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

Neurological Diseases

Programs include ALS, Alzheimer’s disease, brain tumor immunotherapy, and Parkinson’s disease, as well as other neurodegenerative disorders.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Microscopy Resources

The Neuro Microscope Co-op enables MBI faculty members to pool their resources and share their existing microscopes with the MBI community.

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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.

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Research Snapshots

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