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2026 Henry Grass Rising Stars in Neuroscience Awardees Announced

The Grass Foundation Trustees have selected three recipients for the 2026 Henry Grass Rising Stars in Neuroscience Award: Daniel Cardozo Pinto, Maribel Patiño, and Whitney Stevens-Sostre. Dr. Daniel Cardozo Pinto is a Junior Fellow in the Society of Fellows at Harvard University. In Naoshige Uchida’s lab in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, he [...]

75 Years of Grass Fellows at MBL

The 75th cohort of Grass Fellows arrived in Woods Hole to begin their residency in the Grass Laboratory. Since 1951, the Grass Fellowship Program has brought early-career investigators to the Grass Laboratory at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) for 14 weeks to pursue a self-designed, independent research project in neuroscience. “For almost 140 years, the [...]

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Welcome to the 2026 Grass Fellows

The Grass Foundation is pleased to announce the 2026 Grass Fellows. This year’s cohort marks the 75th anniversary of the Grass Fellowship Program. Since 1951, the Grass Fellowship has brought early-career investigators to the MBL for 14 weeks to pursue a self-designed, independent research project in neuroscience. The Grass Foundation selects and provides full support [...]

Apply for the 2026 Henry Grass Rising Stars in Neuroscience Award

The Henry Grass Rising Stars in Neuroscience Award seeks to increase the visibility of postdoctoral scientists from groups under-represented in neuroscience. >Apply by April 1, 2026 Established in 2021 in honor of Dr. Henry Grass, a Grass Foundation Trustee and ardent supporter of neuroscience and education, this Award recognizes outstanding postdoctoral neuroscientists from underrepresented groups [...]

Grass Community Guide for SfN 2025

For those traveling to the 2025 Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting in San Diego, California, you can catch up with Grass Fellows and their recent work. Below is a working list of sessions featuring Grass Fellows and activities supported by The Grass Foundation. To request an addition to this list please email info@grassfoundation.org. Additionally, The [...]

Apply for the 2026 Grass Fellowship

The Grass Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2026 Grass Fellowship at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. For this application year, the Foundation is piloting a new application process with a priority deadline and a final deadline. Applicants who apply by the priority deadline of October 15, 2025, have the opportunity […]

2025 Henry Grass Rising Stars in Neuroscience - Christian Cazares and Eddy Albarran

2025 Henry Grass Rising Stars in Neuroscience Awardees Announced

The Grass Foundation Trustees have selected the recipients of the 2025 Henry Grass Rising Stars in Neuroscience Award: Christian Cazares, Ph.D., and Eddy Albarran, Ph.D. Cazares is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, San Diego, working in the lab of Professor Bradley Voytek, Chair of the Department of Cognitive Science. Cazares investigates […]

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How Birds Balance

Birds and humans share an ability that’s not too common among our tetrapod vertebrate cousins–walking on two feet. While some animals can manage on their hindlimbs for a limited time (think prairie dogs, gorillas, and running frilled lizards), true bipedalism is only found among humans, birds, and a few other animals like kangaroos. It’s a […]

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Lampreys in the Future

With its suction-cup-like mouth, rings of sharp teeth, and toothed tongue, lampreys attach themselves to fish and feast on their blood and other bodily fluids, sometimes killing them in the process. It’s a strategy that has served them well, as they have remained relatively unchanged for over 300 million years. Described as one of the […]

Announcing the 2025 Grass Fellows

Welcome to this year’s cohort of Grass Fellows! These eight early-career scientists will soon be in the Grass Lab at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, to spend the summer conducting research on topics ranging from pain sensation in sharks to ocean acidification and behavior in sea slugs. Zeeshan Banday – University of […]

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