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

None at this time.


Funding Opportunities Pending Review

Recommended for Award

  • Translational Research Projects in Spinal Cord Injury (Round 5) 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.
  • Projects to Accelerate Research Translation (PART) and Innovative, Developmental, or Exploratory Activities (IDEA) in Spinal Cord Injury (Round 6) RFA
OrganizationPrincipal InvestigatorProject TitleRecommended Award
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiThomas Bryce, M.D.Biomarkers of Spinal Cord Injury Pain Evolution during Acute Rehabilitation (BioSPEAR)$910,611
Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research InstituteEdmund Hollis, Ph.D.Ephrin-mediated cortical motor circuit rewiring$988,622
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiHongyan Jenny Zou, M.D., Ph.D.Investigate glial communication in neural repair after SCI$360,000
Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research InstituteVibhu Sahni, Ph.D.Structural plasticity of cortico-brainstem projections after spinal cord injury and their contribution to functional recovery$360,000
Bronx Veterans Medical Research FoundationNoam Harel, M.D., Ph.D.Optimizing spinal cord associative plasticity to enhance response to hand training in cervical spinal cord injury$946,581
University of RochesterBradford Berk, M.D., Ph.D.PDE10A treatment for neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury$359,294
Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research InstituteEdmund Hollis, Ph.D.The contribution of Wallerian degeneration to neural tissue inflammation and axon regenera$360,000
Bronx Veterans Medical Research FoundationWeiping Qin, M.D., Ph.D.Novel Targeting Nanotherapeutics for Functional Recovery after Acute SCI$990,000
  Total (8 awards)$5,275,108
  • Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships in Spinal Cord Injury Research (Round 5) RFA
OrganizationPrincipal InvestigatorProject TitleRecommended Award
Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute DBA Burke Neurological InstituteAlzahraa Amer, Ph.D., P.T. and
Yutaka Yoshida, Ph.D.
Restoration of Motor Function following Spinal Cord Injury via Optical Stimulation$180,581
Columbia UniversityWindsor Ting, Ph.D. and 
Jason B. Carmel, M.D., Ph.D.
Functional Dissection of the Rat Corticoreticular Pathway in Spinal Cord Injury $190,000
The Research Foundation of CUNY - City College of New YorkJasmine Pathan, B.A. and 
John H. Martin, Ph.D.
Activity and connectivity maintain premotor interneuron viability after SCI$118,000
Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteAdelle Hamilton, B.S. and 
Ryan J. Gilbert, Ph.D.
Novel Poly(Pro-Gabapentin) Films to Provide Neuroprotection and Increase Neurite Extension$122,400
Columbia UniversityPriya Kulkarni and 
Sunil K. Agrawal, Ph.D.
Improving Trunk and Neck Coordination during Reaching Tasks with a Robotic Neck Brace in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury$116,000
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai  Nicholas Johnson, Ph.D. and 
Ravi Iyengar, Ph.D.
Multi-drug combination effects on physical therapy-enabled recovery after SCI$191,978
Columbia UniversityCahwin Ophaswongse, Ph.D. and 
Sunil K. Agrawal, Ph.D.
Improving Trunk Control while Seated on Wheelchairs in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury using Robotics$180,000
Cornell UniversityCatia Dombaxe, B.S. and 
Yadong Wang, Ph.D.
Examine the effects Goldfish Extracellular Matrix (ECM) Hydrogel and Chondroitinase ABC (ChABC) in Injured Mice$122,400
  Total (8 awards)$1,221,359
  • 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.  
OrganizationPrincipal InvestigatorProject TitleRecommended Award
Columbia UniversitySunil K. Agrawal, Ph.D.Improving Balance after Spinal Cord Injury Using a Robotic Upright Stand Trainer$3,995,925
 The Feinstein Institute for Medical ResearchChad 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. 
OrganizationPrincipal InvestigatorFunding MechanismProject TitleRecommended Award
Albany Research Institute, National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Disha Gupta, Ph.D.IDEAOperant Conditioning of Somatosensory Evoked Potentials to Improve Motor Function after SCI$356,538 
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiLeif A. Havton, M.D., Ph.D.PARTAugmentation 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.IDEAPromoting Neuronal Regeneration by Targeting the Alpha Secretase Cleavage of p75 with Monoclonal Antibodies$360,000 
Stony Brook University Irene C. Solomon, Ph.D.PARTTherapeutic 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.IDEANucleolipid Signaling for Spinal Cord Regeneration$360,000
The City College of New York John Martin, Ph.D.PARTLeveraging 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.IDEARole of SPARC in Pathological Wound Healing after Spinal Cord Injury$360,000
Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute DBA Burke Neurological InstituteEdmund R. Hollis, Ph.D.PARTEnhancing 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 InstituteVibhu V.Sahni, Ph.D. IDEAMechanisms 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. 
OrganizationPrincipal InvestigatorFunding MechanismProject TitleRecommended Award
Cornell University Yadong Wang, Ph.D.

 
IDEAInvestigating Regenerative Goldfish Extracellular Matrix in Mammalian SCI$360,000
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Mar Cortes, M.D.IDEALong Term Effects of rTMS in Chronic Neuropathic Pain in People with SCI $357,170 
Research Foundation for SUNY Stony Brook Michelino Puopolo, Ph.D.IDEATargeting CaV3.2 Calcium Channel to Treat Chronic Neuropathic Pain Following SCI$360,000
Research Foundation for SUNY Stony Brook Irene C. Solomon, Ph.D.IDEANeuroprotective 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.IDEAElemental 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.IDEAFunction of Spinal Locomotor Centers During Transspinal Stimulation After SCI$359,004 
 The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkSunil K. Agrawal, Ph.D.IDEAWheelchair Robot for Active Postural Support (WRAPS) of People with Spinal Cord Injury $346,220 
Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute Yutaka Yoshida, Ph.D.IDEAModulation 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.PARTNovel 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. 
OrganizationInvestigatorsFunding MechanismProject TitleRecommended Award
Burke Medical Research InstituteJason B. Carmel, M.D., Ph.D. and Bushra Yasin, M.D., Ph.D.PostdocPaired Brain and Spinal Cord Stimulation to Augment Motor Responses in People with Cervical Myelopathy$192,366
Columbia UniversitySunil K. Agrawal, Ph.D. and
Tatiana D. Luna, M.S.
PredocImproving Upper Body Trunk Control in Spinal Cord Injury Patients Through Robotic Rehabilitation Training$135,600
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiAnn M. Spungen, Ed.D. and
Chung-Ying Tsai, Ph.D.
PostdocThe Effects of Incorporated Exoskeletal-Assisted Walking in SCI Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation$189,476
New York University School of MedicineDan R. Littman, M.D., Ph.D. and Hyeon Kyu (Alice) Kwon, B.S.PredocEnteric Glial Cells Cause Gastrointestinal Complications Post Spinal Cord Injury$135,600
Regenerative Research FoundationSally Temple, Ph.D. and
Elizabeth Fisher, Ph.D.
PostdocModulation of Inflammation Following SCI Using Plasmid IL-10 Microbeads$184,686
Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteRyan J. Gilbert, Ph.D. and
Jessica Funnell, B.S.
PredocNeuroprotective Curcumin-Releasing Hydrogel for Treatment of Acute Spinal Injury$135,600
University of Rochester Medical CenterBradford C. Berk, M.D., Ph.D. and Chia Hsu, Ph.D.PostdocThe 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. 
OrganizationPrincipal InvestigatorFunding MechanismProject TitleRecommended Award
Bronx Veterans Medical Research FoundationWilliam A. Bauman, M.D.PARTRomosozumab to Improve Bone Mineral Density and Architecture in Chronic SCI$826,939
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
 
Ravi Iyengar, Ph.D.IDEASystems Therapeutics for Spinal Cord Injury$342,914
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiDavid F. Putrino, P.T., Ph.D.IDEAVirtual Reality to Reduce Pain in the Upper Extremities After Spinal Cord Injury$357,639
University of RochesterGail V.W. Johnson, Ph.D.IDEATransglutaminase 2 as a Therapeutic Target to Facilitate Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury$360,000
Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research InstituteEdmund R. Hollis, Ph.D.

 
PARTRehabilitation and Cortical Remodeling After Surgical Intervention for Spinal Cord Injury$963,000
Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research InstituteBotir T. Sagdullaev, Ph.D.IDEABlood Flow Control and its Impairment in Spinal Cord Injury$357,566
Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research InstituteJian Zhong, Ph.D.PARTRepetitive 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. 
OrganizationInvestigatorsFunding MechanismProject TitleRecommended Award
Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteRyan J. Gilbert, Ph.D., Devan PuhlPredocDelivery of Neurotrophin-3 mRNA by Electrospun Fibers to Promote Axonal Growth$135,600
Research Foundation of CUNY obo The City College of New YorkJohn Martin, Ph.D., Lillian Yang, Ph.D.PostdocHarnessing 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

PredocActivity-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.

PostdocCombined 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 InstituteCaitlin E. Hill, Ph.D., Carolin Ruven, Ph.D.PostdocRole of Ubiquitinated Proteins in Dystrophic Axonal Endings Following Spinal Cord Injury$186,426
Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research InstituteEdmund R. Hollis, Ph.D.,  Hisham Mohammed, Ph.D.PostdocThe 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.

PostdocGeneration 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.
OrganizationInvestigatorsFunding MechanismProject TitleRecommended 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.

IDEARole of Synaptojanin 1 in Functional Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury$344,624
Bronx Veterans Medical Research FoundationJill Wecht, Ed.D.IDEADose 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.

IDEAImpact of Walking on the Immune System of Persons with Chronic Spinal Cord Injury$222,870
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiHongyan Jenny Zou, M.D., Ph.D.IDEAEnhancing 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.

IDEADeveloping 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.

IDEAThe 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.

IDEARobotic 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.

PARTActivity-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.

PARTHealing the Contusion-Injured Spinal Cord Microenvironment with Nanotechnology- and Stem Cell- Assisted Modulation$970,404
University of RochesterMark Noble, Ph.D.PARTAcute Treatment with 4-aminopyridine Promotes Extensive Recovery from Traumatic SCI$990,000
Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research InstituteJason Carmel, M.D., Ph.D.IDEACombining 4-AP with Motor Training to Promote Forelimb Motor Recovery in Rats with Pyramidal Tract Injury$359,241
Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research InstituteJohn Cave, Ph.D.IDEAMolecular 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.

IDEAImmune-mediated Nervous System Repair$360,000
Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research InstituteJian Zhong, Ph.D.IDEAInvestigating 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.
OrganizationInvestigatorsProject TitleRecommended 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.
OrganizationInvestigatorsFunding MechanismProject TitleRecommended Award
Bronx Veterans Medical Research Foundation, Inc.

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

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

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

Sunil K. Agrawal, Ph.D.,

Dario Martelli, Ph.D.

PostdocImproving 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.

PredocIn 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.

PostdocBiomarkers 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.

PostdocEpigenetic 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.

PredocEstrogen 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.

PostdocNovel 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.

PostdocImproving 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.

PostdocMotor 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.
OrganizationInvestigatorsFunding MechanismProject TitleRecommended Award
Bronx Veterans Medical Research FoundationHesham Tawfeek, M.D.IDEARole of T Cells in Bone Loss After Spinal Cord Injury$356,999
Columbia UniversityUlrich Hengst, Ph.D.IDEAPumilio 1 and 2 Control Axon Regrowth by Shaping the Axonal Transcriptome$360,000
Cornell UniversityChris B. Schaffer, Ph.D.IDEAImaging 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.

PARTNeuroplasticity 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.

PARTEffects 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.

IDEATherapeutic Potential of Mild to Moderate AIH on LUT and Respiratory Function in SCI$355,111
Research Foundation for SUNY, University at AlbanyBen G. Szaro, Ph.D.IDEAFunctional Analysis of Genes Implicated in Successful CNS Axon Regeneration$359,738
Research Foundation of CUNY obo College of Staten IslandMaria Knikou, P.T., Ph.D.PARTTransspinal-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.

PARTNAD-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.IDEAImproving Hand Function in Chronic SCI with Combined Robot Training and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation$359,000
Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research InstituteJian Zhong, Ph.D.IDEAVisualizing 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.
OrganizationInvestigatorsProject TitleRecommended 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.
OrganizationInvestigatorsFunding MechanismProject TitleRecommended Award
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Ryan Gilbert, Ph.D.,

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

PredocMagnetic 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.

PredocIntracellular 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.

PredocModulating 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

PredocControl 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.

PostdocDissecting 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.

PostdocPromoting 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. 
OrganizationInvestigatorsFunding MechanismProject TitleRecommended Award
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University

David Sharp, Ph.D.,

Kelvin P. Davies, Ph.D.,

Sylvia O. Suadicani, Ph.D.

CARTHarnessing Microtubules to Enhance Urological Function After Spinal Cord Injury$1,197,182
Burke Medical Research InstituteDianna Willis, Ph.D.IDEAAlterations in Extracellular Vesicle Communication as a Cause of NMJ Dysfunction After SCI$448,978
Burke Medical Research InstituteJason Carmel, M.D., Ph.D.IDEADelayed Versus Immediate Motor Training Following Brain Stimulation to Enhance Recovery in Rats with Chronic Corticospinal Tract Injury$450,419
CUNY City College of New YorkJohn Martin, Ph.D.CARTRepairing the Damaged Corticospinal Tract after Cervical Spinal Cord Injury$990,000
Health Research Incorporated, Wadsworth CenterJonathan Carp, Ph.D.IDEARole of Abnormal Urethral Sphincter Motoneuron Properties in Urinary Tract Dysfunction After Spinal Cord Injury$442,373
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiHongyan Zou, M.D., Ph.D.IDEAThe 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 SinaiNoam Harel, M.D., Ph.D.IDEAAugmenting Hand Muscle Control in Cervical SCI through Paired Cortical and Cervical Stimulation$391,353
Regenerative Research FoundationSally Temple, Ph.D.CARTSustained Delivery of IL10 and SHH to Promote Spinal Cord Regeneration After Injury$1,097,684
SUNY Downstate Medical CenterJoseph Francis, Ph.D.IDEA24/7 Use of Fully Integrated Bi-Directional Autonomous Brain Machine Interface in Non-Human-Primates$341,559
   Total (9 awards)$5,719,548