Category: Events

Brain Research Foundation’s biggest fundraising event of the year is the Annual Discovery Dinner. During the event, the Brain Research Foundation awards the Frederic Gibbs Discovery Award for Philanthropic Leadership. Dr. Frederic Gibbs helped found the Brain Research Foundation in 1953. Th...

The Young Leadership Board’s annual event is the “Let’s Put Our Heads Together” Fundraiser. The concept for the event came from three siblings and their family’s experience with brain injury. Lauren Shapiro Mandel, Joe Shapiro, and Jonathan Shapiro were significantly...

Neuroscience Day is an annual event sponsored by the Brain Research Foundation that introduces new, exciting research through poster presentations and lectures.

Held annually since 1996, Brain Awareness Week is sponsored by the Society for Neuroscience, the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, and more than 1,200 other health and advocacy groups. Throughout the week, educational activities such as lectures and exhibits are conducted across North America ...

During the spring and summertime, Brain Research Foundation invites everyone to join the foundation in supporting promising neuroscience research while cheering on the Chicago White Sox at one of their home games!

“Rockin’ on the River” is one of Brain Research Foundation’s annual fundraisers. Spend a Chicago summer evening on the iconic Chicago riverside with cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and great music. All proceeds from ticket sales, raffles and silent auctions go towards fund...

Being at the forefront of neuroscience research allows the Brain Research Foundation to host a series of lectures discussing the most innovative and breakthrough discoveries in neuroscience.

Over four hundred of Chicago’s Real Estate Professionals attended the Brain Research Foundation’s Real Estate Mingle, which featured rare cars, rare liquors, and cigars. The event was thoughtfully conceived of and was hosted by Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty, and celebra...