Fellowship Programs

KLINGENSTEIN-SIMONS FELLOWSHIP AWARDS IN NEUROSCIENCE

Through its collaboration with the Simons Foundation, the Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Awards in Neuroscience supports early career investigators engaged in basic or clinical research that may lead to a better understanding of neurological and psychiatric disorders. The fellowship awards promote high-risk, and potentially high-reward, projects.

Aimed at advancing cutting-edge investigations, the awards are presented to highly promising, early career scientists. At this critical juncture in their careers, funding can be a challenge.

2019 Fellows

Nicholas Bellono, Ph.D.

Molecular mechanisms of multisensory integration

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  • Harvard University

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Juan Du, Ph.D.

Regulation mechanism of thermosensitive receptors in nervous system

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  • Van Andel Institute

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Mark Howe, Ph.D.

Subcellular Neuromodulation of Striatum Circuits During Learning and Movement

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  • Boston University

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Elias Issa, PhD

Imaging cortical feedback during visual face recognition and learning

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  • Columbia University

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Hiroyuki Kato, Ph.D.

Regulation of sensory representations by global recurrent circuitry across cortical layers

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  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Aubrey Kelly, PhD

The African Spiny Mouse as a Model for Sociality

Institution

  • Emory University

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Mazen Kheirbek, Ph.D.

Encoding and discriminating experiences in the dentate gyrus

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  • University of California, San Francisco

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Erica Korb, Ph.D.

The epigenetic landscape of memory

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  • University of Pennsylvania

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Lauren L. Orefice, PhD

Altered somatosensory processing in autism spectrum disorders: mechanisms and emerging therapeutic approaches

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  • Massachusetts General Hospital

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Zhaozhu Qiu, Ph.D.

Astrocyte swelling as a novel mechanism for neuron-glia communication the therapeutic potential of interneuron transplantation

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  • Johns Hopkins University

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Caroline A. Runyan, Ph.D.

Communication between networks: Context, inhibition, and neuromodulation

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  • University of Pittsburgh

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Francois St-Pierre, Ph.D.

Noninvasive deep-tissue all-optical electrophysiology

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  • Baylor College of Medicine

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Shigeki Watanabe, PhD

Cellular and molecular basis of short-term plasticity

Institution

  • Johns Hopkins University

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Our Fellows: View an alphabetical list of all fellows.
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