The Brain Foundation is dedicated to funding the next generation of Australian research into neurological disorders, diseases, and injuries, with the ultimate goal of advancing diagnoses, treatments, and patient outcomes. We are also committed to supporting those living with brain disorders through raising awareness and community education.
Brain Foundation is the largest independent, non-government funder of neurological and neuroscientific research in Australia. We support the highest quality research into a wide range of brain disorders.
Brain Foundation provides information about disorders to help family and friends understand the prognosis facing those affected. We provide guidelines to maintain a healthy brain.
1 in 6 people will be affected by brain disease and disorders in their lifetime.
YOUR SUPPORT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED
There are many ways you can help; participate in an Event, Fundraise or Donate.
Either way, your support will make a difference – now and for generations to come.
Join a community based event such as Sydney's City2Surf or get a team together and create your own fundraising campaign.
Your donation helps to advance our mission and achieve breakthroughs, in both labs and in lives.
In 2024 we awarded 15 research grants.
Congratulations to all the recipients of the 2024 Brain Foundation Research Gift awards.
Read more and watch acceptance speeches, and see all previous years’ research.
The primary objective of the Brain Foundation Research Gifts is to support individual researchers and research teams to conduct the highest quality research into brain disease and neurological disorders as well as brain and spinal injuries.
The Brain Foundation invites applications nationally for research gifts to support research projects in clinical neurosciences.
During the past ten years, the Brain Foundation has contributed over $6,000,000 to fund research by neurologists, neurosurgeons, and neuroscientists.
The Brain Foundation is dedicated to funding the next generation of Australian research into brain disorders, diseases, and injuries, with the ultimate goal of advancing diagnoses, treatments, and patient outcomes.
There is no cure without research.
In the spirit of reconciliation the Brain Foundation acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
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