# Towards a unified framework for dopamine signaling in the striatum

> **NIH NIH U19** · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · 2022 · $76,128

## Abstract

Abstract
 Here we request supplemental funding to support .5 FTE of an administrative
coordinator to assist with DEI and mentorship activities relevant to the parent U19. The parent
grant for this supplemental request (U19NS113201) was awarded as a BRAIN Initiative award
under FOA NS-19-003 – BRAIN Initiative: Team-Research Brain Circuit Programs – TeamBCP
(U19 Clinical Trial Not Allowed).
 This proposal is the consequence of the recent development of the Harvard Program in
Neuroscience Post-Baccalaureate program (PiNBAC). PiNBAC is a program started in the last
year to increase the representation of under-represented minority students (URMs) in top-flight
graduate schools across the country; it brings in talented recent graduates that have a
demonstrated interest in neuroscience and excellent academic qualifications, but who lack the
deep lab experiences required to make them competitive for admission to R1 institutions. As this
program has developed, it has been clear that faculty, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students
associated with the parent U19 are playing a leading role in mentoring PiNBAC students, and that
this experience is significantly benefitting their training experience. We wish to further integrate
the participants in the parent Team Dope U19 grant with the PiNBAC program, and in addition,
wish to share our experience/coordinate with other U19 groups interested in either participating
in the education of our PiNBAC students, or in starting their own post-baccaluareate programs.
PiNBAC scholars are deeply embedded in the Team Dope U19 project and are active participants
in the science; conversely, PiNBAC is an important component of mentorship training for U19
participants, as well as a central vehicle through which Team Dope instantiates its commitment
to DEI. This proposal describes PiNBAC, its relationship to the parent U19, and the need for an
administrative supplement to help support PiNBAC-related DEI efforts and coordination with the
U19.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10598331
- **Project number:** 3U19NS113201-04S1
- **Recipient organization:** HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
- **Principal Investigator:** Sandeep R Datta
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $76,128
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2019-08-15 → 2024-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10598331

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10598331, Towards a unified framework for dopamine signaling in the striatum (3U19NS113201-04S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10598331. Licensed CC0.

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