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Brain Research Foundation

Brain Research Foundation – Fact Sheet

Brain Research Foundation (BRF) is leading the future of brain research. Since 1953, BRF has served as a nonprofit organization dedicated to making a dramatic difference in the lives of children, adolescents and adults devastated by neurological disorders.

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Annual Discovery Dinner

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...

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“Let’s Put Our Heads Together” Fundraiser

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...

Brain Research Foundation Addressing The Opiod Crisis

Addressing the Opioid Crisis

The U.S. is in the midst of an opioid epidemic. Brain Research Foundation is trying to help by supporting grants that will reduce opioid relapse. The BRF has been funding innovative research for almost seventy years. However, in 2018 the foundation decided to invest in a new challenge, the Opioid...

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Neuroscience Day

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

2017 Discovery Dinner

Celebrating our 2017 Discovery Dinner, this video highlights the momentum and essential work of the Brain Research Foundation over the past six decades and into the future. Momentum is building in the field of Neuroscience, innovative scientists, innovative technology, and transformative research...

BRF – Funding innovation today, for a better tomorrow.

This video highlights the important work of the Brain Research Foundation over the past six decades, and into the future. Generous people support the BRF today because they want a better tomorrow for people affected by brain disorders.  The Anderson family experienced a traumatic event a few...

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