Get Involved This September
By Casey Lardner, Ph.D. and Alice Giani, Ph.D.
BraiNY Bunch is back!
Interested in neuroscience and want to learn more? BraiNY Bunch is a great place to learn about different areas of neuroscience and how neuroscientists study brains and nervous systems. BraiNY Bunch is a virtual neuroscience journal club held monthly and co-led by two high school and/or early college students with mentorship and guidance from graduate students, research associates, or postdocs. A journal club is a regular meeting of scientists and learners to read and discuss the latest findings in their field of interest.
Everyone is welcome. Meetings are held on the first Sunday of each month over Zoom from 12:00-1:00PM EST. Click on the image above to sign up as a presenter or mentor and to see the schedule for the 2022-2023 school year.
For advocacy and outreach
The Flux Outreach Event – North/South America | September 21, 8pm EST
This panel discussion, sponsored by the Jacob’s Foundation, will focus on how educators can bridge communication gap between scientists and community members by addressing 1) what developmental cognitive neuroscience is, 2) what we are learning about the young brain in action, and 3) how to recruit, train, and support diverse future scientists who do impactful work for their communities. Featuring BraiNY member Dr. Ali Cohen as a panelist! Register using the link above.
IRBO/Dana Foundation Brain Awareness Week Grants
Brain Awareness Week is the global campaign to foster public enthusiasm and support for brain science. Every March, partners host imaginative activities in their communities that share the wonders of the brain and the impact brain science has on our everyday lives. Brain Awareness Week was founded by the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives (DABI) and the European Dana Alliance for the Brain (EDAB), and is coordinated by the Dana Foundation.
Apply for up to $1250 in funding to support your organization's Brain Awareness Week event or initiative by Oct. 1st. The next Brain Awareness Week will take place from March 13-19, 2023.
A new National Academies committee will be appointed to conduct an analysis of federal policies (e.g., social, economic, environmental) that contribute to preventable and unfair differences in health status and outcomes experienced by all U.S. racial and ethnic minority populations. Members of the public may submit written comments for consideration by the study committee (as individuals or on behalf of an organization) via email through September 30, 2022.
March for Science NYC | Support the climate strike on September 23rd
Join March for Science NYC in supporting our city's climate movement! The march will progress from Foley Square to Battery Park on Friday, September 23rd. Please RSVP using the form above. Your contact information will not be shared with anyone outside of the March for Science NYC team and will only be used to contact you and your group regarding the event.
For educators
Society for Science's 2022 STEM Research Grant
Middle and high school teachers engaging their students in authentic scientific research can apply for up to $5,000 to purchase equipment. Priority consideration is given to schools who support low-income students and students underrepresented in STEM fields. The application will open in September.
Dana Foundation x Harvard's LabXchange Neuroscience Content for Learners and Educators
The Dana Foundation partnered with Harvard's LabXchange to create high-quality science education accessible for all. Create custom lesson plans with individual videos, fact sheets, articles, and more.
For Learners
ENIGMA-U is a free online school focused on neuroscience, neuropsychology, and basic science literacy. It is geared towards high school seniors and college freshmen who are interested in neuroscience and want additional preparation and mentoring. It is open to anyone with internet access.
Sponsored by DBASSE and Issues in Science and Technology magazine, the 2022 Henry and Bryna David lecture will feature Dr. Shirley Malcom, Senior Advisor to the CEO and Director of the SEA Change initiative at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Dr. Malcom will bring her considerable expertise in diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM education; in public science literacy; and on the importance of behavioral and social sciences in evidence-based public policy to a talk entitled "DBASSE: Where Science and Society Meet." Register using the link above to attend virtually on Wednesday, Oct. 12th, 5 to 6:30pm EST.
The Social Brain is an exciting new app from the Mount Sinai Health System that gives users the opportunity to be part of cutting edge social neuroscience experiments. Xiaosi Gu, PhD and Daniela Schiller, PhD discuss more.
Microbial Memories: A Speculative Design Workshop | Sunday, Oct. 2, 2-5pm EST
Hosted by Genspace, a community biology laboratory in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, learn what terroir, microorganisms, and archives have in common by brainstorming creative uses of microbiomes as databases of memory.
Intro to Python for Life Sciences | Sept. 17-18
Hosted by Genspace, a community biology laboratory in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, this workshop is a tour through the many uses of Python for life scientists, focusing on single-cell RNA sequencing analysis.
For Networking
The BRAIN Initiative Alliance (BIA) is seeking neurotechnology developers and engineers, as well as developers of theories, computational models, and analytical tools to feature at an in-person social event at the 2022 Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, November 12-16, 2022, in San Diego, CA. Tools, Tech & Theory: A BRAIN Initiative Social is an exciting opportunity for toolmakers to interact with the research community, as well as network with one another.
The Allen Institute's Open Science Week
Now in its third year, Open Science Week will take place Sept. 12-16, 2022. Leaders, producers, educators and users of open science are encouraged to engage with this year's campaign by opening up about open science.
A celebration of open science in all its forms – Open Science Week calls attention to scientists and organizations who share their tools, resources and data openly to accelerate research and discovery. This annual celebration, founded and coordinated by the Allen Institute, takes place during the third week of September.
Join the conversation on Twitter using #OpenScienceWeek and #OpenScienceChat, and check out our daily topics.