Collaborative Groups

07/07/2025

Dear All-

Because of the uncertainty regarding federal support for research at universities, the VPR limited the budgets of the RPAs for FY26 to their available funds.  This resulted in us needing to make some difficult decisions.  We felt it important to maintain the infrastructure we built to support neuroscience research across campus, but we will have to suspend several of the NRPA programs.  We met with the NRPA Internal Advisory Council last week to discuss our options. 

We will be maintaining the work of the NeuroBank, continuing the annual Neuroscience Clinical-Translational Conference, and be able to provide statistical support, albeit at a reduced level.  We can fund one pilot award, also at a reduced funding level.

We need to otherwise suspend the Pilot Award Program, Equipment Grant Program, Collaborative Groups Program, Faculty Recruitment and Retention support, the Visiting Faculty and Technical Experts Program, and Student Research Fellowships.

We hope that these reductions are only temporary, but please take advantage of the programs we are able to continue during this difficult time.

Larry and Linda

The Neuroscience Research Priority Area recognizes that teams develop focused on defined areas of research with needs that are currently not supported through other mechanisms.  The NRPA will consider support for selected NRPA Collaborative Groups to address this gap.  One example might be a College of Medicine Alliance-type group that reaches the end of its time-limited period of support, although NRPA Collaborative Group support will be considered for any other collaborative group that meets the outlined criteria.