<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">The following RFA (<a href="http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-17-250.html" target="_blank">RFA-MH-17-250</a>) was published earlier this week, with a receipt date of <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">Feb. 15, 2017.  Likely they require U.S. citizenship or permanent residency, but should be good opportunities for winning proposers.   -Scott Makeig</span></span><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><b>BRAIN Initiative Fellows: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32)<u>. </u></b><span style="font-size:11pt">The purpose of the BRAIN Initiative Fellows (F32) program is to enhance the research training of promising postdoctorates, early in their postdoctoral training period, who have the potential to become productive investigators in research areas that will advance the goals of the BRAIN Initiative. Applications are encouraged in any research area that is aligned with the BRAIN Initiative, including neuroethics. Applicants are expected to propose research training in an area that complements their predoctoral research. Formal training in quantitative perspectives and analytical tools is expected to be an integral part of the proposed research training plan. In order to maximize the training potential of the F32 award, this program encourages applications from individuals who have not yet completed their terminal doctoral degree and who expect to do so </span><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="gmail-aQJ">within 12 months</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"> of the application due date. On the application due date, candidates may not have completed more than 6 months of postdoctoral training. </span><span style="font-size:11pt">This program is intended to support early postdoctoral training, which is why the RFA explicitly encourages applications from individuals who’ve not yet received their PhD.  We’re encouraging applications for mentored training in all areas relevant to the BRAIN Initiative, including neuroethics.  Note that the mentor(s) for these applications are not required to be PIs on BRAIN Initiative awards. Rather, the proposed mentored research project must be relevant to the scientific goals of the BRAIN 2025 Report. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <span style="color:gray;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">----</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:gray">Michele Ferrante, Ph.D.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:gray">Chief, </span><a href="http://www.nimh.nih.gov/about/organization/dnbbs/behavioral-science-and-integrative-neuroscience-research-branch/theoretical-and-computational-neuroscience-program.shtml" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:gray">Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:gray"> Program, NIMH<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:gray">Chief, </span><a href="http://www.nimh.nih.gov/about/organization/extramural-programs-and-contacts-listed-by-division.shtml" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:gray">Computational Psychiatry</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:gray"> Program, NIMH<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:gray">6001 Executive Blvd, Office # 7202, Rockville, 20852 MD<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:gray;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Ph. <a href="tel:301-435-6782" value="+13014356782" target="_blank">301-435-6782</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,san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