Research multidisciplinary collaboration
Across the University of Florida, 250+ McKnight Brain Institute faculty members work to advance current knowledge to improve brain health across the lifespan and revolutionize the treatment of neural disorders.
Research areas
Acquired Neural Injury
Programs include neural control of respiration, spinal cord injury, stroke, and traumatic brain injury.
Cognition, Behavior, and Sensation
Programs include age-related cognitive decline, developmental disorders, pain, sensory dysfunction, and substance use disorders and other neuropsychiatric diseases.
Neurological Diseases
Programs include ALS, Alzheimer’s disease, brain tumor immunotherapy, and Parkinson’s disease, as well as other neurodegenerative disorders.
funding opportunities at the mbi
Deadline: NovEMBER 1, 2024
MBI Accelerator Program
Annual program offers seed funding to support novel and impactful research projects that align with our mission to enhance lives through neuroscience and neuromedicine research.
Open now: available on a rolling basis
Professional Development Funds
Supplemental funds to help graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty advance their neuroscience careers.
Coming Soon
Flexible Center Funds
MBI-affiliated centers can request flexible funds to help support research events.
Coming Soon
Core Seed Funding
These funds help MBI members utilize core resources at UF, including HiPerGator.
Gator NeuroScholars
This MBI's postdoctoral fellowship program features a highly competitive stipend and opportunities to work side-by-side with some of the nation’s top neuroscientists.
Awards Across the UF Campus
Office of Research Opportunities
The Division of Strategic Research Development (SRD) assists University of Florida faculty and staff in the pursuit of internal and external research funding.
Technology & Shared Resources
Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Facility (AMRIS)
AMRIS is a state-of-the-art NMR facility for high-resolution solution NMR, solid-state NMR, microimaging, animal imaging, and human imaging.
MBI-UF Equipment Resources
Shared equipment for UF investigators includes darkrooms, X-ray developers, evaporators, autoclaves, perfusion rooms, cold rooms, ice machines, centrifuges, and Bio-Rad imaging systems.
Microscopy Resources
The Neuro Microscope Co-op enables MBI faculty members to pool their resources and share their existing microscopes with the MBI community.
UF Neuromedicine Human Brain and Tissue Bank
Supported by the MBI and CTRND, the UF Neuromedicine Human Brain and Tissue bank provides researchers access to a large collection of samples as well as adjacent lab space.
Vector Core Lab
The Vector Core Laboratory provides the service of generating gene therapy vectors and currently services five NIH program project grants worth over $25M and produces over 400 preps per year.
Research Snapshots
Research Snapshot: Drs. Marangelie...
UF-led team reports on influence of aging related to brain changes following mild traumatic brain injuries.
Research Snapshot: Drs. Cheng Tang and Rajesh...
MBI-led research team reports on potential way to regulate neuronal overactivity in quest for new therapies for chronic pain.
Research Snapshot: Drs. Adithya Gopinath and...
An MBI research team reports on a potential way to monitor progression and treatment response in Parkinson’s by analyzing blood immune cells.
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