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Neurophysiology data-sharing system faces funding cliff
A change at the top of SfN as neuroscientists gather in San Diego
Establishing a baseline: Trends in NIH neuroscience funding from 2008 to 2024
How will the field’s relationship to industry change over the next decade? Will a larger neurotechnology sector emerge?
Without monkeys, neuroscience has no future
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How have funding cuts affected early-career scientists’ futures?
Some say they feel terrified and anxious over all the uncertainty; many are thinking about leaving the United States, academia or science altogether; others plan to stay the course.
How have funding cuts affected early-career scientists’ futures?
Some say they feel terrified and anxious over all the uncertainty; many are thinking about leaving the United States, academia or science altogether; others plan to stay the course.
How do you anticipate the field changing in the wake of recent funding cuts?
Most survey respondents said they are bracing for a major reduction in the scientific workforce in the United States; some foresee research and staff shifting from academia to the private sector; and a few predict growth in translational studies and research on artificial intelligence.
How do you anticipate the field changing in the wake of recent funding cuts?
Most survey respondents said they are bracing for a major reduction in the scientific workforce in the United States; some foresee research and staff shifting from academia to the private sector; and a few predict growth in translational studies and research on artificial intelligence.
The state of neuroscience in 2025: An overview
The Transmitter presents a portrait of the field through four lenses: its focus, its output, its people and its funding.
The state of neuroscience in 2025: An overview
The Transmitter presents a portrait of the field through four lenses: its focus, its output, its people and its funding.
Neuroscience funding: A source directory
Our list features expected and lesser-known governmental and nongovernmental sources of funding for basic neuroscience research.
Neuroscience funding: A source directory
Our list features expected and lesser-known governmental and nongovernmental sources of funding for basic neuroscience research.
Which sources fund your neuroscience research?
Government sources are the main overall contributors to neuroscience labs, but funding breakdown varies across labs, career stages and neuroscience subfields, a survey by The Transmitter shows.
Which sources fund your neuroscience research?
Government sources are the main overall contributors to neuroscience labs, but funding breakdown varies across labs, career stages and neuroscience subfields, a survey by The Transmitter shows.
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