Selected NIH-funded projects over the past decade employing human electrophysiology.
| Focus | Title | Project start year | Project end year | Grant | Study section | Institute/center |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language | Functional organization of the superior temporal gyrus for speech perception | 2012 | 2022 | R01 | Auditory System | NIDCD |
| Language | Engaging new cognitive and motor signals to improve communication prostheses | 2015 | 2025 | R01 | BNVT | NIDCD |
| Language | The neural coding of speech across human languages | 2020 | 2025 | U01 | ZNS1-SRB-K | NINDS |
| Language | A Pilot Clinical Trial for Speech Neuroprosthesis | 2021 | 2026 | U01 | Special Emphasis Panel | NIDCD |
| Language | Single-neuron population dynamics in human speech motor cortex for a speech prosthesis | 2021 | 2026 | U01 | ZDC1-SRB-E(30) | NIDCD |
| Language | Studying semantic processing during language comprehension in humans at the single-cellular level | 2022 | 2027 | R01 | Language and Communication | NIDCD |
| Language | A fully implantable speech neuroprosthesis | 2024 | 2026 | UG3 | Special Emphasis Panel | NINDS |
| Social | An Integrated Single-Neuronal, Population-, Local Network- and Stimulation-Based Prefrontal Investigation of Human Social Cognition | 2021 | 2026 | U01 | ZNS1-SRB-P(01) | NINDS |
| Social | Neural Mechanisms of Social Attribution from Faces | 2023 | 2028 | R01 | Human Complex Mental Function | NIMH |
| Naturalistic | Neurostimulation and Recording of Real World Spatial Navigation in Humans | 2020 | 2025 | U01 | ZNS1-SRB-K(20) | NINDS |
| Naturalistic | Synchronized neuronal and peripheral biomarker recordings in freely moving humans | 2024 | 2027 | R61 | Special Emphasis Panel [ZMH1 ERB-E(01)] | NIMH |
| Naturalistic | Capturing Autobiographical memory formation in People moving Through real-world spaces Using synchronized wearables and intracranial Recordings of EEG | 2024 | 2027 | R61 | Special Emphasis Panel [ZMH1 ERB-E(01)] | NIMH |
| Decision Making | Identifying the neural mechanisms of goal-directed decision-making in Parkinson’s disease using closed-loop deep brain stimulation | 2023 | 2026 | F32 | ZMH1-ERB-E(03) | NIMH |
| Motor | Cortical basal ganglia network dynamics during human gait control | 2020 | 2025 | U01 | ZNS1-SRB-K(20) | NINDS |
| Motor | Cortical basis of complex motor sequences in humans for neural interfaces | 2021 | 2026 | U01 | ZNS1-SRB-P(02) | NINDS |
| Motor | Motor Recovery through Plasticity-Inducing Cortical Stimulation | 2022 | 2028 | UH3 | Neurological Sciences and Disorders C | NINDS |
| Learning | Mapping Algorithmic State Space in the Human Brain | 2021 | 2026 | U01 | ZNS1-SRB-P(01) | NINDS |
| Mood | Deep Brain Stimulation for Depression Using Directional Current Steering and Individualized Network Targeting | 2017 | 2026 | UH3 | ZNS1-SRB-E(10)1 | NINDS |
| Mood | Invasive decoding and stimulation of altered reward computations in depression | 2021 | 2026 | R01 | ZMH1-ERB-Q(03) | NIMH |
| Mood | Intracranial Investigation of Neural Circuity Underlying Human Mood | 2023 | 2028 | R01 | Human Complex Mental Function | NIMH |
| Pain | Technology development for closed-loop deep brain stimulation to treat refractory neuropathic pain | 2019 | 2024 | UH3 | ZNS1-SRB-T(32) | NINDS |
| Compulsive | Responsive Neurostimulation for Loss of Control Eating | 2019 | 2026 | UH3 | ZNS1-SRB-E(10) | NINDS |
| Compulsive | The role of distributional reinforcement learning in human neurons during impulsive choices | 2022 | 2026 | R01 | Human Complex Mental Function | NIMH |
| Compulsive | Investigating the role of nucleus accumbens delta signaling in loss of control | 2022 | 2027 | R01 | ZMH1-ERB-Q(03) | NIMH |
| Device | Advancing epilepsy diagnosis with flexible, high-resolution thin-film electrodes | 2022 | 2025 | UG3 | Neurological Sciences and Disorders C | NINDS |
| Device | An Ecosystem of Technology and Protocols for Adaptive Neuromodulation Research in Humans | 2022 | 2026 | U01 | ZNS1-SRB-O(18) | NINDS |
| TBI | Central thalamic stimulation for traumatic brain injury (TBI) | 2015 | 2022 | UH3 | ZNS1-SRB-E(06) | NINDS |
Projects are categorized by research focus, with project title, start and end year, grant mechanism, study section, and institute/center listed. This table is not comprehensive. BNVT: Bioengineering of Neuroscience, Vision, and Low Vision Technologies; NIH: National Institutes of Health.