# Predoctoral Training Program in Behavioral Brain Research

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · 2021 · $345,470

## Abstract

Program Summary
The objective of the proposed predoctoral training program is to train the next generation of behavioral science
researchers to skillfully incorporate neuroscience perspectives and methods into their programs of research,
based on an understanding of brain structure and function that extends across traditional areas of behavioral
research. The Behavioral Brain (B2) Research Training Program has the specific aim of annually providing 8
graduate student trainees committed to research at the interface of the behavioral and brain sciences with
foundational training in neuroscience methods and perspectives, through coursework and laboratory-based
research experiences. Over the course of two years of support typically occurring early in the graduate career,
trainees also will receive deep training in behavioral science research, via courses and independent programs
of research. Finally, we aim for continued infusion of cross-cutting perspectives, through co-mentoring,
laboratory rotation experiences, and program forums that foster exposure to behavioral and brain science
research. We believe that basic research focused on the interface between behavior and the brain is crucial for
understanding the mechanisms and treatment of a large number of human health issues that cut across NIH
Institutes. Because NIGMS has a broad mission, it is a natural home for a training program that aims to bridge
behavioral and biomedical approaches across traditionally separate lines of inquiry in the behavioral sciences.
By focusing upon the brain as a common substrate, we believe progress in different subfields of behavioral
research can be most effectively integrated, thus leveraging advances in one area into other domains of study.
This training program focuses on three major research themes to accomplish integration: Representation &
Communication; Evaluation & Control; Learning, Memory, & Plasticity. The training program is jointly
coordinated by the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University. Situated within blocks of one
another and possessing excellence in both behavioral research and neuroscience, the institutions share a long
history of collegiality and cooperation in graduate training that can be leveraged to broaden and deepen the
neuroscience training of the next generation of behavioral science students.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10200826
- **Project number:** 5T32GM081760-15
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
- **Principal Investigator:** Julie A Fiez
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $345,470
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2007-07-01 → 2022-12-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10200826

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10200826, Predoctoral Training Program in Behavioral Brain Research (5T32GM081760-15). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10200826. Licensed CC0.

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