Neural Ensembles & Used Substances (NExUS) Collaboratory: Building a Multimodal Inventory of Cell Ensembles Encoding the Effects of Addictive Substances (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
National Institutes of Health
Award ceiling
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Oct 9, 2026Closes
Feb 8, 2027Location eligibility
No specific state restriction found in this listing — check the full opportunity for details.Categories: Health
Eligible applicants: Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, County governments, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification), City or township governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), State governments, Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Independent school districts, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Small businesses, Special district governments
Description
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) invites applications to renew and expand the Collaboratory on Neural Ensembles and Used Substances (NExUS).NExUS is a collaborative research program to decode how substance use experiences and addictive neurobehavioral states are represented in the brain at the level of cell populations. This funding opportunity seeks applications that propose systematic and scalable methods to identify, map, and analyze groups of neurons that respond to used substances. The goal is to create a comprehensive, multimodal database and use it to test hypotheses about how specific neural population activity patterns relate to behavioral states associated with substance use and substance use disorders (SUD), including intoxication, craving, and dependence.