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Kavli Scholars

Rolling Review Through December 15, 2025

The Kavli Foundation invites applications from Kavli affiliates to nominate an individual who has experienced disruption in their work, or interruption of previously committed scholarship or grant funds, to be considered for a Kavli Scholar award.

Available to
  • Kavli Institutes
  • Kavli Prize Laureates
  • Other Kavli Affiliates
Program
  • Astrophysics
  • Nanoscience
  • Neuroscience
  • Theoretical Physics
Amount
$100,000 per year
Funding Period
Up to 2 years

2025 NeuroData Discovery Award

CLOSED August 8, 2025

The Kavli Foundation invites Project Applications for one-year grants to generate new discoveries from reanalysis of data sets in the NWB format. The application should be for a project using publicly available data and is open only to attendees of the 2024 or 2025 NeuroDataReHack workshop.

Type
  • Grant
Program
  • Neuroscience
Amount
Up to $100,000
Funding Period
One Year

Neurobiology and Changing Ecosystems

Closed September 30, 2024

The Kavli Foundation and the U.S. National Science Foundation Directorate for Biological Sciences' Division for Integrative Organismal Systems have joined forces to launch a grant program in neurobiology and changing ecosystems.

Type
  • Grant
Program
  • Neuroscience
Partners
  • U.S. National Science Foundation

Neurobiology and Changing Ecosystems

Closed February 10, 2025

The Kavli Foundation and the U.S. National Science Foundation Directorate for Biological Sciences' Division for Integrative Organismal Systems have joined forces to launch a grant program in neurobiology and changing ecosystems.

Type
  • Grant
Program
  • Neuroscience
Partners
  • U.S. National Science Foundation

Kavli Exploration Award - Sculpted Light 2024

Closed August 19, 2024

The Kavli Foundation invites proposals for collaborative research projects to explore innovative technologies to observe or control neural activity using photonic methods. Open to attendees of the Sculpted Light in the Brain 2024 conference.

Program
  • Neuroscience
Amount
Up to $150,000
Funding Period
One Year

Societal Considerations for Neurobiology and Changing Ecosystems Research

CLOSED June 3, 2024

The Kavli Foundation seeks to fund projects that will advance understanding of the societal considerations related to the emerging scientific area of Neurobiology and Changing Ecosystems.

Type
  • Grant
Program
  • Neuroscience
  • Science and Society
Amount
UP TO $150,000
Funding Period
UP TO TWO YEARS