Brain and Behavioural Sciences Discovery Advisory Group
This advisory group shortlists candidates for Wellcome Discovery Awards.
Read more about what we do and don’t fund in discovery research.
This advisory group covers applications that aim to advance our understanding of the structure and function of the nervous system at all levels in health and disease, encompassing molecular, cellular and circuit-based approaches, to studies of cognition and behaviour.
Some examples of this are:
- experimental, theoretical and computational studies
- investigations in humans and model systems, targeting basic cellular, molecular and systems-related questions
- mechanisms of psychiatric and neurological diseases and how therapeutic interventions work
- the impact of genetic, environmental and social factors on cellular, molecular, behavioural and cognitive phenotypes
Proposed projects may span more than one funding area. You should choose the research subject area which aligns with the focus of the project.
Members
Additional experts will join the panel as necessary.
Professor Bassem Hassan (Chair)
Institut National De La Sante Et Recherche Medicale (INSERM)
Professor Zubair Ahmed
University of Birmingham
Professor Camille Carrol
Newcastle University
Dr Martina Di Simplicio
Imperial College London
Professor Elsa Fouragan
University of Plymouth
Professor Simon Hanslmayr
University of Glasgow
Professor Veena Kumari
Brunel University of London
Professor Rebecca Lawson
University of Cambridge
Dr Mahmoud Maina
University of Sussex
Dr Jasper Poort
University of Cambridge
Professor Rue Ponte Costa
University of Oxford
Professor Carolina Rezával
University of Birmingham
Professor Tomás Ryan
Trinity College Dublin
Professor Andreas Schaefer
Francis Crick Institute
Professor Deepak Srivastava
King's College London
Professor Tim Vogels
Institute of Science and Technology, Austria
Manager
Georgia Carter-Daggett
Funding Manager, Funding Management