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The BRAIN Initiative: the national vision for the future of neuroscience is now in doubt | Bill Newsome
Earlier this year, President Obama's signature BRAIN Initiative, which has powered advances in neuroscience for the past 10 years, had its budget slashed by 40%.
Over the past decade, the BRAIN Initiative made roughly $4 billion in targeted investments in more than 1500 research projects across the country and has dramatically accelerated progress tackling fundamental challenges in neuroscience. As we head into the next federal budget cycle, the future of the initiative remains uncertain.
Today we take stock of how the BRAIN Initiative transformed neuroscience over the past 10 years, and what…
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