Dana Foundation Neuroimaging Program
Harvard Pre-Proposal Deadline: January 9, 2017
Award Amount: $200,000 over 3 years
Target Faculty: Assistant Professors or early Associate Professors.  Senior investigators may apply only if the proposed study represents a new research direction. 
Target Disciplines: Neuroimaging, Neuroimmunology

The Dana Foundation supports research on imaging innovations that help reveal how the human brain functions normally, how disorders and injuries alter these functions, and how various therapies affect these conditions. Since immune cells are often integrally involved in the development of, protection against, or responses to brain diseases and injuries, funded research also can focus on immune cell interactions with brain cells.  Scientists, using either conventional brain imaging techniques, cellular and molecular imaging technologies, or a combination of both, are supported to undertake pilot tests of novel hypotheses. These data then can be used to compete for larger-scale funding from other sources. Studies tend to focus on how imaging can enhance understanding of normal brain functioning; improve diagnosis; expand understanding of disease or injury processes; and assess treatment effects. Additionally, studies designed to refine existing imaging techniques, or to further develop new techniques to address specific clinical questions, are supported.