In addition, the private, philanthropic Kavli Foundation announced that it is joining forces with its academic partners to provide $100 million to fund brain research to understand traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.
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The National Institutes of Health just awarded 67 projects $38 million under its Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) initiative, putting its total investment the project at $85 million in FY 2015. The new Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute will be formed with a $10M gift from the Kavli Foundation and $10M in matching funds from the University. The money will be set up as an endowment to fund research for years into the future. The thrust of the proposal was a vision of synergy between Schools of Medicine and Homewood – with focus on data science and computational modeling.
Hopkins already has a renowned neuroscience program and Richard L. Huganir, the inaugural director of the new institute, said the additional funding will help take its research to a higher level.
The Kavli Foundation provided the funding, the majority of which will go toward establishing neuroscience centers at Johns Hopkins University, The Rockefeller University and UC San Francisco.
The foundation, founded in 2001, has institutes at universities around the world.
President Barack Obama launched the BRAIN initiative in 2014.
This story will be updated.
As a result, Johns Hopkins was among three universities selected to receive this award. “For example, Rockefeller scientists are now developing a number of tools to push neuroscience forward, including advanced neuronal recording capabilities, sophisticated three-dimensional imaging, and non-invasive activation of neural circuits, among others”.
“UCSF enjoys great strengths in fundamental neuroscience on our own campus, but we are also fortunate to be located in a region that fosters innovation and collaboration”, said UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood, MBBS. “The Kavli Institute will sustain this rich tradition into the 21 Century”.
Complete press release: More about the Kavli institutes, including discussions with the new directors. It will be streamed live online at 11 a.m.to 2 p.m. from Washington, D.C.
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About The Kavli FoundationThe Kavli Foundation, based in Southern California, advances science for the benefit of humanity, promotes public understanding of scientific research, and supports scientists and their work.
