Transformations in Translational Neuroscience
FY17 DOD Multiple Sclerosis Research Program and Vision Research Program
Multiple Sclerosis Research Program: Exploration - Hypothesis Development Award, Investigator-Initiated Research Award.
Vision Research Program: Clinical Trial Award, Technology/Therapeutic Development Award
Detailed descriptions of the funding opportunity, evaluation criteria, and submission requirements can be found in the Program Announcements. The Program Announcements are available electronically for downloading from the Grants.gov website (http://www.grants.gov), the CDMRP website (http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/prgdefault.shtml) and the electronic Biomedical Research Application Portal (eBRAP) (https://eBRAP.org).
NIH: NIDA (R01)
Neuroscience Research on Drug Abuse (R01). The goals of the research areas described in this Neuroscience of Drug Abuse FOA are to understand the neurobiological mechanisms underlying drug abuse and addiction, with special emphasis on changes that occur during chronic drug use, withdrawal and relapse. PA-17-111
NIH: BRAINS RFA (R01)
NIMH Biobehavioral Research Awards for Innovative New Scientists (NIMH BRAINS) (R01). RFA-MH-18-200. The NIMH BRAINS program will focus on the research priorities and gap areas identified in the NIMH Strategic Plan and the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) project.
NIH: Confirmatory Efficacy Clinical Trials of Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Mental Disorders RFA (R01)
RFA-MH-17-614. The purpose of this FOA is to support confirmatory efficacy testing of non-pharmacological therapeutic and preventive interventions for mental disorders in adults and children through an experimental therapeutics approach. Interventions to be studied include, but are not limited to behavioral, cognitive, interpersonal, and device-based (both invasive/surgically implanted as well as noninvasive/transcranial) approaches, or a combination thereof.
NIH: Pre to Post-doc F99/K00 transition award
NIH Blueprint Diversity Specialized Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Advancement in Neuroscience (D-SPAN) Award (F99/K00). RFA-NS-17-009 .
Innovative Research in Child Health Inaugural Lecture Series
Monday, June 19th, 4 PM - 5 PM, Child Health Institute of NJ, Room 3101, 89 French Street, New Brunswick. "Mechanisms of Synaptic Plasticity in Reward, Pain and Neuronal Homeostasis". Edward Ziff, PhD, NYU School of Medicine.
RU-SAS: Psychology Colloquium
Wednesday, June 28th, 12 PM - 1 PM, Room 101, Psychology Bldg., Busch campus, Piscataway. "Thinking with Data Visualizations, Fast and Slow". Steven Franconeri, PhD, Northwestern University.
RU-SAS: CBN Seminar series
Thursday, July 20th, 12 PM - 1 PM, Nelson D406, Busch campus, Piscataway. "Mechanisms of Spinal Neuromodulation and Plasticity Post Paralysis". V. Reggie Edgerton, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles.
The Third Annual BHI Symposium
Mark your calendars!! The Third Annual Rutgers BHI Symposium will be held on Friday, December 1st, 2017. Keynote speaker- Regina M. Carelli, Ph.D., Stephen B. Baxter Distinguished Professor and Associate Chair, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Carelli is a Rutgers alum who obtained her BA, MS & PhD from the Behavioral Neuroscience Program in the Psychology department. Her research examines how the brain processes information about rewards, and how that information is used to guide goal-directed actions.
The 2016-2017 BHI Plenary seminar series
New!! The schedule for the 2016-2017 BHI Plenary Seminar Series is available now. Check out the prominent neuroscientists BHI will be hosting this year.
Rutgers-Princeton Computational Cognitive Neuropsychiatry meeting
Bi-weekly meetings on Wednesdays from 10-11 AM. Meeting schedule available here.
- Chairman’s Conference Room, D-203, Psychiatry/UBHC building, 671 Hoes Lane West, Piscataway, NJ
- For those who cannot attend in person, we use GoToMeetings. Please click this link to join the meeting- https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/649315085
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United Kingdom: +44 (0) 330 221 0090Question?- contact us at- silvers1@ubhc.rutgers.edu