This funding opportunity supports the accelerated refinement of instrumentation and device technologies for recording and modulating neural cells and circuits in the central nervous system. It encourages development of hardware, devices, and software using various modalities such as optical, electrical, magnetic, or acoustic methods. Projects must validate technologies with in vivo experiments in behaving animals, focusing on demonstrating technological capabilities to overcome major challenges in neuroscience research and enable new discoveries.
Eligible applicants include a wide range of U.S.-based organizations such as nonprofits (with or without 501(c)(3) status), institutions of higher education, public housing authorities, tribal organizations, government entities at various levels, small businesses, and for-profit organizations other
