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Grants paid by The Mcknight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience, tax year 2018
EIN 41-1563321 · Minneapolis, MN · Form 990-PF, Part XV
In tax year 2018, The Mcknight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience (EIN 41-1563321) reported 37 grants paid totaling $3,147,220. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2018
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Denise Cai New York, NY | U | $300,000 | approved, future | Circuit Mechanisms of Memory-Linking | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Vikaas Sohal San Francisco, CA | U | $300,000 | approved, future | Using New Approaches for Voltage Imaging to Test How Prefrontal Dopamine Receptors Contribute to Gamma Oscillations and Flexible Behavior: | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Xin Jin La Jolla, CA | U | $300,000 | approved, future | Dissecting Striatal Patch and Matrix Compartments for Action Learning | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Ilya Monosov St Louis, MO | U | $300,000 | approved, future | The Neuronal Mechanisms of Information Seeking Under Uncertainty | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | John Tuthill Seattle, WA | U | $150,000 | approved, future | Proprioceptive Feedback Control of Locomotion in Drosophila | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Rudy Behnia New York, NY | U | $150,000 | approved, future | State-dependent Neuromodulation of a Circuit for Motion Vision | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Mingshan Xue Houston, TX | U | $150,000 | approved, future | Function and Mechanism of Input-specific Homeostatic Synaptic Plasticity In Vivo | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Brad Zuchero Palo Alto, CA | U | $150,000 | approved, future | Mechanisms of Myelin Membrane Growth and Wrapping | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Eiman Azim La Jolla, CA | U | $150,000 | approved, future | Spinal Circuits Controlling Dexterous Forelimb Movement | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Felice Dunn San Francisco, CA | D | $150,000 | approved, future | The Establishment and Regulation of Rod and Cone Vision | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Gabriel Kreiman Boston, MA | U | $100,000 | paid | How Episodic Memory Guides Decisions: Neural Mechanisms and Implications for Memory Loss | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Bruce Herring Los Angeles, CA | U | $100,000 | paid | Understanding Synaptic Dysfunction in Autism Spectrum Disorder | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Kimberley Tolias and Andreas Tolias Houston, TX | U | $100,000 | paid | Studying Global Memory Traces at Single Synapse Resolution | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Sam Sober and Muhannad Bakir Atlanta, GA | U | $100,000 | approved, future | Flexible electrode arrays for large-scale recordings of spikes from muscle fibers in freely behaving mice and songbirds | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Michale S Fee Cambridge, MA | U | $100,000 | paid | New technologies for imaging and analyzing neural state-space trajectories in freely-behaving small animals" | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Steve Ramirez Boston, MA | U | $100,000 | paid | Artificially Modulating Positive and Negative Memories to Alleviate Maladaptive Fear Responses | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Alexander Schier Cambridge, MA | U | $100,000 | paid | Recording the History of Neuronal Activity Through Genome Editing | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Marco Gallio Evanston, IL | U | $100,000 | paid | Re-wiring connections in the living brain | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Michale S Fee Cambridge, MA | U | $100,000 | approved, future | New technologies for imaging and analyzing neural state-space trajectories in freely-behaving small animals" | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Mauricio Delgado Newark, NJ | U | $100,000 | paid | The Regulation of Negative Autobiographical Memories via Positive Emotion-focused Strategies | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Elizabeth Buffalo Seattle, WA | U | $100,000 | paid | Neural Dynamics of Memory and Cognition in the Primate Hippocampal Formation | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Daphna Shohamy New York, NY | U | $100,000 | paid | How Episodic Memory Guides Decisions: Neural Mechanisms and Implications for Memory Loss | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Jose Carmena & Michel Maharbiz Berkeley, CA | U | $100,000 | paid | Neural Dust: an Ultrasonic, Low Power, Extreme Miniature Technology for Completely Wireless and Untethered Neural Recordings in the Brain | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Fred Gage & Matthew Shtrahman San Diego, CA | U | $100,000 | paid | Using Deep In Vivo Two-Photon CA2+ Imaging to Study Temporal Pattern Separation | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Sam Sober and Muhannad Bakir Atlanta, GA | U | $100,000 | paid | Flexible electrode arrays for large-scale recordings of spikes from muscle fibers in freely behaving mice and songbirds | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Marco Gallio Evanston, IL | U | $100,000 | approved, future | Re-wiring connections in the living brain | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Boris Zemelman & Daniel Johnston Austin, TX | U | $100,000 | paid | Prefrontal Dysfunction in Fragile X Syndrome | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Ali Ghollipour Cambridge, MA | U | $100,000 | paid | Motion-robust Imaging Technology for Quantitative Analysis of Early Brain Development | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Donna J Calu Baltimore, MD | U | $100,000 | paid | Individual Differences in Attention Signaling in Amygdala Circuits | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Ueli Rutishauser & Adam Mamelak Los Angeles, CA | U | $100,000 | paid | Hippocampal Theta Rhythm-medicated coordination of Neural Activity in Human Memory | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | David Foster Baltimore, MD | U | $100,000 | paid | The Duel Role of Hippocampal Place-cell Sequences in Learning and Memory | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | John Tuthill Seattle, WA | U | $75,000 | paid | Proprioceptive Feedback Control of Locomotion in Drosophila | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Brad Zuchero Palo Alto, CA | U | $75,000 | paid | Mechanisms of Myelin Membrane Growth and Wrapping | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Eiman Azim La Jolla, CA | U | $75,000 | paid | Spinal Circuits Controlling Dexterous Forelimb Movement | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | John Cunningham New York, NY | U | $75,000 | paid | The Computational Structure of Populations of Neurons in the Motor Cortex | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Stephen Brohawn Berkeley, CA | U | $75,000 | paid | Mechanisms of Biological Force Sensation | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Wei Wei Chicago, IL | U | $75,000 | paid | Dendritic Processing of Visual Motion in the Retina | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Abigail Person Denver, CO | U | $75,000 | paid | Circuit Mechanisms of Cerebellar Motor Correction | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Michael Yartsev Berkeley, CA | U | $75,000 | paid | Neurobiological Basis of Vocal Production Learning in the Developing Mammalian Brain | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Mark Andermann Boston, MA | U | $75,000 | paid | A Pathway for Hunger Modulation of Learned Food Cue Responses in Insular Cortex | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Martha Bagnall St Louis, MO | U | $75,000 | paid | Sensory and motor computations underlying postural control | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Mehrdad Jazayeri Cambridge, MA | U | $75,000 | paid | Thalamocortical Mechanisms of Flexible Motor Timing | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Mingshan Xue Houston, TX | U | $75,000 | paid | Function and Mechanism of Input-specific Homeostatic Synaptic Plasticity In Vivo | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Katherine Nagel New York, NY | U | $75,000 | paid | Neural Mechanisms Underlying Olfactory Search Behavior in Drosophila Melanogaster | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Rudy Behnia New York, NY | U | $75,000 | paid | State-dependent Neuromodulation of a Circuit for Motion Vision | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Matthew Pecot Boston, MA | D | $75,000 | paid | Defining the Transcriptional Logic Underlying Neural Network Assembly in the Drosophila Visual System | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Roozbeh Kiani New York, NY | U | $75,000 | paid | Hierarchical Decision Processes that operate over Distinct Time Scales Underlie Choice and Changes in Strategy | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Yuki Oka Pasadena, CA | U | $75,000 | paid | Peripheral and Central Mechanisms of Body Fluid Regulation | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Felice Dunn San Francisco, CA | D | $75,000 | paid | The Establishment and Regulation of Rod and Cone Vision | 201901619349100300 |
| 2018 | Returned Award Funds Minneapolis, MN | U | -$2,780 | paid | RETURNED AWARD | 201901619349100300 |
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