NIH awards $46 million as part of BRAIN initiative
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.028308
MIT Technology Review : Francis Collins, director of the US National Institutes of Health, announced earlier this week that the agency would be distributing $46 million in research awards as part of the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) initiative. The funds will be distributed to 58 research groups working on projects that include a wearable PET scanner, laser control of neuron activity, and electrodes that can detect the presence of dopamine in living brains. One of BRAIN’s goals is to develop technologies for better understanding how the brain operates. Because of the complexity of the brain, many researchers think that the technology needed to make immediately useful discoveries does not yet exist. The initial investment by BRAIN may help rectify that situation.
