Dr. Chrystal Starbird is the winner of the first Rising Black Scientist Award for a post-graduate scholar. For this award, we asked emerging Black scientists to tell us about the experiences that spar...

I use birdsong to understand how the brain learns complex skills across molecules, synapses, circuits, behavior, and computation. On the 2026–27 faculty job market.

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of NIH Updates to Career Development (K) Award Programs NOT-OD-26-098. OD

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The NIH plans to close the door on one of the few pathways available to international students on visas to forge a career in biomedical research in the U.S.

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The primary function of this position is to assist the Principal Investigator and members of the laboratory with experiments involving molecular biology, animal behavior, biochemistry, electrophysiolo...

The George Washington University Department of Pharmacology & Physiology is an active research department with federally funded programs in neuroscience and development, cardiovascular pharmacology an...

Hi, My name is Georgia Kash and I am an 8th grader at dukeschool in durham which is a project based school, and for my final project I am studying the effect of mocktails on the society. A part of th...

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Temporary Extension of Eligibility for the NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) NOT-OD-26-021. OD

Dopamine encoding of reward prediction errors naturally fluctuates over females’ reproductive cycles with estrogenic signaling due to reduced expression of dopamine reuptake proteins.

Despite decades of research, no new FDA-approved medications for alcohol use disorder (AUD) have emerged in over 25 years. Enhancing the translational relevance of preclinical models by more precisely...

The FDA is hosting a workshop on reducing animal testing. The workshop is open to current FDA and NIH employees.

Excessive levels of alcohol consumption play a major role in numerous alcohol-related harms, including a heightened risk of developing problematic drinking behaviors. Those who develop alcohol use dis...

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HHS would be asked to absorb a $40 billion cut, about one-third of its discretionary budget.

From the SfN Committee: The idea behind this proposal is valuable and worth pursuing, but the current proposal lacks clarity in a few areas. It would be helpful to define the primary objective more pr...

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: