BRAIN Initiative: Data Archives for the BRAIN Initiative (R24 Clinical Trial Optional)
Last verified by NonDilute: 2026-04-29. Official notice and agency instructions control.
Build the central data backbone for NIH's BRAIN Initiative and become the trusted repository for neuroscience research data across the nation.
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What this is
The BRAIN Initiative is soliciting applications to build centralized data repositories that will house neuroscience research data and make it accessible to the broader research community. Applicants will develop infrastructure to manage, curate, and standardize BRAIN Initiative datasets, integrate user-facing analysis and visualization tools (through partnerships, not direct development), and establish appropriate metadata standards. This is a community resource play focused on data infrastructure and accessibility rather than tool development or standard creation.
Who can apply
Highly inclusive: universities, nonprofits (501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3)), small businesses, for-profit organizations, tribal governments, state and local governments, and other entities are eligible. No explicit geographic restriction. Solo founders and very small teams would face significant operational and compliance challenges; this is designed for established institutions or well-resourced organizations.
Eligible applicant types
- Special district governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Independent school districts
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- County governments
- Small businesses
- State governments
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Full description — from the agency
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) solicits applications to develop web-accessible data archives to capture, store, and curate data related to BRAIN Initiative activities. The data archives will work with the research community to incorporate tools that allow users to analyze and visualize the data, but the creation of such tools is not part of this NOFO. The data archives will use appropriate standards to describe the data, but the creation of such standards is not part of this NOFO. A goal of this program is to advance research by creating a community resource data archive with appropriate standards and summary information that is broadly available and accessible to the research community for furthering research.
Topics: brain initiative data archive · neuroscience data repository · data curation infrastructure · nih brain data sharing · research data management · biomedical data standards
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