NIH report calls for $4.5 billion for brain research

An NIH working group called for $4.5 billion in federal funding over 10 years starting in FY16 to achieve the goals of the Brain Research through Application of Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) initiative. NIH charged the working group with a plan to "achieve the scientific vision" of the initiative; the working group published a (see SciBX: Science-Business eXchange, March 7, 2013). ...