Health Program Specialists in NINDS support plans, coordinates, and screens proposed research projects relevant to subject matter areas. Assists with the design and detailed analysis of scientific and/or administrative factors affecting research program priorities, and performance, and grants program evaluation. Provides guidance to grantees on research objectives, requirements, and compliance.

Division of Extramural Activities 

• Office of Programs to Enhance Neuroscience Workforce Diversity (OPEN) — contact Michelle Jones-London

Division of Neuroscience 

• Channels, Synapses and Circuits Cluster (CSC) and the BRAIN Initiative® — contact Miriam Leenders
• Neural Environment (NET) Cluster — contact Francesca Bosetti
• Repair and Plasiticity Cluster — contact Sahana Kukke
• Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience Cluster — contact DP Mohapatra