Funded by the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research, NITRC, a government-led contract, is at http://www.nitrc.org.

FACTS AT A GLANCE

Neuroimaging Informatics Tools and Resources Clearinghouse

“The goal of the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research is to provide scientists with new tools, resources, and training opportunities through collaborations and pooled resources,” said NIH Director Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D. “By building upon significant investments already made in the informatics area, the Neuroimaging Informatics Tools and Resources Clearinghouse will provide a coordinated, coherent resource for the neuroimaging research community. (NIH Press Release, Oct. 5, 2006)

NITRC…

• Identifies functional and structural neuroimaging tools and resources for the neuroimaging community
• Provides information about these tools and access to them in a common format
• Facilitates community interaction to make them more usable by a broader research community
• Facilitates neuroimaging science and neuroinformatics collaboration and education
• "Overall Best" award, Excellence.Gov 2009

HELPING SCIENTISTS AND DEVELOPERS

NITRC Serves

• functional and structural neuroimaging tools and resources researchers and developers

NITRC Provides

• Information about tools and resources
• Access to these tools and resources through downloads and links
• Tool and resource reviews
• A controlled vocabulary for resource description to promote easy searching and comparison
  

NITRC Supports

• User-friendly venue where developers can share tools or resources
• Assistance and advice from the community and the NITRC team for improvements and enhancements
  

NITRC Includes

• All functional and structural neuroimaging tools and resources available to the community
• Outreach at major conferences to develop community awareness

WHY SHARE YOUR TOOLS AND RESOURCES?

Your Investment

• Support from the NITRC development team and the neuroimaging community to improve your tool or resource
• Discussion groups, documentation management, survey capabilities
• Task tracking and bug reporting
• A service to make sharing easier and more successful
• House it on NITRC or provide a link to your Web site
• Mailing lists and news features

Your Acknowledgement

• Increased citations when your tool or resource supports others’ scientific research

Access to Potential Funding

• Supplemental funding is provided by the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research for modifying, documenting, and otherwise making more adoptable, interoperable, and usable existing neuroimaging informatics tools and resources.
  • NIH’s PAR-07-417 Neuroimaging Informatics Software Enhancement for Improved Interoperability and Dissemination (R03); annual on 2/23
  • NIH’s NOT-EB-08-002 Notice of Availability of Administrative Supplements for Neuroimaging Informatics Software Enhancement for Improved Interoperability and Dissemination (NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research)

ACADEME AND BUSINESS JOIN TO HELP SCIENCE

Scientific Leadership

• The NITRC team includes experts in neuroimaging and informatics from University of San Diego (UCSD), Neuromorphometrics, Inc. and David N. Kennedy Consulting
  

Business Acumen

• TCG has a proven project management and application development track record
  • DOJ COPS – A grants management system facilitating the Community Oriented Policing Services national program
  • iEdison – An invention management system used by 26 grant making agencies
  • DOT – Enterprise architecture design and facilitation of grant program and system consolidation
  • NIAID Integrated Research Facility – A bio-defense IT and scientific systems design consultancy
    

Sponsorship and Funding

• Funded by the NIH Blueprint for Neurosciences
• National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) is the lead NIH institute

MILESTONES

Developers are invited to register functional and structural neuroimaging tools or resources

• Contact David Kennedy at nitrcinfo@nitrc.org.

Prototype: April 2007

• Gradual introduction and increase of the number of tool and resource projects
• Explore and use initial tool and resource projects

Formal Launch: October 2007

Click here for NITRC's release notes history.

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