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.

2020 Fellows

Amber L. Alhadeff, Ph.D.

Gut signaling effects on homeostatic and reward circuits

Institution

  • Monell Chemical Senses Center

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Ghazaleh Ashrafi, Ph.D.

Molecular Mechanisms of Metabolic Flexibility in Neurotransmission

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  • Washington University in St. Louis

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Christine Constantinople, Ph.D.

Neural and hormone basis for sex-specific economic decision making

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  • New York University

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Laura B. Duvall, Ph.D.

Neuropeptide control of mosquito host-seeking behavior

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  • Columbia University

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Michael N. Economo, Ph.D.

The descending control of movement initiation by the motor cortex

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  • Boston University

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James Jeanne, Ph.D.

Coordinating multiple layers of synaptic plasticity during deep learning

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  • Yale University

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Liang Liang, Ph.D.

Integration of visual information in the thalamic circuit

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  • Yale University

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Qili Liu, Ph.D.

Cellular and Molecular basis of nutrient specific appetite

Institution

  • University of California, San Francisco

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Derek Southwell, M.D., Ph.D.

Advancing the therapeutic potential of interneuron transplantation

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  • Duke University

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Nicholas Steinmetz, Ph.D.

Brain-wide distributed circuits underlying vision, attention, and action selection

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  • University of Washington

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Summer Thyme, Ph.D.

Targeting rare genetic disorders to treat common neuropsychiatric conditions

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  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Amanda Whipple, Ph.D.

Parental influence on gene regulation in the brain

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  • Harvard University

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Moriel Zelikowsky, Ph.D.

Neural circuits at the intersection of stress and aggression

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  • University of Utah

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Our Fellows: View an alphabetical list of all fellows.
Our Granted Institutions: View a list of all granted institutions.