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SCIRB Research Support

Funding Opportunities

To advance scientific knowledge and develop treatments and cures for spinal cord injury (SCI), the Extramural Grants Administration Program will issue requests for applications (RFAs) on behalf of the Spinal Cord Injury Research Board. Check this web site for updates or sign up for SCIRB eAlerts and indicate RFA as your area of interest.

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Available Funding Opportunities

 

Funding Opportunities Pending Review

  • Projects to Accelerate Research Translation (PART) and Innovative, Developmental, or Exploratory Activities (IDEA) in Spinal Cord Injury (Round 6) RFA
  • Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships in Spinal Cord Injury Research (Round 5) RFA

Recommended Awards

  • Translational Research Projects (TRP) in Spinal Cord Injury (Round  4) RFA. A total of $7.57 million in the form of two (2) TRP awards were recommended. These projects are five-year awards.  
Organization Principal Investigator Project Title Recommended Award
Columbia University Sunil K. Agrawal, Ph.D.

Improving Balance after Spinal Cord Injury Using a Robotic Upright Stand Trainer

$3,995,925
 The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research

Chad E. Bouton, M.S.

Constant and Cortically-Modulated Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation for the Treatment of Upper Extremity Impairment  $3,570,469 
Total (2 awards) $7,566,394
  • PART and IDEA in Spinal Cord Injury (Round 5) RFA. A total of $5.75 million in the form of four (4) PART and five (5) IDEA awards were recommended. These projects are three- and two-year awards, respectively. 
Organization Principal Investigator Funding Mechanism Project Title Recommended Award
Albany Research Institute, National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies  Disha Gupta, Ph.D. IDEA Operant Conditioning of Somatosensory Evoked Potentials to Improve Motor Function after SCI $356,538 
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Leif A. Havton, M.D., Ph.D. PART

Augmentation of Bladder Function by Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation after Conus Medullaris Injury in Primates

$995,000
Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research  Dimitar B. Nikolov, Ph.D. IDEA Promoting Neuronal Regeneration by Targeting the Alpha Secretase Cleavage of p75 with Monoclonal Antibodies $360,000 
Stony Brook University  Irene C. Solomon, Ph.D. PART Therapeutic Intermittent Hypoxia to Reduce Detrusor Overactivity and Symptom Severity in Chronic Incomplete SCI:  Translation and Mechanisms $986,610 
The City College of New York  Ashiwel S. Undieh, Ph.D. IDEA Nucleolipid Signaling for Spinal Cord Regeneration $360,000
The City College of New York  John Martin, Ph.D. PART

Leveraging LTP to Promote CST Axon Sprouting in the Spinal Cord

$982,800
Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute DBA Burke Neurological Institute  Edmund R. Hollis, Ph.D. IDEA

Role of SPARC in Pathological Wound Healing after Spinal Cord Injury

$360,000

Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute DBA Burke Neurological Institute Edmund R. Hollis, Ph.D. PART Enhancing Nerve Transfer Surgery to Restore Hand and Arm Function in Chronic Tetraplegia $990,000 
Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute DBA Brain and Mind Research Institute Vibhu V.Sahni, Ph.D.  IDEA Mechanisms Controlling Early and Segmentally Distinct Loss of Long Distance Corticospinal Axon Regenerative Ability $360,000 
Total (9 awards) $5,750,948 
  • TRP in Spinal Cord Injury (Round 3) RFA. Although no applications were recommended for this round, applicants are encouraged to resubmit their projects with revisions in response to the peer review critiques.
  • PART and IDEA in Spinal Cord Injury (Round 4) RFA. A total of $3.8 million in the form of one (1) PART and eight (8) IDEA awards were recommended. These projects are three- and two-year awards, respectively. 
Organization Principal Investigator Funding Mechanism Project Title Recommended Award
Cornell University  Yadong Wang, Ph.D.

 

IDEA Investigating Regenerative Goldfish Extracellular Matrix in Mammalian SCI $360,000
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai  Mar Cortes, M.D. IDEA Long Term Effects of rTMS in Chronic Neuropathic Pain in People with SCI  $357,170 
Research Foundation for SUNY Stony Brook  Michelino Puopolo, Ph.D. IDEA Targeting CaV3.2 Calcium Channel to Treat Chronic Neuropathic Pain Following SCI $360,000
Research Foundation for SUNY Stony Brook  Irene C. Solomon, Ph.D. IDEA Neuroprotective Strategies to Minimize SCI Tissue Damage and Improve Bladder and Respiratory Function $357,782 
Research Foundation for SUNY, University at Albany  Ben G. Szaro, Ph.D. IDEA Elemental Analysis of a Gene Network Implicated in CNS Axon Regeneration $351,031 
The Research Foundation of CUNY obo College of Staten Island  Maria Knikou, P.T., Ph.D. IDEA Function of Spinal Locomotor Centers During Transspinal Stimulation After SCI $359,004 
 The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York Sunil K. Agrawal, Ph.D. IDEA Wheelchair Robot for Active Postural Support (WRAPS) of People with Spinal Cord Injury  $346,220 
Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute 

Yutaka Yoshida, Ph.D.

IDEA Modulation of Presynaptic Partners of Corticospinal Neurons to Improve Motor Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury $360,000
Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute 

Yutaka Yoshida, Ph.D.

PART

Novel Combinatorial Approach to Improve Motor Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury

$990,000
Total (9 awards) $3,841,207
  • Individual Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships in Spinal Cord Injury Research (Round 4) RFA. A total of $1.16 million in the form of three (3) predoctoral and four (4) post-doctoral awards were recommended. Projects are three-year awards. 
Organization Investigators Funding Mechanism Project Title Recommended Award
Burke Medical Research Institute Jason B. Carmel, M.D., Ph.D. and Bushra Yasin, M.D., Ph.D.

Postdoc

Paired Brain and Spinal Cord Stimulation to Augment Motor Responses in People with Cervical Myelopathy $192,366
Columbia University Sunil K. Agrawal, Ph.D. and
Tatiana D. Luna, M.S.

Predoc

Improving Upper Body Trunk Control in Spinal Cord Injury Patients Through Robotic Rehabilitation Training $135,600
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Ann M. Spungen, Ed.D. and
Chung-Ying Tsai, Ph.D.

Postdoc

The Effects of Incorporated Exoskeletal-Assisted Walking in SCI Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation $189,476
New York University School of Medicine Dan R. Littman, M.D., Ph.D. and Hyeon Kyu (Alice) Kwon, B.S. Predoc Enteric Glial Cells Cause Gastrointestinal Complications Post Spinal Cord Injury $135,600
Regenerative Research Foundation Sally Temple, Ph.D. and
Elizabeth Fisher, Ph.D.
Postdoc

Modulation of Inflammation Following SCI Using Plasmid IL-10 Microbeads

$184,686
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Ryan J. Gilbert, Ph.D. and
Jessica Funnell, B.S.
Predoc Neuroprotective Curcumin-Releasing Hydrogel for Treatment of Acute Spinal Injury $135,600
University of Rochester Medical Center

Bradford C. Berk, M.D., Ph.D. and Chia Hsu, Ph.D.

Postdoc The Role of Phosphodiesterase 10A in Inflammation After Spinal Cord Injury $189,366

Total (7 awards)

$1,162,694

  • PART and IDEA in Spinal Cord Injury (Round 3) RFA. A total of $4.1 million in the form of three (3) PART and four (4) IDEA awards were recommended. These projects are three- and two-year awards, respectively. 
Organization Principal Investigator Funding Mechanism Project Title Recommended Award
Bronx Veterans Medical Research Foundation William A. Bauman, M.D. PART

Romosozumab to Improve Bone Mineral Density and Architecture in Chronic SCI

$826,939

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
 

Ravi Iyengar, Ph.D.

IDEA Systems Therapeutics for Spinal Cord Injury $342,914
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

David F. Putrino, P.T., Ph.D.

IDEA Virtual Reality to Reduce Pain in the Upper Extremities After Spinal Cord Injury $357,639
University of Rochester Gail V.W. Johnson, Ph.D. IDEA

Transglutaminase 2 as a Therapeutic Target to Facilitate Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury

$360,000
Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute

Edmund R. Hollis, Ph.D.

 

PART

Rehabilitation and Cortical Remodeling After Surgical Intervention for Spinal Cord Injury

$963,000
Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute Botir T. Sagdullaev, Ph.D. IDEA Blood Flow Control and its Impairment in Spinal Cord Injury $357,566
Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute Jian Zhong, Ph.D. PART Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation as a means to Promote CST Axon Regeneration $990,000
Total (7 awards) $4,198,058
  • Individual Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships in Spinal Cord Injury Research (Round 3) RFA. A total of $1.2 million in the form of two (2) predoctoral and five (5) post-doctoral awards were recommended. Projects are three-year awards. 
Organization Investigators

Funding Mechanism

Project Title Recommended Award

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Ryan J. Gilbert, Ph.D., Devan Puhl Predoc

Delivery of Neurotrophin-3 mRNA by Electrospun Fibers to Promote Axonal Growth

$135,600

Research Foundation of CUNY obo The City College of New York

John Martin, Ph.D., Lillian Yang, Ph.D. Postdoc

Harnessing Activity-Dependent Competition to Repair the Corticospinal Motor System After Cervical Spinal Cord Injury

$184,734

Stony Brook University

Prithvi K. Shah, Ph.D., 

Pawan Sharma

Predoc

Activity-dependent Closed-loop Neuromodulation of the Cervical Spinal Cord for the Recovery of Skilled Upper Limb Function After a Spinal Cord Injury

$117,570

Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute

Jason B. Carmel, M.D., Ph.D.,

Qi Yang, Ph.D.

Postdoc

Combined Therapy of Forelimb Area Motor Cortex and Spinal Cord Epidural Stimulation to Improve Hand Function After Spinal Cord Injury and Identifying the Responsible Pathway

$186,426
Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute

Caitlin E. Hill, Ph.D., Carolin Ruven, Ph.D.

Postdoc

Role of Ubiquitinated Proteins in Dystrophic Axonal Endings Following Spinal Cord Injury

$186,426
Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute

Edmund R. Hollis, Ph.D.,  Hisham Mohammed, Ph.D.

Postdoc

The Role of Intracortical Circuits in Motor Recovery from Spinal Cord Injury

$175,926
Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute

Jian Zhong, Ph.D.,

Ning Xia, M.D., Ph.D.

Postdoc

Generation and Validation of a Transgenic Chainamplifying Tracer (TCAT) Mouse Line

$172,926
Total (7 awards) $1,159,608
  • PART and IDEA in Spinal Cord Injury (Round 2) RFA. A total of $6.5 million in the form of three (3) PART and eleven (11) IDEA awards were recommended. These projects are three- and two-year awards, respectively.
Organization Investigators Funding Mechanism Project Title Recommended Award

Bronx Veterans Medical Research Foundation

Sub-applicant- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Christopher Cardozo, M.D.,

Dongming Cai, M.D., Ph.D.,

Bin Zhang, Ph.D.

IDEA Role of Synaptojanin 1 in Functional Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury

$344,624

Bronx Veterans Medical Research Foundation Jill Wecht, Ed.D. IDEA Dose Effect of Norepinephrine Precursor (Droxidopa) on Blood Pressure and Cerebral Blood Flow Velocity in Hypotensive Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury $344,887

Feinstein Institute for Medical Research

Sub-applicant- Bronx Veterans Medical Research Foundation

Ona Bloom, Ph.D.,

Ann Spungen, Ed.D.

IDEA

Impact of Walking on the Immune System of Persons with Chronic Spinal Cord Injury

$222,870
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hongyan Jenny Zou, M.D., Ph.D. IDEA Enhancing Axon Regenerative Capacity Through Epigenetic Regulation of DNA Methylation Dynamics $360,000
Regenerative Research Foundation
Sub-applicant- Marine Biological Laboratory

David Butler, Ph.D.,

Jennifer Morgan, Ph.D.

IDEA Developing Intracellular Antibodies Against Alpha-Synuclein as Potential Therapeutics in Spinal Cord Injury and Disease $311,921
Regenerative Research Foundation
Sub-applicant- The Children's Hospital Corporation

Sally Temple, Ph.D.,

Larry Benowitz, Ph.D.

IDEA The Role of Zinc in Axon Regeneration Following Spinal Cord Injury $335,000
Research Foundation of CUNY obo City College of New York
Sub-applicant- Columbia University

John Martin, Ph.D.,

Sunil Agrawal, Ph.D.

IDEA Robotic Rehabilitation to Promote Recovery of Forelimb Function after Cervical SCI in Rats $332,738
Research Foundation of CUNY obo College of Staten Island
Sub-applicant- Bronx Veterans Medical Research Foundation

Maria Knikou, P.T., Ph.D.,

Noam Harel, M.D., Ph.D.

PART Activity-Dependent Transspinal Stimulation for Recovery of Walking Ability after SCI $898,595
Research Foundation for SUNY - SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Sub-applicant- The Methodist Hospital Research Institute

Janet Paluh, Ph.D.,

Philip Horner, Ph.D.

PART Healing the Contusion-Injured Spinal Cord Microenvironment with Nanotechnology- and Stem Cell- Assisted Modulation $970,404
University of Rochester Mark Noble, Ph.D. PART Acute Treatment with 4-aminopyridine Promotes Extensive Recovery from Traumatic SCI $990,000
Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute Jason Carmel, M.D., Ph.D. IDEA Combining 4-AP with Motor Training to Promote Forelimb Motor Recovery in Rats with Pyramidal Tract Injury $359,241
Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute John Cave, Ph.D. IDEA Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Cell Adhesion in Reactive Astrocytes and Glial Scar Formation Following Spinal Cord Injury $360,000
Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute
Sub-applicant- University of Michigan

Edmund Hollis, Ph.D.,

Roman Giger, Ph.D.

IDEA Immune-mediated Nervous System Repair $360,000
Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute Jian Zhong, Ph.D. IDEA Investigating Axonal mRNA Translation in CST Axon Sprouting and Regeneration $360,000
Total (14 awards) $6,550,280
  • Translational Research Projects (TRP) in Spinal Cord Injury (Round 2) RFA . A total of $2.8 million in the form of two (2) TRP awards were recommended. Both projects are four-year awards.
Organization Investigators Project Title Recommended Award

Health Research, Inc.

Sub-applicant- Medical University of South Carolina

Johnathan Wolpaw, M.D.,

Gerwin Schalk, Ph.D.

A Spinal Reflex Operant Conditioning System Suitable for Clinical Translation $1,623,620
University of Rochester

Mark Noble, Ph.D.,

Christoph Proschel, Ph.D.

Pharmacological Treatment of Acute Spinal Cord Injury $1,203,455
Total (2 awards) $2,827,075
  • Individual Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships in Spinal Cord Injury Research (Round 2) RFA. A total of $1.5 million in the form of two (2) predoctoral and seven (7) post-doctoral awards were recommended. These projects are three-year awards.
Organization Investigators Funding Mechanism Project Title Recommended Award
Bronx Veterans Medical Research Foundation, Inc.

Noam Harel, M.D., Ph.D.,

Yu-Kuang Wu, P.T., Ph.D.

Postdoc EMG Triggered Closed-Loop Stimulation for Spinal Cord Injury Individuals $187,440
Columbia University

Sunil K. Agrawal, Ph.D.,

Dario Martelli, Ph.D.

Postdoc Improving Locomotor Function After Spinal Cord Injury with a Perturbation-Based Balance Training $193,482
Cornell University

Chris B. Schaffer, Ph.D.,

Yu-Ting Chen, Ph.D.

Predoc In Vivo Three-Photon Excited Fluorescence Imaging of Spinal Cord Neural Activity in Awake, Locomoting Mice after Spinal Cord Injury $135,600
Feinstein Institute for Medical Research

Ona Bloom, Ph.D.,

Nawshin Kutub, Ph.D.

Postdoc Biomarkers in Adult and Pediatric Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury $168,414
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Hongyan Zou, Ph.D., M.D.,

Shalaka D. Wahane, Ph.D.

Postdoc Epigenetic Modulation of Immune Response to Enhance Neuroprotection in Spinal Cord Injury $176,550
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Ryan J. Gilbert, Ph.D.,

Anthony D'Amato, Ph.D.

Predoc Estrogen Based Biomaterials Promote Astrocytic Growth Factor Production and Provide Neuroprotection Against Glutamate Excitotoxicity

$135,600

University of Rochester

Christoph Proschel, Ph.D.,

Jennifer Stripay, Ph.D.

Postdoc Novel Pharmacological Approach to Promoting Myelin Preservation, Neuronal Regeneration and Preventing Muscle Atrophy Following SCI

$176,454

Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute

Caitlin E. Hill, Ph.D.,

Ying Dai, Ph.D.

Postdoc Improving Axonal Growth Through Schwann Cell Transplant by the Activation of Integrin Following SCI $174,090
Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute

Edmund R. Hollis, Ph.D.,

Yue Li, Ph.D.

Postdoc Motor Learning Mechanisms During Rehabilitation from Spinal Cord Injury $168,414
Total (9 awards)

$1,516,044

 

  • Institutional Support for Spinal Cord Injury Research (Round 6) Solicitation of Interest: Twenty (20) eligible organizations received letters of support for the expansion of spinal cord injury research within their organizations. These projects are five-year awards.
  • PART and IDEA in Spinal Cord Injury (Round 1) RFA. A total of $6.2 million in the form of four (4) PART and seven (7) IDEA awards were recommended. These projects are three- and two- year awards, respectively.
Organization Investigators Funding Mechanism Project Title Recommended Award
Bronx Veterans Medical Research Foundation

Hesham Tawfeek, M.D.

IDEA

Role of T Cells in Bone Loss After Spinal Cord Injury

$356,999
Columbia University

Ulrich Hengst, Ph.D.

IDEA Pumilio 1 and 2 Control Axon Regrowth by Shaping the Axonal Transcriptome $360,000
Cornell University

Chris B. Schaffer, Ph.D.

IDEA

Imaging Neural Activity in the Spinal Cord of Awake Mice After Spinal Cord Injury

$350,876

Research Corporation of Long Island, Inc.

Sub-applicant- Houston Methodist Research Institute  

Victor L. Arvanian, Ph.D., D.Sci,

Philip J. Homer, Ph.D.

PART

Neuroplasticity Integrting Human Induced Neuralized Pluripotent Stem Cells (NiPSCs) in SCI Animals

$935,867
Research Foundation for SUNY Stony Brook

Sue Ann Sisto, Ph.D.,

Victor Arvanian, Ph.D.

PART

Effects of Spinal Electromagnetic Stimulation and Locomotor Training on Motor Recovery and Walking in Incomplete SCI

$989,199
Research Foundation for SUNY Stony Brook

Irene C. Solomon, Ph.D.,

William F. Collins, Ph.D.

IDEA

Therapeutic Potential of Mild to Moderate AIH on LUT and Respiratory Function in SCI

$355,111
Research Foundation for SUNY, University at Albany

Ben G. Szaro, Ph.D.

IDEA

Functional Analysis of Genes Implicated in Successful CNS Axon Regeneration

$359,738
Research Foundation of CUNY obo College of Staten Island

Maria Knikou, P.T., Ph.D.

PART

Transspinal-Transcortical Paired Stimulation for Neuroplasticity and Recovery After SCI

$947,004

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Sub-applicant- Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute

Anthony Sauve, Ph.D.,

Brett C. Langley, Ph.D.

PART

NAD-Augmenting Agents to Enhance Neural Survival and Function Following Spinal Cord Injury

$890,241

Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute

Sub-applicant- Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dylan J. Edwards, Ph.D., P.T.

IDEA

Improving Hand Function in Chronic SCI with Combined Robot Training and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

$359,000
Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute

Jian Zhong, Ph.D.

IDEA

Visualizing New Synapses and Their Activity in the Injured Spinal Cord

$360,000
                                                                                                                                                                  Total (11 awards)  $6,264,035
  • TRP in Spinal Cord Injury (Round 1) RFA: A total of $8,771,302 was recommended for two (2) TRP awards. These projects are five-year awards.

Organization

Investigators Project Title Recommended Award

Columbia University

Sub-applicant- University of Louisville Research Foundation

Sunil K. Agrawal, Ph.D.,

Susan J. Harkema, Ph.D.

Tethered Pelvic Assist Device (TPAD) and Epidural Stimulation for Recovery of Standing in SCI $5,033,354

RFCUNY obo The City College of NY/CUNY School of Medicine

Sub-applicants- Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute,

Bronx Veterans Medical Research Foundation

John Martin, Ph.D.,

Jason B. Carmel, M.D., Ph.D.,

Noam Y. Harel, M.D., Ph.D.

Combined Motor Cortex and Spinal Cord Stimulation to Promote Arm and Hand Function After Chronic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury $3,737,948
Total (2 awards) $8,771,302
  • Individual Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships in Spinal Cord Injury Research RFA: A total of $822,541 in the form of four (4) predoctoral and two (2) post-doctoral awards were recommended. These projects are three-year awards. *Denotes that the awardee declined funding due to prior acceptance of National Institutes of Health funding.
Organization Investigators Funding Mechanism Project Title Recommended Award
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Ryan Gilbert, Ph.D.,

Christopher Johnson, D.L., B.S.

Predoc Magnetic Alignment of Electrospun Fibers for Treatment of Acute Spinal Cord Contusive Injury $135,600
Research Foundation for SUNY, University at Albany

Ben Szaro, Ph.D.,

Rupa Choudhary, M.S.

Predoc Intracellular Modulations of Cytokine Signaling Leading to Successful CNS Axon Regeneration in a Vertebrate Model $85,585
The Research Foundation of CUNY obo City College of New York

John Martin, Ph.D.,

Alzahraa Amer, M.S.

Predoc Modulating Spinal Cord Neural Activity to Promote Recovery of Motor Function After SCI $135,600
*The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York

Ulrich Hengst, Ph.D.,

Jose C. Martínez

Predoc Control of the Transcriptome in Regenerating Axons Through mRNA Degradation $127,500
Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute

Jason Carmel, M.D., Ph.D.,

Hongguen Park, Ph.D.

Postdoc Dissecting and Strengthening Corticospinal Connections After Spinal Cord Injury Using Advanced Neuroscience Methods $172,902
Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute

Jian Zhong, Ph.D.,

Mariel Voutounou, Ph.D.

Postdoc Promoting Intrinsic Growth Competency of Injured Neurons Using Genetic and Small Molecule Approaches $165,354
      Total (6 awards) $822,541
  •  Collaborations to Accelerate Research Translation (CART) and IDEA in Spinal Cord Injury Research RFA: A total of $5.7 million in the form of three (3) CART and six (6) IDEA awards were recommended. These projects are three- and two-year awards, respectively. 
Organization Investigators Funding Mechanism Project Title Recommended Award
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University

David Sharp, Ph.D.,

Kelvin P. Davies, Ph.D.,

Sylvia O. Suadicani, Ph.D.

CART Harnessing Microtubules to Enhance Urological Function After Spinal Cord Injury $1,197,182
Burke Medical Research Institute Dianna Willis, Ph.D. IDEA Alterations in Extracellular Vesicle Communication as a Cause of NMJ Dysfunction After SCI $448,978
Burke Medical Research Institute Jason Carmel, M.D., Ph.D. IDEA Delayed Versus Immediate Motor Training Following Brain Stimulation to Enhance Recovery in Rats with Chronic Corticospinal Tract Injury $450,419
CUNY City College of New York John Martin, Ph.D. CART Repairing the Damaged Corticospinal Tract after Cervical Spinal Cord Injury $990,000
Health Research Incorporated, Wadsworth Center Jonathan Carp, Ph.D. IDEA Role of Abnormal Urethral Sphincter Motoneuron Properties in Urinary Tract Dysfunction After Spinal Cord Injury $442,373
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hongyan Zou, M.D., Ph.D. IDEA The Role of HDAC3 in the Epigenetic Regulation of Functional Polarization of Microglia and Macrophages After Spinal Cord Injury $360,000
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Noam Harel, M.D., Ph.D. IDEA Augmenting Hand Muscle Control in Cervical SCI through Paired Cortical and Cervical Stimulation $391,353
Regenerative Research Foundation Sally Temple, Ph.D. CART Sustained Delivery of IL10 and SHH to Promote Spinal Cord Regeneration After Injury $1,097,684
SUNY Downstate Medical Center Joseph Francis, Ph.D. IDEA 24/7 Use of Fully Integrated Bi-Directional Autonomous Brain Machine Interface in Non-Human-Primates $341,559
      Total (9 awards) $5,719,548