American Brain Foundation

Funding research across a broad spectrum of the brain and nervous system is our best hope for finding better treatments, prevention, and cures for the brain diseases. That is why the American Brain Foundation has invested millions of dollars to support innovative scientific investigations by the best and the brightest researchers. We hope to continue to grow and expand these programs through increased awareness around our research funding and deepened partnerships with new organizational and individual partners.

The American Brain Foundation focuses on expanding opportunities for early-career clinician-scientists, developing research on healthcare disparities in neurology, and creating special research initiatives to have an impact on multiple brain diseases simultaneously.

The American Brain Foundation partners with the most respected organizations in the neuroscience community working to defeat specific diseases of the brain and nervous system. We are honored to partner with these leaders in the brain disease space.

All research funded by the American Brain Foundation is selected by our panel of experts on our Research Advisory Committee, and our founder and research partner, the American Academy of Neurology, the world's largest association of neurologists and neuroscientists. This unique partnership allows us access the best and brightest minds to source the most high-risk high-reward research on brain disease.

Since 1992, we have been awarding grants in every area of brain disease, investing more than $33 million in research and granting scholarships and funding to more than 270 researchers to date. 86% of our researchers go on to secure funding from the NIH and other national funders and have lifelong research careers.