Forecast for BRAIN Initiative Connectivity across Scales (BRAIN CONNECTS): Specialized Projects for Scalable Technologies (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
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The National Institutes of Health, under the Department of Health and Human Services, is reissuing the Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative Connectivity across Scales, specifically for Specialized Projects for Scalable Technologies. This U01 solicitation, identified as RFA-NS-27-015, seeks projects that develop scalable methods for mapping brain connectivity. The scope of work covers the entire technical pipeline, including tissue processing, imaging, alignment, segmentation, annotation, error correction, and integration into the broader neuroscience data environment. While the primary focus remains on humans, non-human primates, and mice, other species may be used for validation if properly justified. The overarching goal of the program is to build the research capacity and technical capabilities necessary to generate brainwide wiring diagrams across multiple scales. These specialized projects will be integrated into the BRAIN CONNECTS Network to foster innovation and iterative engineering in data analysis and dissemination. Potential applicants are encouraged to offer distinct capabilities that complement existing awards. The forecast indicates a publication date in June 2025 with applications expected in September 2025, though subsequent documentation notes a posting date of May 28, 2026, with an expiration date of October 5, 2027.
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The Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative (https://braininitiative.nih.gov/) intends to reissue Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) RFA-NS-22-049, BRAIN Initiative Connectivity across Scales (BRAIN CONNECTS): Specialized Projects for Scalable Technologies (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed). This Notice is being provided to allow potential applicants sufficient time to develop meaningful collaborations and responsive applications. The NOFO is expected to be published in June 2025, with an anticipated application receipt date in September 2025. This NOFO is a reissue of RFA-NS-22-049 (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-NS-22-049.html), which supported U01 Specialized Projects developing scalable technologies with a goal of brainwide mapping of neural connectivity. The previous NOFO was issued together with two companion NOFOs (now expired) supporting UM1 Comprehensive Centers to map neuronal projections in human and non-human primate (RFA-NS-22-047) and synaptic connections in mouse (RFA-NS-22-048). Applications for the upcoming reissued U01 Specialized Projects NOFO are especially encouraged to offer distinct capabilities and competencies complementing existing BRAIN CONNECTS awards, and potential applicants are encouraged to use NIH RePORTER (https://reporter.nih.gov/) to retrieve information on awards from each of the three previous NOFOs. This NOFO will solicit projects developing scalable methods for mapping brain connectivity, applied to any aspect of the pipeline, from tissue processing to imaging, alignment, segmentation and annotation, error correction, and integration into the larger neuroscience data environment. Although human, non-human primate and mouse are the focus of the BRAIN CONNECTS program, Specialized Projects may use other species for validation if well justified. Awards from this NOFO will be integrated into the BRAIN CONNECTS Network, a coordinated effort of awards from the previous three NOFOs aimed at developing the research capacity and technical capabilities to generate wiring diagrams that can span entire brains across multiple scales. The overarching objective of the first five years of the program is to develop these capabilities through innovation and iterative engineering of technologies including tissue processing, imaging, data analysis, dissemination, and application to fundamental questions of nervous system function.
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