NIH Grants and Funding
Contact UsThe Jointly Sponsored Institutional Predoctoral Training Program in the Neurosciences (JSPTPN), formerly described under PAR-22-265 (expired), supports broad and fundamental research training in the neurosciences. This initiative began in 1997 to provide support during the early years of graduate training, the first and second years, typically before full-time thesis research begins. This opportunity is a program within the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research in conjunction with the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) and the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). The primary objective of the JSPTPN is to prepare individuals for careers in neuroscience that have a significant impact on the health-related research needs of the nation. The NIH Blueprint will only support programs that fulfil the following criteria:
1) provide broad and fundamental research training in the neurosciences;
2) include a curriculum that provides a strong foundation in experimental design, statistical methodology and quantitative reasoning;
3) include laboratory rotations that allow students to explore different research areas, scientific approaches, and laboratory cultures; and
4) students may only be appointed to this training grant during the first 2 years of their graduate research training.
Applicants for 2025 should apply to the Parent T32 announcement (PA-25-168), indicate that they are applying for the NIH Blueprint JSPTPN in the application cover letter and direct their application to NINDS in the Assignment Request Form. The next application deadline is May 25, 2025. (see NOT-NS-25-020).
Questions should be directed to the Scientific Program Contacts: Ashlee Van’t Veer ([email protected]) and Lauren Ullrich ([email protected]).
The Jointly Sponsored Institutional Predoctoral Training Program in the Neurosciences is managed by an NIH-wide steering committee with one member from each of the participating Institutes.
Participating Blueprint Institutes and Program Contacts
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Contact: Laura Major ([email protected])
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Contact: Jennifer Baumgartner ([email protected])
National Eye Institute (NEI)
Contact: Ed Clayton ([email protected])
National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Contact: John Matochik ([email protected])
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
Contact: Zeynep Erim ([email protected])
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Contact: Ralph Nitkin ([email protected])
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (NIDA)
Contact: Edgardo Falcon-Morales ([email protected])
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
Contact: Michele McGuirl ([email protected])
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Contact: Carol Shreffler ([email protected])
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) (NIMH)
Contact: Ashlee Van't Veer (ashlee.van'[email protected])
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) (NINDS)
Contact: Lauren Ullrich ([email protected])
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
Contact: Dana Greene ([email protected])
Participating Non-Blueprint Institutes and Program Contacts
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Contact: Alberto Rivera-Rentas ([email protected])
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Contact: Jeremy McIntyre ([email protected])
Currently Supported Training Programs
California
University of California Berkley
Title: Neuroscience Training Program at UC Berkeley
Program Director: Helen Bateup, Ph.D. ([email protected])
University of California San Diego
Title: Neurosciences Graduate Training Program
Program Director: Brenda Bloodgood Ph.D. ([email protected])
University of California San Francisco
Title: Predoctoral Training in Neurobiology
Program Director: Samuel Pleasure MD/Ph.D. ([email protected])
Stanford University
Title: Neuroscience Research Training
Program Director: Merritt Maduke Ph.D. ([email protected])
Colorado
University of Colorado Denver
Title: Neuroscience Training Grant
Program Director: Nathan Schoppa, Ph.D. ([email protected])
Connecticut
Yale University
Title: Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program
Program Director: Charles Greer Ph.D. ([email protected])
Florida
University of Florida
Title: Broad-based Research, Analytics and Innovation in Neuroscience (B2RAIN) predoctoral Training Program
Program Director: Jennifer Bizon Ph.D. ([email protected])
Georgia
Emory University
Title: Training in System and Integrative Biology Neuroscience
Program Director: Yoland Smith Ph.D. ([email protected])
Iowa
University of Iowa
Title: Neuroscience Training Program
Program Director: Daniel Tranel Ph.D. ([email protected])
Maryland
John Hopkins University
Title: Training Program in Neuroscience
Program Director: James Knierim Ph.D. ([email protected])
University of Maryland Baltimore
Title: Multidisciplinary Training Program in Neuroscience
Program Director: Jessica Mong Ph.D. ([email protected])
Massachusetts
Harvard University
Title: PhD Training in Neuroscience
Program Director: John Assad Ph.D. ([email protected])
Boston University Medical Campus
Title: Graduate Program for Neuroscience
Program Director: Shelley Russek, Ph.D. ([email protected])
Michigan
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Title: Early Stage Training in Neuroscience
Program Director: Carol Elias Ph.D. ([email protected])
Minnesota
University of Minnesota
Title: Predoctoral Training of Neuroscientists
Program Director: David Redish Ph.D. ([email protected])
Missouri
Washington University
Title: Neuroscience Training Program at Washington University
Program Director: Daniel Kerschensteiner MD. ([email protected])
New York
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Title: Training Program in Neuroscience
Program Director: George Huntley Ph.D. ([email protected])
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Title: Training Program in Neuroscience at Stony Brook University: Fostering Quantitative Literacy and Experimental Rigor
Program Director: Arianna Maffei Ph.D. ([email protected])
University of Rochester
Title: Graduate Training in Neuroscience
Program Director: Anna Majewska Ph.D. ([email protected])
North Carolina
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Title: Neuroscience Training at Wake Forest
Program Director: Paul Czoty Ph.D. ([email protected])
Duke University
Title: Neurobiology Training Program
Program Director: Richard Mooney Ph.D. ([email protected])
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title: Neuroscience Predoctoral Training at UNC-Chapel Hill
Program Director: Mark Zylka Ph.D. ([email protected])
Ohio
University of Cincinnati
Title: Predoctoral Training Program in the Neurosciences
Program Director: James Herman Ph.D. ([email protected])
Oregon
Oregon Health & Science University
Title: Multidisciplinary Training in Neuroscience
Program Director: Kelly Monk, Ph.D. ([email protected])
Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
Title: Graduate Training in Neuroscience
Program Director: Minghong Ma Ph.D. ([email protected])
Rhode Island
Brown University
Title: Interdisciplinary Predoctoral Neuroscience Training Program in the Neuroscience Graduate Program
Program Director: David Sheinberg Ph.D. ([email protected])
Texas
Baylor College of Medicine
Title: Graduate Training in the Neurosciences
Program Director: Mathew Rasband Ph.D. ([email protected])
University of Texas San Antonio
Title: Integrated Graduate Training Program in Neuroscience, UTHSCSA
Program Director: David Morilak Ph.D. ([email protected])
University of Texas at Austin
Title: Pre-Doctoral Training in Interdisciplinary Neuroscience
Program Director: Amy Lee Ph.D. ([email protected])
Washington DC
Georgetown University
Title: Predoctoral Training in Integrative Neuroscience
Program Director: Ludise Malkova Ph.D. ([email protected])
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin at Madison
Title: Neuroscience Training Program
Program Director: Ari Rosenberg Ph.D. ([email protected])