2024 Targeted Investment Grant Awards

The Targeted Investment (TI) grants program seeks to strengthen groundbreaking proposals on any subject related to neuroscience, from basic science to clinical-translational research, by providing support to address reviewer criticisms and improve likelihood of success during resubmission to external funding organizations. Proposals that have previously been submitted and scored by external funding organizations, but not yet resubmitted, are eligible to apply.  

Applications were evaluated by an internal review committee. Proposals were selected based on their potential for scientific impact and likelihood of achieving extramural funding within two years.

2024 TI Grant Awardees

Examining the Effect of Geographic Disparities in Social Determinants of Health on Time to Dementia  Diagnosis and Subsequent Health Service Use

Sol Baik, PhD - Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service; Kyeongmo Kim, PhD - VCU Virginia Center on Aging; Annie Rhodes, PhD, CGCM - VCU Department of Gerontology

Novel Pro-Drug Imaging Agents to Detect Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's Disease

Chia-Yi Kuan, PhD - Department of Neuroscience; James Mandell, MD, PhD - Department of Pathology; Patcharin Pramoonjago, PhD - Department of Pathology

Synchronous Network Activity in the Maturing Prefrontal Cortex: Mechanistic Impact of Birth Timing and Serotonin

Adema Ribic, PhD - Department of Psychology

Characterizing Neural Dynamics of Auditory Reconstruction Using Operator-Theoretic Methods

Heman Shakeri, PhD - School of Data Science; Daniel Meliza, PhD - Department of Psychology; Teague Henry, PhD - Department of Psychology and School of Data Science; John Van Horn, PhD - Department of Psychology and School of Data Science