Funding Opportunities


The Rutgers Brain Health Institute (BHI) shares a monthly Funding Opportunities newsletter, featuring a curated selection of federal (NIH) and non-federal (private and nonprofit) funding opportunities relevant to neuroscience, brain health, and mental health research. Below are the featured NIH RFAs for February 2026. Visit our website to explore the full list and discover more funding opportunities.


National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

BRAIN Initiative: Theories, Models and Methods for Analysis of Complex Data from the Brain (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Relevant to Rutgers Addiction Center and Motivational & Affective Neuroscience FAWG

R01 | RFA-DA-27-004 | 11/9/27 | Learn more


National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

Cooperative Agreement for In Vivo High-Resolution Imaging for Inner Ear Visualization (U01 Clinical Trial Required)

Relevant to the Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research and Cognitive and Sensory Neuroscience FAWG

U01 | RFA-DC-25-003 | 10/2/26 | Learn more


National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

BRAIN Initiative: Next-Generation Devices for Recording and Modulation in the Human Central Nervous System (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)

Relevant to the Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research

UG3/UH3 | RFA-NS-25-021 | 9/29/26 | Learn more


National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

BRAIN Initiative: Production and distribution facilities for brain cell type-specific access reagents (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Relevant to Rutgers-Princeton Center for Computational Cognitive Neuro-Psychiatry, Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research, and Neurodevelopment FAWG

U24 | RFA-MH-25-105 | 7/2/26 | Learn more


National Institute on Aging (NIA)

NIA Expanding Research in AD/ADRD (ERA) Summer Research Education Program (R25 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Relevant to the Herbert and Jacqueline Krieger Klein Alzheimer's Research Center and Neurodegeneration and Injury FAWG

R25 | RFA-AG-26-011 | 5/27/27 | Learn more

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