# 2020 Nuroelectronic Interfaces Gordon Research Conference and Gordon Research Seminar

> **NIH NIH R13** · GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCES · 2020 · $20,000

## Abstract

Abstract
We are requesting support for the 2020 GRC on Neuroelectronic Interfaces: Bridging Neural Engineering and
Neurobiology Edge Effects to Divergent Innovation, which will be held March 14th – March 20th, 2020, at the
Four Points Sheraton / Holiday Inn Express in Ventura, CA. Following the successful inaugural 2018
Neuroelectronic Interfaces Gordon Research Conference, this conference continues to bringing together world-
class clinicians, scientists, and engineers with a multi-disciplinary skillset in cellular neuroscience, brain
pathology, neuro-technology and materials science in order to discuss, and eventually solve or discard the
obstacles to chronically useful and reliable neural interface.
The expectation for Gordon Research Conferences is that vigorous formal and informal discussions will be
maximized between prominent investigators and junior attendees of the conferences, with particular emphasis
being placed on underrepresented groups, women, minorities, and persons with disabilities. This conference is
designed to bridge the scientific field by bringing established researchers that provide a strong foundational
support for past research and inject new ideas from outside investigators and junior members of the field.
Because of the funds we hope to acquire from the pending proposal, support for travel and registration for
speakers, discussions leaders, post-doctoral fellows and graduate students who attend the conference with
priority going toward the support of members of underrepresented groups. Thus, we will foster the
development of and continued involvement of qualified students and researchers from minority groups in
neural engineering research. Additionally, the 2020 conference program is inspiring in the range of topics and
in the quality and diversity of speakers. We are building a program that we are confident will lead to a lively and
inspiring conference that is at the cutting edge of science and engineering. The program covers major recent
trends in Neuroelectronic Interface research, including the state of the art, critical hurdles to be overcome, and
inspiring sessions from tangential fields that could pave the way to success. This GRC will provide a forum for
the findings of established scientists engaged in other biomedical areas to enable identification of new
concepts for, and potential collaboration in, neural interfaces research.
Therefore, we expect to change the landscape of the Neural Interfacing Community's conference circuit, and
become a lasting tradition, worthy of the prestige of the Gordon Conferences, effectively becoming a “go to
meeting for neural interfacing.”

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9913124
- **Project number:** 1R13EB029292-01
- **Recipient organization:** GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCES
- **Principal Investigator:** Takashi Daniel Yoshida Kozai
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $20,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-03-06 → 2023-02-28

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9913124

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9913124, 2020 Nuroelectronic Interfaces Gordon Research Conference and Gordon Research Seminar (1R13EB029292-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9913124. Licensed CC0.

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