# 11th International Brain-Computer Interface Meeting > **NIH NIH R13** · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · 2024 · $59,660 ## Abstract Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) have the potential to restore communication and motor function to people severely paralyzed from neurologic disorders. Rapid progress has been made over the past few years particularly with the ability to restore speech and communication with BCIs with performance approaching native typing and speaking rates. BCIs are being used in home environments more often than ever with increasing performance stability. Additionally, there is increasing investment from industry to bring this technology to market. Continued advances and successful translation of BCI technology into the clinic depends on close and productive interactions that bring all stakeholders together to focus on critical scientific and technical issues guided by user priorities. The International BCI Meeting Series, which has included 10 meetings since 1999, has always had the goal of bringing diverse disciplines together to discuss issues that are critical for BCI development to restore communication and mobility. The BCI Meetings are instrumental in creating the productive interactions and collaborations that are essential for continued progress. The BCI Meeting will be organized to achieve the following specific aims: 1) Convene and foster productive interactions among all the disciplines and stakeholders whose cooperation is crucial to successful BCI research and development. No other venue brings them all together. 2) Present a concise and comprehensive update of the current state of BCI research and development. 3) Address topics critical for continued progress in BCI research and development through focused workshops and targeted plenary sessions. Broader topics will be covered in oral and poster presentations. 4) Promote the education and development of new researchers through the participation of many graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Networking events will encourage interactions between new and established researchers and particularly target underrepresented groups of researchers. 5) Maximize the immediate and long-term meeting impact through publication of a special issue of peer- reviewed primary articles and focused reviews derived from the meeting. Open-access conference proceedings will inform both the scientific community and the general public. In summary, the 11th International BCI Meeting will bring together a diverse BCI community, review the present state of the field including recent advances, address key issues critical for translating research into clinical use, and promote the education and mentoring of young researchers. Thus, like its predecessors, this meeting and the resulting comprehensive publications will promote the continued development of BCIs that can restore communication and motor function to people with paralysis or impairment. ## Key facts - **NIH application ID:** 10995752 - **Project number:** 1R13DC022144-01 - **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH - **Principal Investigator:** Jennifer L. Collinger - **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.) - **Funding institute:** NIH - **Fiscal year:** 2024 - **Award amount:** $59,660 - **Award type:** 1 - **Project period:** 2024-08-01 → 2025-07-31 ## Primary source NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10995752 ## Citation > US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10995752, 11th International Brain-Computer Interface Meeting (1R13DC022144-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10995752. Licensed CC0. --- *[NIH grants dataset](/datasets/nih-grants) · CC0 1.0*