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.

2016 Fellows

Stephen Brohawn, Ph.D.

Molecular mechanisms of sensory transduction

Institution

  • University of California, Berkeley

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Monica Dus, Ph.D.

Dietary control of sugar taste perception and reward

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  • University of Michigan

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Evan Feinberg, Ph.D.

Deciphering subcortical coordination of sensorimotor procession

Institution

  • University of California, San Francisco

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Biyu He, Ph.D.

From Neurobiology of Movement Intention to Potential Treatment for Psychogenic Movement Disorders

Institution

  • New York University

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Andrew Kruse, Ph.D.

Structure and function of the sigma-1 receptor

Institution

  • Harvard University

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Conor Liston, Ph.D.

Prefrontal Cortical Circuit Mechanisms of Working Memory

Institution

  • Weill Cornell Medical College

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Evan W. Miller, Ph.D.

Optical approaches to interrogating membrane potential dynamics in the brain

Institution

  • University of California, Berkeley

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Yuki Oka, Ph.D.

Dissecting the neural circuits controlling internal water balance

Institution

  • Weill Cornell Medical College

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Tiffany Schmidt, Ph.D.

Circuits and mechanisms underlying light-driven behavior

Institution

  • Northwestern University

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John Tuthill, Ph.D.

Integration of touch and proprioception in central circuits of Drosophila

Institution

  • University of Washington

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Michael Yartsev, Ph.D.

The Missing-Link: Neural Investigation of Vocal Development in Mammalian Brain

Institution

  • University of California, Berkeley

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