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Grants paid by The Mcknight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience, tax year 2024
EIN 41-1563321 · Minneapolis, MN · Form 990-PF, Part XV
In tax year 2024, The Mcknight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience (EIN 41-1563321) reported 45 grants paid totaling $3,359,310. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2024
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Regents of the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI | C | $300,000 | approved, future | In vivo Reprogramming of Astrocytes into Neurons for Treating Parkinson's Disease. Principal Investigator: Thanh Hoang, Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA | U | $300,000 | approved, future | Investigating Circuits and Mechanisms that Support Long-Lasting Recovery of Movement in Dopamine Depleted Mice. Principal Investigator: Aryn Gittis, Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT | C | $300,000 | approved, future | Virus-Like Intercellular Transmission of Tau in Alzheimer's Disease. Principal Investigator: Jason Shepherd, Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Regents of the University of California Los Angeles, CA | U | $300,000 | approved, future | Characterizing the Context: The Role of the Microenvironment in Shaping Human Glioblastoma. Principal Investigators: Aparna Bhaduri, Ph.D. and Kunal Patel, M.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Regents of the University of California Berkeley, CA | U | $150,000 | approved, future | The Molecular Basis of Psychedelic-Induced Plasticity. Principal Investigator: Andrea Gomez, Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Scripps Research Institute La Jolla, CA | B | $150,000 | approved, future | In vivo Neurogenomics at Scale. Principal Investigator: Xin Jin, Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Regents of the University of California Santa Barbara, CA | U | $150,000 | approved, future | Neural Representation of The World During Navigation. Principal Investigator: Sung Soo Kim, Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL | U | $150,000 | approved, future | Neural Mechanisms of Shifts Between Social Competition and Cooperation. Principal Investigator: Nancy Padilla-Coreano, Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Scripps Research Institute La Jolla, CA | B | $150,000 | approved, future | Neural Population Dynamics Mediating the Balance of Competing Survival Needs. Principal Investigator: Ann Kennedy, Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Cambridge, MA | B | $150,000 | approved, future | Molecular Anatomy of Hibernation Circuits. Principal Investigator: Sinisa Hrvatin, Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Trustees of Princeton University Princeton, NJ | U | $150,000 | approved, future | Computational Neuroendocrinology: Linking Hormone-Mediated Transcription to Complex Behavior Through Neural Dynamics. Principal Investigator: Annegret Falkner, Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY | U | $150,000 | approved, future | Molecular Mechanisms of Intergenerational Memory. Principal Investigator: Bianca Jones Marlin, Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Stanford, CA | B | $150,000 | approved, future | How Does 3D Genome Architecture Shape the Development and Aging of the Brain?. Principal Investigator: Longzhi Tan, Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM | U | $150,000 | approved, future | Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Neural Diversity: From Stem Cells to Circuits. Principal Investigator: Mubarak Hussain Syed, Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Northwestern University Chicago, IL | C | $110,310 | paid | Funds Transferred from Van Andel. Regulation mechanism of thermosensitive receptors in nervous system. Principal Investigator: Juan Du, Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle, WA | D | $100,000 | paid | Adipocyte-brain mitochondrial signaling and its impacts on brain function. Principal Investigator: Akhila Rajan,Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL | B | $100,000 | paid | Leveraging Single-cell Epigenomics for Targeted Manipulation of Drug-activated Ensemble. Principal Investigator: Jeremy Day & Ian Maze | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Regents of the University of California Berkeley, CA | U | $100,000 | paid | Neurotensin mediated regulation of hedonic feeding behavior and obesity. Principal Investigator: Stephan Lammel Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Mass General Brigham Incorporated Boston, MA | U | $100,000 | paid | The Neurobiology of Glioma: Understanding Malignant Neural Circuits Instructing Tumor Growth. Principal Investigator: Humsa Venkatesh,Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Regents of the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI | C | $100,000 | paid | In vivo Reprogramming of Astrocytes into Neurons for Treating Parkinson's Disease. Principal Investigator: Thanh Hoang, Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | St Jude Children's Research Hospital Memphis, TN | C | $100,000 | paid | Identifying Brain Circuits that Connect Respiration and Cognitive State. Principal Investigator: Lindsey Schwarz | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, IL | U | $100,000 | paid | Dissecting the Gut-brain Dynamics Underlying Anorexia. Principal Investigator: Lisa Beutler | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Stanford University School of Medicine Palo Alto, CA | U | $100,000 | paid | Neuron-to-OPC synapses in adaptive and maladaptive myelination. Principal Investigator: Juliet K. Knowles, MD, PhD | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT | C | $100,000 | paid | Virus-Like Intercellular Transmission of Tau in Alzheimer's Disease. Principal Investigator: Jason Shepherd, Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Regents of the University of California Los Angeles, CA | U | $100,000 | paid | Characterizing the Context: The Role of the Microenvironment in Shaping Human Glioblastoma. Principal Investigators: Aparna Bhaduri, Ph.D. and Kunal Patel, M.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA | U | $100,000 | paid | Investigating Circuits and Mechanisms that Support Long-Lasting Recovery of Movement in Dopamine Depleted Mice. Principal Investigator: Aryn Gittis, Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Yale University New Haven, CT | U | $100,000 | paid | Mechanism and functions of repeat expansion self-exonization in C9orf72 ALS/FTD. Principal Investigator: Junjie Guo, Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL | U | $75,000 | paid | Neural Mechanisms of Shifts Between Social Competition and Cooperation. Principal Investigator: Nancy Padilla-Coreano, Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Trustees of Princeton University Princeton, NJ | U | $75,000 | paid | Proportional-Integral Feedback in a Biological 'Gyroscope'. Principal Investigator: Bradley Dickerson, Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Cambridge, MA | B | $75,000 | paid | Molecular Anatomy of Hibernation Circuits. Principal Investigator: Sinisa Hrvatin, Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY | U | $75,000 | paid | Neural Mechanisms of Courtship and Monogamy. Principal Investigator: Dr. Vikram Gadagkar | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Stanford, CA | B | $75,000 | paid | Machine Learning Methods for Discovering Structure in Neural and Behavioral Data. Principal Investigator: Dr. Scott Linderman | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR | U | $75,000 | paid | Mechanosensation for guiding cellular morphology. Principal Investigator: Dr. Swetha Murthy | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Regents of the University of California Berkeley, CA | U | $75,000 | paid | Illuminating Oxytocin Signaling in the Brain with Near-Infrared Fluorescent Nanosensors. Principal Investigator: Markita Landry, Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Harvard Medical School Boston, MA | D | $75,000 | paid | Multiscale Neural Network Models to Infer Functional Motifs in the Brain. Principal Investigator: Kanaka Rajan, Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Regents of the University of California Berkeley, CA | U | $75,000 | paid | The Molecular Basis of Psychedelic-Induced Plasticity. Principal Investigator: Andrea Gomez, Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Max Planck Florida Corporation Jupiter, FL | B | $75,000 | paid | Synaptic mechanisms and network dynamics underlying motor learning. Principal Investigator: Dr. Hidehiko Inagaki | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Albert Einstein College of Medicine New York, NY | B | $75,000 | paid | Unravelling the mechanisms of synapse development, from molecules to behavior. Principal Investigator: Dr. Peri Kurshan | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Scripps Research Institute La Jolla, CA | B | $75,000 | paid | Neural Population Dynamics Mediating the Balance of Competing Survival Needs. Principal Investigator: Ann Kennedy, Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY | U | $75,000 | paid | Skin-brain axis for rewarding touch behaviors. Principal Investigator: Dr. Ishmail Abdus-Saboor | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Stanford, CA | B | $75,000 | paid | How Does 3D Genome Architecture Shape the Development and Aging of the Brain?. Principal Investigator: Longzhi Tan, Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT | B | $75,000 | paid | Neuropeptidergic Cortical Control of Social Isolation. Principal Investigator: Dr. Moriel Zelikowsky | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Trustees of Princeton University Princeton, NJ | U | $75,000 | paid | Computational Neuroendocrinology: Linking Hormone-Mediated Transcription to Complex Behavior Through Neural Dynamics. Principal Investigator: Annegret Falkner, Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM | U | $75,000 | paid | Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Neural Diversity: From Stem Cells to Circuits. Principal Investigator: Mubarak Hussain Syed, Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | New York University New York, NY | U | $75,000 | paid | Neural Circuit Mechanisms of Inference. Principal Investigator: Christine Constantinople, Ph.D | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Regents of the University of California Santa Barbara, CA | U | $75,000 | paid | Neural Representation of The World During Navigation. Principal Investigator: Sung Soo Kim, Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Mass General Brigham Incorporated Boston, MA | U | $75,000 | paid | Development, Function, and Dysfunction of Somatosensory and Viscerosensory Systems in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Principal Investigator: Lauren Orefice, Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Ut Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX | U | $75,000 | paid | Understanding the Construction and Function of Glycinergic Post-Synaptic Assemblies. Principal Investigator: Weiwei Wang, Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY | U | $75,000 | paid | Molecular Mechanisms of Intergenerational Memory. Principal Investigator: Bianca Jones Marlin, Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Regents of the University of California Berkeley, CA | U | $75,000 | paid | Evolution of neural diversity and patterning in the visual system. Principal Investigator: Dr. Karthik Shekhar | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | New York University New York, NY | U | $75,000 | paid | Modulation of striatal cells and synapses by dopamine movement signals. Principal Investigator: Dr. Tanya Sippy | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY | U | $75,000 | paid | Cortical circuits for perceiving visual form. Principal Investigator: Dr. Yasmine El-Shamayleh | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Scripps Research Institute La Jolla, CA | B | $75,000 | paid | In vivo Neurogenomics at Scale. Principal Investigator: Xin Jin, Ph.D. | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Stanford, CA | B | $16,500 | paid | McKnight Pecot Fellowship 2024. Principal Investigator: Jailah Mitchell | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Regents of the University of Colorado Aurora, CO | C | $16,500 | paid | McKnight Pecot Fellowship 2024. Principal Investigator: Princesa Herrera | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | New York University Grossman School of Medicine New York, NY | U | $16,500 | paid | McKnight Pecot Fellowship 2024. Principal Investigator: Buyong Kim | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Trustees of Princeton University Princeton, NJ | U | $16,500 | paid | McKnight Pecot Fellowship 2024. Principal Investigator: Alana Ferguson | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Syracuse University Syracuse, NY | U | $16,500 | paid | McKnight Pecot Fellowship 2024. Principal Investigator: Liliana Germain | 202543189349104774 |
| 2024 | Salk Institute for Biological Studies La Jolla, CA | B | $16,500 | paid | McKnight Pecot Fellowship 2024. Principal Investigator: Bianca Frias | 202543189349104774 |
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