CBRR Funding 

Our 2021 Pilot projects opportunities are closed. A new pilot submission will be posted in Fall of 2022.

The CBRR pilot awardees for 2021 are:

 Dr. Rong Pan, from the College of Pharmacy. Pilot project titled:

"Blocking ZnPP Formation by Ferrochelatase Inhibition Reduces Brain Damage and Improves Behavioral Outcome Following Intracerebral Hemorrhage.”

 Dr. Katherine Frietze, from the department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology. Pilot project titled: 

“Assessment of VLP-based opioid vaccines in mouse models of pain
and overdose”

 Dr. Hae Won Shin’s,  from the department of Neurology. Pilot project titled:

“The creation of a pilot database of EEG recordings and de-identified medical records from patients internally referred within the UNMH Comprehensive Epilepsy Center”. 

BBHI Funding

The Brain and Behavioral Health Institute (BBHI) of the University of New Mexico (UNM) Health Sciences Center (HSC) is soliciting applications from all HSC faculty members for mini-grants to help access UNM core resources in Domenici Hall. 

BBHI offers Mini-Grants for Utilization of UNM Domenici Hall Core Facilities. 

The following UNM Domenici Hall Research Cores are included:

• Animal MRI Core: Provides structural and functional MRI in animal models with a 7T 37 cm bore MR scanner.  Combined PET/MRI imaging is now also available.
• Clinical Neuropsychology and Stimulation (Center for Brain Recovery and Repair): Offers advanced neuropsychological testing, transcranial direct current stimulation, EEG, and technical support for functional near-infrared spectroscopy.
• Image Analysis Core: Workstations for MRI, histological, MEG analysis
• Preclinical Assessment Core (Center for Brain Recovery and Repair): Optical core offers four workstations to measure in vitro and in vivo measurements of cellular activity. Advanced behavioral testing facilities for rodents are also available.

Please contact Faith Ann Brandt  for questions on applying deadlines and applying for a BBHI Mini-Grant.