Seed Grant Guidelines and Institutional Eligibility
The 2026 Seed Grant Letter of Intent round will open on Thursday, September 5, 2025.
If your institution did not receive an invitation directly from BRF via e-mail, then you are not eligible to apply. To learn more about institutional eligibility and our application guidelines, click below.
INSTITUTIONAL ELEGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
The BRF Seed Grant program awards start-up funding for neuroscience research.
We are committed to funding research into all areas of the brain, whether cognitive, neurodegenerative, related to learning and development or diseases.
You can view some of the studies and research we have funded below.
Seed Grants Archive
In Vivo and Ex Vivo Dissection of Midbrain Neuron Activity During Exercise
Deciphering the Neuropeptide Circuitry of Emotional Arousal in Narcolepsy
Attention Mechanisms Contributing to Auditory Spatial Processing. Elucidating the Fates and Functions of Lactate in the Brain
Deciphering the Neural Circuitry of Nausea
Synapses in the Periphery: Uncovering Molecular Connections Between Nerves and Organs Neuronal Vulnerability to Heterochromatin Dysregulation in Development
Apply for a Seed Grant
To be eligible for this $80,000 two-year grant program, your institution must receive an invitation from Brain Research Foundation to nominate one faculty member to submit a letter of intent. The Principal Investigator (PI) must be a full-time assistant or associate professor working in the field of neuroscience.
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