Jan 12, 2026
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Advisory Committee
Danielle (Dani) S. Bassett, PhD
Peter Skirkanich Professor at the University of Pennsylvania
External Professor of the Santa Fe Institute
Department of Bioengineering
University of Pennsylvania
Carlos Brody, PhD
Wilbur H. Gantz III ’59 Professor of Neuroscience
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Princeton University
Hana El-Samad, PhD
Senior Vice President and Director, Institute of Computation, Altos Labs
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
University of California, San Francisco
Polly Fordyce, PhD
Associate Professor
Bioengineering and Genetics
Stanford University
Daniel A. Hammer, PhD
Alfred G. and Meta A. Ennis Professor of Bioengineering
Director, Penn Center for Precision Engineering for Health
Department of Bioengineering
University of Pennsylvania
Princess Imoukhuede, PhD
Hunter and Dorothy Simpson Professor and Chair
School of Medicine & College of Engineering
University of Washington
Melissa Kemp, PhD
Carol Ann & David D. Flanagan Endowed Chair and Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology & Emory University
Anshul Kundaje, PhD
Associate Professor
Departments of Genetics and Computer Science
Stanford University
Christina Leslie, PhD
Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine
Member, Computational and Systems Biology Program
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Stephanie Palmer, DPhil
Associate Professor
Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy
Department of Physics
The University of Chicago
Liam Paninski, PhD
Professor, Departments of Statistics and Neuroscience
Columbia University
David Schneider, PhD
Associate Professor
Center for Neural Science
New York University
Georg Seelig, PhD
Chris and Heidi Stolte Professor
Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering
Department of Computer & Electrical Engineering
University of Washington
Melissa Skala, PhD
Carol Skornicka Chair, Morgridge Institute for Research
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Kandice Tanner, PhD
Senior Investigator
Laboratory of Cell Biology
National Cancer Institute
Matt Thomson, PhD
Assistant Professor of Computational Biology
California Institute of Technology
Shyni Varghese, PhD (Co-Chair)
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, and Orthopedic Surgery
Pratt School of Engineering
Duke University
Corey Wilson, PhD
Love Family Endowed Professor
Professor of Engineering
School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Jesse Zalatan, PhD (Co-Chair)
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
University of Washington
Additional members may be added to the committee.
Award Timeline
Sep 02, 2025
Letter of Intent Deadline
Nov 24, 2025
Invites for full proposal
Jan 12, 2026
Application Deadline
Apr 21 - 22, 2026
Interviews
Jun 01, 2026
Notice of Award
Jul 01, 2026
Award Start Date
Jun 30, 2031
Award End Date
Program Contacts
Dr. Tammy R.L. Collins

