Analyze publicly-available datasets to develop a framework to understand transcriptomic diversity in the brain, and the impact of activity-dependent plasticity states

Develop Computational Network and Dynamical Estimation of Neural States (CoDENS), a novel framework to analyze and quantify stimulation-induced state transitions, using publicly-available open data sets

Project to explore how AI is integrated into basic research

Project and workshop to reexamine the social contract for science, including articulating a new vision for the future

Advance understanding of stellar and planetary evolution by introducing new astrophotonics instruments on the 3-meter Shane Telescope at the Lick Observatory

Explore how honey bees integrate day length and temperature cues in the nervous system to adapt their behavior

Sponsorship for the Science Writers 2025 conference in November 2025

Curate articles on the social contract for science, how and why it has changed, and publish new articles and discussions that reimagine the social contract on science

Develop novel analysis methods to evaluate the neurocentric coding hypothesis, across brain regions and during learning, using publicly-available open data

Develop and apply a recurrent circuit model of hippocampus, to explore the mechanisms underlying theta oscillations and the modulatory effects of speed

Combine and analyze publicly available datasets to understand how signal and noise interact to shape neural coding and behavior across multiple brain regions and species

Support scientists to explore the complex relationship between science and society, including trust in science and how society connects to scientists, research, evidence, and information

Understanding public attitudes toward to inform the communication and public engagement strategies of the scientific community, including sharing these learnings with scientists

Sponsored by Kavli Prize Laureate Prof. Eve Marder at Brandeis University, Rodriguez-Casariego studies neural epigenetic mechanisms for inherited responses to environmental factors, like hypoxia, in aplasia

Sponsored by Dr. Bianca Jones Marlin at the Kavli Institute for Brain Science at Columbia University, McDermott studies early life stress and its effect on neural circuit formation and function

Sponsored by Dr. Andrés Bendesky at the Kavli Institute for Brain Science at Columbia University, Merritt studies the molecular evolution of steroid hormone signaling and its impact on behavior

Uncover the neural basis of how Clytia larvae sense and use environmental cues to explore their environment and decide upon a settlement location

Examine how rising temperatures and low-level pollutants like dioxin interact in the brain to influence reproductive behavior and success in zebrafish

Implement comparative approaches to investigate how auditory neural specializations in species like bats and mice confer resilience to anthropogenic noise

Develop novel materials and sensors for dark matter detection studies

Develop methods to quantify antigen stoichiometries on mosaic virus-like nanoparticles

Investigate hybrid spin and superconducting interconnect transduction in silicon-germanium materials

Sponsored by Professors Alexander Katz and Peidong Yang at the Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute at the University of California, Berkeley, Trybrat studies crosslinked surface polymers grafted on porous oxide supports

Investigate the neurobiological and genetic mechanisms underlying behavioral adaptation to rising ocean temperatures, using the three-spined stickleback as a model, in collaboration with Dr. Diana Rennison (University of California, San Diego) as an outcome of "Scialog: Neurobiology and Changing Ecosystems"

Researchers will use a multi-scale approach, from model membranes to whole-organism studies, to uncover how plastic nanoparticles interact with immune and neural cells and how brain function may be impacted

Identifying nanoscale changes in brain circuitry associated with aging through AI-driven image analysis of marmoset volume electron microscopy datasets

Researchers at two Kavli Institutes collaborate to advance the “Lightspeed” camera system using complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology by observing known pulsars and new pulse signals

Explore sensory-neural contributions to molluscan shell patterning and production, and assess how these are impacted by environmental factors

Establish a behavioral and cellular toolkit for studying environmental impacts on the nervous system of sea slugs

A cross-discipline collaboration to explore the dynamics of neural computation driving behaviors such as spatial navigation

Explore the societal implications of potential large physics facilities

Developing a Dark Matter physics program and next-generation spectroscopic instrument and galaxy survey capabilities with the Stage-5 Spectroscopic Survey (Spec-S5) Instrument

Identifying neural mechanisms that underlie decision making by computational modeling whole-brain neural activity from calcium imaging datasets

Collect global examples of engagement with local communities about astrophysics research and facilities, to create a set of guidelines for the international astronomy community for ethical engagement

Build infrastructure within the Kavli Institute for scientists to proactively consider the ethical and societal implications of their scientific research

Explore public and scientists’ views of the tensions of integrating machine learning within citizen science towards the goal of generating recommendations around using machine learning in basic science, including astrophysics

Improving cosmic microwave detectors for Line Intensity Mapping through development of advanced materials

Seeking to understand differences between naturally and synthetically evoked neural responses using optogenetics and 2-photon calcium imaging

Designing a custom nanophotonic neural interface to optically stimulate and analyze output of neuronal activity for both in vivo and in vitro optogenetic studies

Researchers will investigate the timing of communicating unfinished, work-in-progress, frontier science: from hyping discoveries and applications to over and under-representation of basic sciences in the media

Developing new analysis methods to uncover the relationships between cortical depth and properties of cortical inhibitory neurons, across species and cortical areas, using publicly-available datasets

Develop sustainable pigments for textile applications by engineering plant or algae materials at the nanoscale, as an outcome of "Scialog: Sustainable Minerals, Metals, and Materials"

Empower early career researchers to create case studies about scientists who are actively engaging with publics on ethical considerations or societal implications of their discovery research

Investigation of the challenges scientists, who make ethics and engagement a large part of their work face unique challenges, face; as well as begin to build a network of engaged scientists to amplify this type of work

Combining holographic optogenetics and computational modeling to illuminate how functional circuitry of the sensory cortex contributes to complex behavior

Experimentally realize innovative 3D materials with quantum geometric properties using novel synthesis and machine learning methods

Support for a program that provides leadership and research mentorship training for graduate students, and research opportunities for undergraduates in the field of nanoscience

Focused on exploring societal considerations of Neurobiology and Changing Ecosystems Research, with a specific focus on justice in basic research agendas, the project will work to create a framework that can be used as a method for Neurobiology and Changing Ecosystems researchers to utilize when assessing research directions with inherent scientific, ethical, or societal implications.

Investigate the effects of atmospheric pollutants on plant-pollinator interactions and the processing of floral scents

The Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) pursues a critical test of cold dark matter theory by joining as an institutional member of the Via Project. Via will build twin spectographs for a 5 year survey of the Milky Way.

Determine the role of astrocytes in heat resilience, to better understand how the brain builds resilience to temperature challenges at the cell and molecular level

Investigate the neuronal and circuit principles that underlie functional resilience to temperature in the nematode C. elegans

Applying advanced statistical and machine-learning models to behavioral data from a mouse model of Alzheimer's Disease

Support the Falling Walls Conference for conference activities that explore ethical and societal issues, and public perceptions, of scientific breakthroughs. Ideally, research scientist(s) making breakthrough discoveries, ethicists, and public engagement experts will be included in activities.

Sponsored by Dr. Vladyslav Vyazovskiy in the Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics Department at Oxford University, Kim studies the neuroscience of sleep

Enhance the Multiscale Object-Oriented Simulation Environment (MOOSE) software package and support outreach and training activities to make computational modeling more globally accessible

Enhance DeepLabCut with generative AI (AmadeusGPT) and expand the DeepLabCut AI Residency program

Examine the Supreme Court decision impacting the Chevron deference doctrine, including a focus on impact on scientific expertise at the federal agencies

Conduct a systemic review of overarching issues facing U.S. science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) enterprise related to the education, career and workforce development of STEM graduate students and postdoctoral scholars

Identify the range of programs geared towards training scientists and engineers about the ethical, social, and political dimensions of their work, and provide a better understanding of who provides this kind of training, how it is structured, what kinds of gaps and opportunities there might be, and how a scalable approach might be designed

Sponsorship for 2024 Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS) Summit, April 2 - 5, 2024 in Omaha, Nebraska

Host a Civic Science Fellow, mentored by Alondra Nelson, Harold F. Linder Professor. Project will seek to build engagement around anticipatory, emerging topics in science and technology, where there is broad potential benefit to civic science approaches.

Sponsored by Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe at University of Tokyo, Kalita studies galactic structure

Sponsorship to support costs associated with the Inclusive SciComm meeting in October of 2023

Host a Civic Science Fellow to focus on “Neuroscience and Society” addressing issues of engaging publics in neuroscience, how publics’ ideas and views might impact research questions, design, and the scientific process, and how these concepts can be built into training of neuroscientists

Conceptual development of an infrared spectrometer for use with the U.S. Extremely Large Telescope program

Assess the ability of invertebrate species to maintain neuron development and function in response to temperature flux, to address a gap between known ecological impacts and physiological adaptation

Sponsored by Professors Jia Liu and John Silverman at the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe at University of Tokyo, Vovk studies activate galactic nuclei

Sponsored by Kavli Prize Laureate and Professor Conny Aerts at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kliapets studies novel machine learning applications in astrophysics

Sponsored by Kavli Prize Laureate and Professor David Jewett in the Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences Department at the University of California in Los Angeles, Amiri studies astronomy

Develop optogenetic tools to investigate the molecular determinants of mitochondrial metabolism to assess how mitochondiral physiology may modulate brain function

Advance understanding of reaction zone dynamics in carbon nanotube (CNT) synthesis to enable and accelerate scaleable use of sustainable CNTs

Sponsorship of the NAS Standing Committee

Produce a special issue of the Journal of Science Communication (JCOM) featuring ‘Communicating Discovery Science’ as the core theme, as well as host an international symposium at Stellenbosch University in South Africa on that topic

Exploration of multifaceted study of materials, including spin-magnetic Kagome materials and biological systems, toward demonstrating broadband quantum transduction

Investigate how cephalopods cope with environmental changes, such as low oxygen availability (hypoxia), to advance studies in RNA editing and neural adaptation

Develop a software extension to convert marmoset intracellular electrophysiology datasets into a data standard suitable for public access

Develop automated extraction tool to retrieve stored metadata as part of a pipeline to standardize a multi-modal dataset

Develop a software extension to manage data and metadata from deep brain stimulation experiments

Develop a software extension to integrate holographic photostimulation data into a data standard and integrate into two-photon image analysis packages

Advance understanding of molecular pathways associated with learning and memory formation by optical manipulation of neural activity with optical reporters of activity and synaptic strength, as an outcome of "Scialog: Molecular Basis of Cognition"

Develop an open source software application to facilitate converting data into the Neurodata Without Borders (NWB) format using best practices for data and metadata structures

Sponsored by the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe at University of Tokyo, Onoue studies the formation and early growth of supermassive black holes

An outcome of the Scialog, "Signatures of Life in the Universe"

Support for a postdoctoral fellowship program associated with Harvard's Origins of Life Initiative and the larger Origins Federation (Harvard, U Chicago, Cambridge, ETH Zurich)

Develop a data pipeline to characterize neuronal population activity and ensemble properties to understand how sensory stimuli and behaviors are representated across brain regions

Engage researchers to write about frontiers in science and to probe the societal challenges and opportunities the emerging research could introduce

Develop the first self-consistent mechanistically-informed model of abiotic sulfur cycling by integrating laboratory experiments and modeling, as an outcome of the Scialog(R): Signatures of Life in the Universe

Examine public attitudes and understanding of select areas of basic science and analyze the existing literature on how the public thinks about the current and potential applications of emerging basic science

Sponsorship to support 2023 and 2025 Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) meetings

This project seeks to understand how discourse around bioethical aspects of human brain models interact with diverse epistemic belief systems to influence public attitudes around moral values towards neuroscience.

Support for trainings that empowers scientists to bridge divides through meaningful conversations, moving from correction to connection

Provide infrastructure and resources to support the Leaders in Science and Technology Network (LISTEN) network leaders in their efforts to advance their shared priorities of Network members

Develop new tools to study biophysical perturbations in neuronal cell properties, to explore adaptability of neural systems

Advance functionality and accessibility of ClearMap software, to analyze large volumetric data from the brain

Develop tools and open standards to create advanced, multiscale models of neuronal cells through the COmputational Modeling in Biology NEtwork (COMBINE) initiative

Develop an open C/C++ API for data acquisition for the Neurodata Without Borders (NWB) data standard

Investigate the influence of environmental context and valence on neural responses in the basolateral amygdala

Develop and apply innovations in metamaterial design to enhance performance of fluorescence photometry

Develop a novel method to track real-time, physiological arousal states to inform mechanisms of Parkinson's disease in a rodent model