Scalable Neural Interfaces
Neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders have overwhelming societal and economic impacts. We need a new suite of tools that enable us to interface, at scale, with the human brain.
Opportunity seeds
Outside the scope of programmes, opportunity seeds support ambitious research aligned to our opportunity spaces with budgets of up to £500k.
We're funding 8 seeds to advance the field of scalable neural interfaces by exploring novel biological materials and pioneering new methods for interfacing with the nervous system.
UK National Partnership for Neurotechnology
Luke Bashford, Newcastle University
A Silence Switch for Cancer: Targeting Neural-tumour Synapses with Neuromodulation
Jake Stroud, CoherenceNeuro
Adapting Non-Pathogenic Fungal Networks Toward Next-Generation Neural Interfaces
Thomas Paterson, University of Sheffield
Oligodendronics: Engineering Biology for Scalable Neural Interfaces
Christopher Chapman, Queen Mary University of London
Non-Invasive Skilled Movement BCI Using Multimodal GPT Models
Katja Kornysheva, University of Birmingham
MAGNIS: Magnetically Guided Neural Interface System
Pietro Valdastri, University of Leeds
Scalable Neural Interfaces for Systemic Disorders via Gut-Brain Pathway Modulation
Guillaume de Lartigue, Monell Chemical Senses Center
Craniomics: Mapping the Neuro-Bone Interface in Neurodegeneration
Jake P. Taylor-King, Relation
This opportunity space is part of our rolling seed call experiment – see what's in scope for opportunity seeds in this space by reading the original call for proposals and apply at the link below.