,221,048

    • 4RF1MH134515-04Department: NIH department code
      Inhibitory regulation of hippocampal CA3 neuron activity, learning, and memory

      Principal investigators: Megan Elise Williams (contact PI), James Gerard Heys

      $1,150,824
      award amount
    • 3RF1MH134515-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Inhibitory regulation of hippocampal CA3 neuron activity, learning, and memory

      Principal investigators: Megan Elise Williams (contact PI), James Gerard Heys

      $70,224
      award amount

  5. Jason D Shepherd

    Leads 2 awards · $1,189,466

    • 1R01AG096876-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the role of Arc extracellular vesicles in intercellular tau transmission
      $649,171
      award amount
    • 5R01MH112766-09Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the mechanisms of Arc-dependent synaptic plasticity
      $540,295
      award amount

  6. Ismail A. Ahmed

    Leads 2 awards · $1,078,000

    • 1R21EY038741-01Department: NIH department code
      High-Throughput Computational Pipeline for Rapid Development of Photocaged Peptide Tools
      $616,000
      award amount
    • 1DP1DA066060-01Department: NIH department code
      Illuminating Neuropeptide Modulation of Substance Abuse Withdrawal: Novel Photochemical Tools for Precision Control
      $462,000
      award amount

  7. Nichole L Link

    Leads 2 awards · $962,109

    • 5R01NS144236-02Department: NIH department code
      Neuronal RNA binding proteins regulate brain formation
      $515,484
      award amount
    • 1R21NS151180-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of microcephaly caused by rubella virus
      $446,625
      award amount

  8. Adam D Douglass

    Leads 2 awards · $807,250

    • 1R21NS153150-01Department: NIH department code
      A novel form of proprioception mediated by piezo2b-expressing premotor neurons in larval zebrafish
      $423,500
      award amount
    • 5R01NS125521-04Department: NIH department code
      Functional architecture of dopamine signaling within a zebrafish sensorimotor network
      $383,750
      award amount

  9. Oleksandr Shcheglovitov

    Leads 1 award · $601,829

    • 1R01NS149744-01Department: NIH department code
      The roles of microtubule-associated serine/threonine kinase-1 in regulating neuronal development
      $601,829
      award amount

  10. Andres Villu Maricq

    Leads 1 award · $528,463

    • 5R01NS125359-05Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of NMDAR-Mediated Synaptic Signaling
      $528,463
      award amount

  11. Alejandra Bosco

    Leads 1 award · $423,500

    • 1R21EY039494-01Department: NIH department code
      Hyalocyte responses in glaucoma
      $423,500
      award amount

  12. James Gerard Heys

    Leads 1 award · $423,500

    • 1R21MH140161-01A1Department: NIH department code
      An Integrated Circuit Model for Temporal Coding in Lateral and Medial Entorhinal Cortex
      $423,500
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 4RF1MH134515-04, led by Megan Elise Williams; 3RF1MH134515-04S1, led by Megan Elise Williams.

  13. Richard I Dorsky

    Leads 1 award · $423,500

    • 1R21MH138856-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Isoform-Specific LEF1 Function in Hypothalamic Neurogenesis and Behavior
      $423,500
      award amount

  14. Fergil Mills

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00MH121563-05Department: NIH department code
      Determining the role of amygdalostriatal transition zone circuits in associative learning and motivated behaviors
      $249,000
      award amount

  15. Amy Monasterio

    Leads 1 award · $103,448

    • 5K00AG101214-04Department: NIH department code
      Assessing the impact of social isolation on memory and aging
      $103,448
      award amount

  16. Danielle Germundson-Hermanson

    Leads 1 award · $79,348

    • 1F32MH140490-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Influence of social environment on the neural mechanisms of sickness
      $79,348
      award amount

  17. Madison Herrboldt

    Leads 1 award · $79,348

    • 5F32DC022517-02Department: NIH department code
      Utilizing Receptor-defined Odor Coding Channels to Understand Inhibitory Circuit Organization
      $79,348
      award amount

  18. Alicia Catherine Walker

    Leads 1 award · $41,188

    • 1F31MH143518-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the dynamics and function of Arc intercellular transfer in memory
      $41,188
      award amount

  19. Cambria Jensen

    Leads 1 award · $40,114

    • 1F31DC024171-01Department: NIH department code
      Probing experience-dependent transformation of odor representations along the olfactory-medial temporal lobe axis using in-vivo and in-silico approaches
      $40,114
      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.