Seed Grant Guidelines and Institutional Eligibility
The 2025 Seed Grant Letter of Intent round will open on Thursday, September 5th at 3:00 pm. CT.
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.
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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