Anna Gillespie

This means individuals in the following statuses at the time of application are eligible: Undergraduate in the final (senior) year of a bachelor’s degree program Bachelor’s degree-holder with NO enrollment in a graduate degree program (non-degree graduate coursework allowed) Individual enrolled in a joint bachelor’s-master’s degree program with at least three undergraduate years completed First-year graduate student in their first graduate degree program with less than one academic year completed in the degree program (according to institution’s academic calendar) Individuals enrolled in joint bachelor’s-master’s degree programs are considered graduate students. For GRFP, joint bachelor’s-master’s degrees are defined as degrees concurrently pursued and awarded. Not be a current NSF employee. Applications that do not meet eligibility requirements will be returned without review as being ineligible for a fellowship.

Announcing such a major change to NSF GRFP this late in the cycle is incredibly cruel. 2nd yr students (mine included) have been working so hard on their proposals despite ongoing uncertainty. They are driven and passionate about being outstanding scientists and helping those coming up behind them.

New features in MapMyCells: Basal Ganglia taxonomy and cross-species mapping We are pleased to announce two new features in MapMyCells. MapMyCells now allows users to map data onto the Consensus Basal Ganglia taxonomy, a multi-species (human, macaque, marmoset) taxonomy of ...

Alright rat #neuroskyence community, lock in! We have an #OpenScienceWeek treat for you.

You've asked for it in our DMs, comments, and SfN booth. 🥁🥁🥁

MapMyCells can now map rat data and map it onto any of our mouse or human taxonomies!

More info: community.brain-map.org/t/new-featur...

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🚨 New preprint! 🚨

Excited and proud (& a little nervous 😅) to share our latest work on the importance of #theta-timescale spiking during #locomotion in #learning. If you care about how organisms learn, buckle up. 🧵👇

📄 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
💻 code + data 🔗 below 🤩

#neuroskyence

For >5 years, the International Sleep Replay Workshops (ISRW) have brought together scientists studying sleep & memory. The next ISRW will be on March 6th in Vancouver (before @cogneuronews.bsky.social). Follow the link for details and to join the mailing list.
isrw.bio.uci.edu

Pls repost! #sleep

Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant is back. Share with your ESI colleagues!

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Assistant Professor - Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Neuroscience - Department of Neuroscience University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

Come join our new Department of Neuroscience @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social as an Assistant Professor! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05041

We’re searching for a Developmental Neuroscientist! Building on UO’s rich tradition in the field, we’re excited to welcome the next scientist to carry it forward.

Assistant Professor in Aging - Montréal, Quebec (CA) job with IRIC – Université de Montréal | 12842218 This is for an Assistant or Associate Research Professor position in Aging

Faculty position in aging in Montreal!

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The Mount Sinai Neuroscience seminars (MSNseminars) committee is now actively accepting applications from postdocs! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

These are the most challenging times for early-career scientists and engineers.

My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers.

We found 437 of them.

Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

this reminded me to post my 2-year reflections on starting a lab - perhaps useful? of course it's early days still so take all with a grain of salt 😬 www.gillespie-lab.com/year2reflect... (also tagging @marisosa.bsky.social and @emilyaeryjones.bsky.social )

Miami is hiring a neurobiologist! I am excited to welcome a new colleague to our Neuroscience community! Please share!

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📣 We are expanding! Repost 🙏🏽

- Postdoc (funded by @simonsfoundation.org grant on synchronisation between cognitive representations and stepping)
- Project Associates
- Create your role! (Reach out if you are keen on these topics and these roles do not define you 👀🤗)

www.neuroact.in

Call for 20 Assistant Professor positions Karolinska Institutet is a world-leading medical university with a long and proud history of ground-breaking research. We are now recruiting outstanding early-career researchers with particularly exce...

Wow

Karolinska Institutet is recruiting 20 outstanding early-career researchers for assistant professor positions

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Amidst everything, the lab's first preprint is out! It's just a methods paper, no scientific results (yet!), but it's still great to see it all pulled together. We hope that these open-source behavioral tools will be useful for others!

My First Substantial Independent Research Award Was Terminated Early. Can My ESI Status Be Reinstated? June 12, 2025 Investigators lose their Early Stage Investigator (ESI) eligibility when they successfully compete for and receive a substantial independent research award. In the event an investigator’s first substantial independent research award is terminated within the first three years of the project period, and this was not due to scientific misconduct or other disqualifying events, the investigator can request the reinstatement of ESI status, using the ESI Extensions request tool in eRA commons. See Requesting an Extension for instructions. For more, see the Early Stage Investigators FAQ page.

For ESIs dealing with grants being rescinded: if an investigator’s 1st substantial independent research award is terminated within the first 3 years of the project period (not due to scientific misconduct ) they can request the reinstatement of ESI status

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glad to hear this! congrats!!

🚨 I'm tuning into the most substantial hearing to date of two lawsuits challenging NIH's termination of thousands of grants.

I'll post some of the major updates here, so follow along.

⚖️ HUGE day today in the NIH terminations cases

There's a trial (of sorts) at 10a ET in Boston today for arguments that NIH unlawfully terminated 100s of grants.

It's a 3 hour hearing and I'll post periodic updates.

Of note: this is the 1st lawsuit filed against the Trump Admin to go to trial.

Text reads "Congratulations to the 2025 Leading Edge Fellows" followed by the Leading Edge logo and www.leadingedgesymposium.org. Below are the headshots and names of the 40 new Leading Edge Fellows. They are Cel Welch Lianna Wat Maria Toro Moreno Sarah Talley Xulu Sun Ines Sturmlechner Virginia Savy Amelie Raz Kali Pruss Caterina Profaci Sarah Pierce Melissa Pamula Kehinde Odufowora Patricia Nano Ariana Musa de Aquino Nour El Houda Mimouni Kathleen Martin Brea Manuel Mable Lam Miri Krupkin Elaine Kouame Megan Kirchgessner Sumin Kim Shubhangini Kataruka Geraldine Jowett Andrea Jones Leanne Iannucci Emily Heckman Allison Girasole Florencia Fernandez Chiappe Tonie Farris Hannah Elam Erin Doherty Xiaoyun Ding Maria Bustillo Julia Brunner Debadrita Bhattacharya Lorena Benedetti Ashley Anderson Krisha Aghi

We are thrilled to announce the 2025 Leading Edge Fellows! 40 outstanding postdoctoral fellows doing pioneering research in a wide range of biological and biomedical disciplines.

Learn more about these exceptional scientists:

www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows

Channel your science anxiety into action. Comment on or before tomorrow! Keep scientists in roles at NIH and NSF and keep politicians out of them. Tell your non-science friends — universally hated idea to put politicians in these roles! 🧪

🚨 A new rule would let career scientists like NSF/NIH program officers be replaced by political appointees

Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday

📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful

Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj

Notice on extension of ESI status for NIH grant applications. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Simons Foundation Launches Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience Simons Foundation Launches Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience on Simons Foundation

We are excited to announce our new Simons Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience (SCENE)! This program will unite experts in experimental and computational #neuroscience approaches to investigate how the brain represents sensorimotor interactions. www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/04/24/s... #science

So many grim headlines each day but here is one piece of GREAT news!! Mari's lab is going to tackle such critical and underexplored questions and will be an incredible place to train! Can't wait to see what you accomplish, @marisosa.bsky.social 🍻🤩

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Implementation of Schedule F

This is what a lot of us have been worried about.

This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs.

BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD...

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Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURFiN) The SURFiN program aims to spark interest in neuroscience among undergraduate students from underrepresented backgrounds and experiences in science.

This is a great opportunity for undergrads to gain PAID research experience during the academic year AND benefit from professional development opportunities. please help us spread the word!

Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURFiN) The SURFiN program aims to spark interest in neuroscience among undergraduate students from underrepresented backgrounds and experiences in science.

Applications are open for the Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURFiN) - there are slots at UW (including in my lab)! Not limited to students at host institutions; undergrads from nearby colleges/universities are welcome to apply too. www.simonsfoundation.org/funding-oppo...

Awake replay: off the clock but on the job Hippocampal replay is widely thought to support two key cognitive functions: online decision-making and offline memory consolidation. In this review, we take a closer look at the hypothesized link bet...

New opinion paper in @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social with Dan Bendor, where we argue that rodent studies provide only marginal support for the idea that replay supports real-time decisions (e.g. planning). Fictive learning and memory tagging are more consistent w/evidence. www.cell.com/trends/neuro...

hell yeah! congrats Amy!