Supporting NWB

Help sustain the digital infrastructure that enables your neuroscience data sharing

Critical Funding Need

The primary source of funding support for NWB is ending in March 2026. Loss in funding will result in dissolution of the team that develops and maintains NWB. This team is critical to ensure NWB software keeps working and is up-to-date with the latest methods in neuroscience research and advances in data science. We are working diligently to explore all options for funding NWB. We need your help advocating for NWB!

How You Can Help

Advocate for Funding

Advocate for funding of data standards and infrastructure during conversations with private and public funders.

Spread the Word

Help build awareness of NWB’s impact and funding needs through your social networks, in discussions with colleagues, and in articles and publications.

Add Your Testimonial

What impact has open neurophysiology data had on your science? Share your experience here.

Give Credit

When using open data, make sure to cite the standards, datasets, software, and related data papers in your publications.

Impact of NWB on Neuroscience

NWB is a language for neurophysiology data and experiments that connects a vibrant digital ecosystem. This ecosystem enables meaningful sharing of neurophysiology data across the neuroscience community. The impact of NWB has been profound, and we are at an inflection point of exponential growth in openly available data in NWB. So far, NWB has enabled:

400+

open NWB datasets on DANDI

totaling 398+ TBs of standardized data across 120,000+ NWB files

231

data re-use publications

generating new knowledge from existing data. See some of these publications here.

35+

community tools

creating a vibrant community software ecosystem around NWB. See a list of these tools here.

This impact is the result of extensive community engagement and technical development over more than 10 years. This engagement has included:

60+

Outreach events

reaching 2,844 total registrants from 63 countries. See all events.

750K+

Lines of code

across 23 software repositories with 127 unique contributors.

139+

Consultations

with 71 institutions and companies

NWB is Foundational to Neuroscience Research

NWB is foundational digital infrastructure for several ongoing large-scale, coordinated neuroscience research activities, including:

NIH BBQS and EMBER Archive

DANDI Archive

MICrONS

Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics

Allen Institute OpenScope

International Brain Laboratory

Open NWB Data Reused Around the World

NWB data is being downloaded and reused by researchers worldwide, demonstrating the global impact of standardized neurophysiology data. Over 2 PB of NWB data have been downloaded from the DANDI Archive.

The Potential of AI in Neuroscience

NWB enables re-use and aggregation of complex neurophysiology data, which has resulted in over 200 publications that maximize the return-on-investment (ROI) of neuroscience experiments. We know that the utilization of AI is accelerated by large amounts of AI-ready data. By enabling re-use and aggregation of neurophysiology data in a standardized format, the NWB ecosystem is critical to realizing the full potential of AI in neuroscience.