Science News About Research Funding
- NIMH’s Dr. Andrea Beckel-Mitchener Named Deputy Director of NIH BRAIN Initiative
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• Institute Update
Andrea Beckel-Mitchener, Ph.D., has been named deputy director of the trans-NIH Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative.
- NIMH Director’s Statement: Our Commitment to Ending Structural Racism in Biomedical Research
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• Institute Update
In this statement, NIMH Director Dr. Joshua Gordon reaffirms his commitment to dismantling structural racism in biomedical research and describes next steps for NIMH.
- NIMH Leadership Describes Suicide Prevention Research Priorities
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• Institute Update
In a new paper, published in JAMA Psychiatry, NIMH looks forward, outlining the next stages in the Institute’s suicide prevention research priorities.
- NIMH Director’s Statement on Racism
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• Institute Update
Right now, people across the country are currently coping with yet another episode of violence perpetrated against a person of color. In this Institute Update, Dr. Gordon addresses recent events.
- NIH Awards Funding for Early Autism Screening
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• Institute Update
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded more than four million dollars in FY 2019 to support seven research projects aimed at developing and validating screening tools to detect signs of autism spectrum disorder in the first year of life.
- New BRAIN Initiative Awards Accelerate Neuroscience Discoveries
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• Press Release
The NIH has announced its continued support for the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative by funding more than 180 new BRAIN Initiative awards, bringing the total 2019 budget for the program to more than $424 million.
- NIH Announces Funding Awards for National Early Psychosis Learning Community
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• Press Release
NIMH awarded six research grants for studies to develop a learning health care system for the treatment of early psychosis.
- NIMH Announces New Clinical Research Toolbox
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• Institute Update
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) recently developed a Clinical Research Toolbox designed to assist clinical investigators with the development of clinical research studies.
- Diversity Training Programs Nurture Research Career
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• Science Update
A trainee tells her story of how NIMH/NIH training programs for members of underrepresented groups have nurtured her scientific career.
- NIMH Releases Strategic Research Priorities Update
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• Institute Update
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) recently released its second annual update of the Strategic Research Priorities.
- NIH Names Winners of “Follow that Cell” Phase 2 Competition
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• Press Release
Two biological engineering researchers are winners in Phase 2 of NIH’s Follow that Cell Challenge. The winners will share $400,000 in prizes awarded for development of new tools and methods for predicting the behavior and function of a single cell in complex tissue over time – and how that reflects the health of the tissue.
