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.

2022 Fellows

Marie Bechler, Ph.D.

Mechanotransduction Signaling that Establishes CNS Myelin

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  • SUNY Upstate Medical University

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Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz, Ph.D.

Distributed brain dynamics for memory-guided behavior

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  • Cornell University

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Yvette Fisher, Ph.D.

Uncovering the homeostatic mechanisms that support persistent spatial representations

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  • University of California, Berkeley

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Robert Hill, Ph.D.

Mechanisms underlying the removal of diverse cellular debris in the live brain

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  • Dartmouth College

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Xin Jin, Ph.D.

Epigenetic mechanisms of brain aging

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  • Scripps Research Institute

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Justus Kebschull, Ph.D.

Mechanisms of evolutionary circuit expansion

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  • Johns Hopkins University

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Sung Soo Kim, Ph.D.

Integrating multimodal sensory information in navigation

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  • University of California, Santa Barbara

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Aakanksha Singhvi, Ph.D.

Molecular logic of glia-neuron interactions

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  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

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Hume Stroud, Ph.D.

Understanding non-canonical cytosine methylation in brain development and function

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  • UT Southwestern Medical Center

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Steffen Wolff, Ph.D.

Cortical-subcortical interplay in the execution of multiple motor skills

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  • University of Maryland

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Eviatar Yemini, Ph.D.

Developmental changes in neural dynamics that drive new behaviors: a systems-biology approach

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  • University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

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Meg Younger, Ph.D.

Non-Canonical Olfaction in Blood-Drinking Mosquitoes

Institution

  • Boston University

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Lejla Zubcevic, Ph.D.

The role of Mg2+ transport in Parkinson's disease

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  • University of Kansas Medical Center

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