The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) was awarded $270,000 from the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) for Foundations of Rigorous Neuroscience Research, a three-year scientific rigor training program focused on the "sociology of science."

Takahashi, of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, is best known for his group’s discovery of the Clock gene in mice, which is a master regulator of circadian rhythms in mammals.

The the FY 20 House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS) appropriations bill includes $41.1 billion in funding for NIH, a $2 billion increase over FY 19.

The three-year pilot program will enroll a subset of high-performing recipients of SfN’s Trainee Professional Development Award.

SfN President Diane Lipscombe submitted testimony on behalf of the Society in support of significant funding for NIH and NSF in FY20.

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Aiming for treatment they have spent more than 30 years describing, understanding and diagnosing the most common hereditary form of stroke, CADASIL. For this, the four French neuroscientists are now receiving the world's most valuable prize for brain research – the Lundbeck Foundation Brain Prize, worth 1 million euros.

Presenters unable to travel to the U.S. for Neuroscience 2019 due to visa restrictions will be able to participate in a new ‘Science Knows No Borders’ program, allowing them to present their science and their posters remotely.

From a competitive pool of applicants, 12 members of SfN were awarded funding to participate in the Society’s annual Capitol Hill Day on March 7, 2019, as Early Career Policy Ambassadors (ECPAs).

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