R13NS149473

2026 Meeting of the Society for the Neural Control of Movement - Project Summary

Without movement, we would be unable to interact with the world.

All behaviors, including speech, writing, reaching, grasping, gaze, walking and posture require the coordinated activities of many motor areas.

Further, sensory signals provide essential feedback to these motor areas, enabling accurate motor control and learning, as well as providing information vital for deciding future behaviors.

As a result, understanding the sensorimotor control of even the most basic movements, like orienting toward a sudden sound or reaching to pick up a glass of water, is complex.

Damage to these sensorimotor pathways can produce a wide range of debilitating neurological disorders including tremor, Parkinson's disease, ataxia, dystonia, and spasticity - all of which markedly decrease quality of life.

The Society for the Neural Control of Movement (NCM) is a community of scientists, clinician-investigators and trainees engaged in research whose common goal is to understand how the brain controls movement and to address the deficits that occur in disease.

NCM promotes a broad range of research using interdisciplinary approaches (e.g., neurophysiological, anatomical, molecular, computational, and behavioral), different animal models, and studies of intact subjects and those with neurological disorders.

The inaugural NCM meeting took place in 1991.

The success of the Society and its annual meeting has led to a continual growth in membership, meeting attendance, and the breadth of scientific content.

With support through the NIH, the 2026 NCM meeting will make substantive progress towards furthering three main goals of the Society:

Aim 1) Stimulate new research approaches and collaborations among NCM meeting attendees by identifying new topics and appropriate scientists as speakers,

Aim 2) Facilitate participation in NCM programming, membership, & leadership, and

Aim 3) Promote and support the development of the next generation of motor control researchers by providing financial and career support for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows.

Overall, the unique format of the annual NCM meeting, with its focus on interdisciplinary approaches, discussion, and scientific interaction in an intimate meeting environment, is of immeasurable value to furthering understanding of how the brain controls movement in both health and disease.

The Johns Hopkins University

(1) TO SUPPORT EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE (NINDS) INCLUDING: BASIC RESEARCH THAT EXPLORES THE FUNDAMENTAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE BRAIN AND THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; RESEARCH TO UNDERSTAND THE CAUSES AND ORIGINS OF PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM WITH THE GOAL OF PREVENTING THESE DISORDERS; RESEARCH ON THE NATURAL COURSE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS; IMPROVED METHODS OF DISEASE PREVENTION; NEW METHODS OF DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENT OF NEURAL DEVICES; CLINICAL TRIALS; AND RESEARCH TRAINING IN BASIC, TRANSLATIONAL AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE. THE INSTITUTE IS THE LARGEST FUNDER OF BASIC NEUROSCIENCE IN THE US AND SUPPORTS RESEARCH ON TOPICS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: DEVELOPMENT OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, INCLUDING NEUROGENESIS AND PROGENITOR CELL BIOLOGY, SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION IN DEVELOPMENT AND PLASTICITY, AND PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH; SYNAPSE FORMATION, FUNCTION, AND PLASTICITY; LEARNING AND MEMORY; CHANNELS, TRANSPORTERS, AND PUMPS; CIRCUIT FORMATION AND MODULATION; BEHAVIORAL AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE; SENSORIMOTOR LEARNING, INTEGRATION AND EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEMS; SLEEP AND CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS; AND SENSORY AND MOTOR SYSTEMS. IN ADDITION, THE INSTITUTE SUPPORTS BASIC, TRANSLATIONAL AND CLINICAL STUDIES ON A NUMBER OF DISORDERS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO): STROKE; TRAUMATIC INJURY TO THE BRAIN, SPINAL CORD AND PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; BRAIN TUMORS; CONVULSIVE DISORDERS; INFECTIOUS DISORDERS OF THE BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM; IMMUNE DISORDERS OF THE BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM, INCLUDING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; DISORDERS RELATED TO SLEEP; AND PAIN. PROGRAMMATIC AREAS, WHICH ARE PRIMARILY SUPPORTED BY THE DIVISION OF NEUROSCIENCE, ARE ALSO SUPPORTED BY THE DIVISION OF EXTRAMURAL ACTIVITIES, THE DIVISION OF TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH, THE DIVISION OF CLINICAL RESEARCH, THE OFFICE OF TRAINING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, THE OFFICE OF PROGRAMS TO ENHANCE THE NEUROSCIENCE WORKFORCE, AND THE OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES. (2) TO EXPAND AND IMPROVE THE SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR) PROGRAM; TO INCREASE PRIVATE SECTOR COMMERCIALIZATION OF INNOVATIONS DERIVED FROM FEDERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TO INCREASE SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION IN FEDERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; AND TO FOSTER AND ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS AND WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS IN TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION. TO UTILIZE THE SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (STTR) PROGRAM; TO STIMULATE AND FOSTER SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION THROUGH COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CARRIED OUT BETWEEN SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS; TO FOSTER TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER BETWEEN SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS; TO INCREASE PRIVATE SECTOR COMMERCIALIZATION OF INNOVATIONS DERIVED FROM FEDERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; AND TO FOSTER AND ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS AND WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS IN TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION.

93.853 - Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NNDS) [HHS - NIH]

Baltimore, Maryland 212051832 United States

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NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (Parent R13 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (PA-25-080)