# OpenNeuro: An open archive for analysis and sharing of BRAIN Initiative data

> **NIH NIH R24** · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $380,954

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
The NIH BRAIN Initiative is supporting a broad portfolio of neuroscience research aimed at
revolutionizing our understanding of the brain. The sharing of data obtained from this research
is critical both to leveraging this major public investment and to ensuring the rigor and
reproducibility of NIH-funded research. We propose to extend to the existing OpenNeuro data
archive in order to provide a platform for the storage, processing, and sharing of neuroimaging
data collected as part of the BRAIN Initiative. OpenNeuro extends the successful OpenfMRI
project by encompassing a broader range of neuroimaging data, and by providing the ability to
run data processing workflows on the data directly on the platform (using cloud computing
resources) and share the results of those workflows alongside the data. The platform focuses
on reproducibility through the use of versioned and containerized analysis workflows that are
applied to snapshotted data releases. The proposed project would provide support for analysis
and sharing of data from BRAIN Initiative projects as well as other interested projects. In
addition to this infrastructure, the aims of the project are to develop a robust semi-automated
curation workflow, implement new tools for federation, query, and identification, and develop
support for advanced data processing workflows.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10145946
- **Project number:** 3R24MH117179-03S2
- **Recipient organization:** STANFORD UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Russell A Poldrack
- **Activity code:** R24 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $380,954
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2018-09-01 → 2023-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10145946

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10145946, OpenNeuro: An open archive for analysis and sharing of BRAIN Initiative data (3R24MH117179-03S2). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10145946. Licensed CC0.

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