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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · 12d

Announcing such a major change to NSF GRFP this late in the cycle is incredibly cruel. 2nd yr students (mine included) have been working so hard on their proposals despite ongoing uncertainty. They are driven and passionate about being outstanding scientists and helping those coming up behind them.

This means individuals in the following statuses at the time of application are eligible:

Undergraduate in the final (senior) year of a bachelor’s degree program
Bachelor’s degree-holder with NO enrollment in a graduate degree program (non-degree graduate coursework allowed)
Individual enrolled in a joint bachelor’s-master’s degree program with at least three undergraduate years completed
First-year graduate student in their first graduate degree program with less than one academic year completed in the degree program (according to institution’s academic calendar)
Individuals enrolled in joint bachelor’s-master’s degree programs are considered graduate students. For GRFP, joint bachelor’s-master’s degrees are defined as degrees concurrently pursued and awarded.
Not be a current NSF employee.

Applications that do not meet eligibility requirements will be returned without review as being ineligible for a fellowship.

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Allen Institute @alleninstitute.org · 20d

Alright rat #neuroskyence community, lock in! We have an #OpenScienceWeek treat for you.

You've asked for it in our DMs, comments, and SfN booth. 🥁🥁🥁

MapMyCells can now map rat data and map it onto any of our mouse or human taxonomies!

More info: community.brain-map.org/t/new-featur...

New features in MapMyCells: Basal Ganglia taxonomy and cross-species mapping

We are pleased to announce two new features in MapMyCells. MapMyCells now allows users to map data onto the Consensus Basal Ganglia taxonomy, a multi-species (human, macaque, marmoset) taxonomy of ...

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Abhilasha Joshi, PhD @rhythmicspikes.bsky.social · 21d

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🚨 New preprint! 🚨

Excited and proud (& a little nervous 😅) to share our latest work on the importance of #theta-timescale spiking during #locomotion in #learning. If you care about how organisms learn, buckle up. 🧵👇

📄 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
💻 code + data 🔗 below 🤩

#neuroskyence

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Eitan Schechtman @eitans.bsky.social · Aug 29

For >5 years, the International Sleep Replay Workshops (ISRW) have brought together scientists studying sleep & memory. The next ISRW will be on March 6th in Vancouver (before @cogneuronews.bsky.social). Follow the link for details and to join the mailing list.
isrw.bio.uci.edu

Pls repost! #sleep

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Stefanie Robel @stefanierobel.bsky.social · Aug 26

Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant is back. Share with your ESI colleagues!

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

PAR-25-322: Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) PAR-25-322. OD

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Marla Feller @mfeller.bsky.social · Aug 20

Come join our new Department of Neuroscience @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social as an Assistant Professor! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05041

Assistant Professor - Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Neuroscience - Department of Neuroscience

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

aprecruit.berkeley.edu

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Matt Smear @mattsmear.bsky.social · Aug 20

We’re searching for a Developmental Neuroscientist! Building on UO’s rich tradition in the field, we’re excited to welcome the next scientist to carry it forward.

Adam C. Miller, University of Oregon @drzebrafish.bsky.social · Aug 14

The University of Oregon is searching for an Assistant Professor with a focus on Developmental Neuroscience. We are excited to have you come join us - apply!
Application information can be found at: careers.uoregon.edu/cw/en-us/job...

Current Opportunities | UO HR Website

careers.uoregon.edu

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Mathieu Ferron @mathieuferron.bsky.social · Aug 15

Faculty position in aging in Montreal!

www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Assistant Professor in Aging - Montréal, Quebec (CA) job with IRIC – Université de Montréal | 12842218

This is for an Assistant or Associate Research Professor position in Aging

www.nature.com

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Evan Schaffer @esschaffer.bsky.social · Aug 13

The Mount Sinai Neuroscience seminars (MSNseminars) committee is now actively accepting applications from postdocs! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · Aug 11

These are the most challenging times for early-career scientists and engineers.

My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers.

We found 437 of them.

Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

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Anna Gillespie @akgillespie.bsky.social · Aug 5

this reminded me to post my 2-year reflections on starting a lab - perhaps useful? of course it's early days still so take all with a grain of salt 😬 www.gillespie-lab.com/year2reflect... (also tagging @marisosa.bsky.social and @emilyaeryjones.bsky.social )

Gillespie Lab - Reflections after 2 years

Year 2 reflections

www.gillespie-lab.com

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Dr. Anna Radke @aradprof.bsky.social · Aug 1

Miami is hiring a neurobiologist! I am excited to welcome a new colleague to our Neuroscience community! Please share!

miamioh.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/miamio...

Assistant Professor

Job Title Assistant Professor Department Biology Department Worker Type Regular Pay Type Salary Salary will be commensurate with the level of the position, education, and experience. Benefit Eligible ...

miamioh.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com

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Abhilasha Joshi, PhD @rhythmicspikes.bsky.social · Aug 1

📣 We are expanding! Repost 🙏🏽

- Postdoc (funded by @simonsfoundation.org grant on synchronisation between cognitive representations and stepping)
- Project Associates
- Create your role! (Reach out if you are keen on these topics and these roles do not define you 👀🤗)

www.neuroact.in

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · Jul 25

Wow

Karolinska Institutet is recruiting 20 outstanding early-career researchers for assistant professor positions

ki.se/en/about-ki/...

Call for 20 Assistant Professor positions

Karolinska Institutet is a world-leading medical university with a long and proud history of ground-breaking research. We are now recruiting outstanding early-career researchers with particularly exce...

ki.se

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Anna Gillespie @akgillespie.bsky.social · Jul 25

Amidst everything, the lab's first preprint is out! It's just a methods paper, no scientific results (yet!), but it's still great to see it all pulled together. We hope that these open-source behavioral tools will be useful for others!

bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · Jul 25

A Semi-Automated, Parallelized, and Flexible Spatial Navigation Task for Rats https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.22.666070v1

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · Jul 2

For ESIs dealing with grants being rescinded: if an investigator’s 1st substantial independent research award is terminated within the first 3 years of the project period (not due to scientific misconduct ) they can request the reinstatement of ESI status

grants.nih.gov/news-events/...

My First Substantial Independent Research Award Was Terminated Early. Can My ESI Status Be Reinstated?
June 12, 2025
Investigators lose their Early Stage Investigator (ESI) eligibility when they successfully compete for and receive a substantial independent research award. In the event an investigator’s first substantial independent research award is terminated within the first three years of the project period, and this was not due to scientific misconduct or other disqualifying events, the investigator can request the reinstatement of ESI status, using the ESI Extensions request tool in eRA commons. See Requesting an Extension for instructions.

For more, see the Early Stage Investigators FAQ page.

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Anna Gillespie @akgillespie.bsky.social · Jun 25

glad to hear this! congrats!!

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · Jun 16

🚨 I'm tuning into the most substantial hearing to date of two lawsuits challenging NIH's termination of thousands of grants.

I'll post some of the major updates here, so follow along.

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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · Jun 16

⚖️ HUGE day today in the NIH terminations cases

There's a trial (of sorts) at 10a ET in Boston today for arguments that NIH unlawfully terminated 100s of grants.

It's a 3 hour hearing and I'll post periodic updates.

Of note: this is the 1st lawsuit filed against the Trump Admin to go to trial.

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Leading Edge Fellows Program @leadingedgeprogram.bsky.social · May 27

We are thrilled to announce the 2025 Leading Edge Fellows! 40 outstanding postdoctoral fellows doing pioneering research in a wide range of biological and biomedical disciplines.

Learn more about these exceptional scientists:

www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows

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Melissa Berke @melissaberke.bsky.social · May 22

Channel your science anxiety into action. Comment on or before tomorrow! Keep scientists in roles at NIH and NSF and keep politicians out of them. Tell your non-science friends — universally hated idea to put politicians in these roles! 🧪

Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · May 22

Deadline to comment is Friday. Turn that Friday science dread into something something comment! Also, it needs a hashtag, #FriSciDread

Jon Freeman @freemanjb.bsky.social · May 21

🚨 A new rule would let career scientists like NSF/NIH program officers be replaced by political appointees

Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday

📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful

Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj

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Jon Freeman @freemanjb.bsky.social · May 21

🚨 A new rule would let career scientists like NSF/NIH program officers be replaced by political appointees

Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday

📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful

Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj

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I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · May 21

Notice on extension of ESI status for NIH grant applications. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

NOT-OD-25-114: Notice of Short-Term Extension to Early-Stage Investigator (ESI) Eligibility Period

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Short-Term Extension to Early-Stage Investigator (ESI) Eligibility Period NOT-OD-25-114. OD

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Simons Foundation @simonsfoundation.org · Apr 24

We are excited to announce our new Simons Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience (SCENE)! This program will unite experts in experimental and computational #neuroscience approaches to investigate how the brain represents sensorimotor interactions. www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/04/24/s... #science

Simons Foundation Launches Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience

Simons Foundation Launches Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience on Simons Foundation

www.simonsfoundation.org

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Anna Gillespie @akgillespie.bsky.social · Apr 26

So many grim headlines each day but here is one piece of GREAT news!! Mari's lab is going to tackle such critical and underexplored questions and will be an incredible place to train! Can't wait to see what you accomplish, @marisosa.bsky.social 🍻🤩

Mari Sosa @marisosa.bsky.social · Apr 25

Exciting news!! I’m joining the tenure-track faculty at University of Colorado Boulder this fall as an Assistant Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience!

The Sosa Lab will study how memory is shaped by cognitive and physiological demands, including during pregnancy and the postpartum period. 🧵

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