Helping to launch research careers

Next Generation Research Grants

The American Brain Foundation’s Next Generation Research Grants fund and support innovative investigations by the best and brightest early-career researchers. Funding research across a broad spectrum of the brain is our best hope for finding better treatments, prevention, and cures for brain diseases and disorders. With the support of our donors, we’re helping to launch long-term careers for the next generation of clinical neuroscience researchers so that one day we can all enjoy life without brain disease.

Want to learn more about these research projects? Join us for a free webinar on Tuesday, September 19 at 8 p.m. ET to meet our 2023 researchers and hear how their findings will lead to new preventions, treatments, and cures across the full spectrum of brain diseases and disorders. Register today!

Impact of Next Generation Research Grants

The American Brain Foundation was founded to bring researchers and donors together in the fight against brain disease. Our Next Generation Research Grants have provided millions of dollars to fund the innovative research of early-career investigators, encouraging passion for research and laying the groundwork for future success.

Meet the Class of 2023

Next Generation Research Grant Recipients

Marina Avetisyan, MD, PhD

ALS

Maurizio Grassano, MD

ALS

Eva Klinman, MD, PhD

Cognitive Aging And Age-Related Memory Loss

Sheena Baratono, MD, PhD

Cognitive Aging And Age-Related Memory Loss

Wesley Kerr, MD, PhD

Epilepsy

Tanav Popli, MD

FTD

Patricia Olson, MD

Migraine

Danwei Wu, MD

Multiple Sclerosis

Dominique Popescu, PhD

Neurodisparities

Natalie Katz, MD, PhD

Neuromuscular Disease

Robert Heuermann, MD, PhD

Parkinson’s Disease

Erika Williams, MD, PhD

Peripheral Neuropathy

Paula Barreras, MD

Peripheral Neuropathy

Margy McCullough-Hicks, MD

Stroke

Meet Our Past Researchers

Each year, the American Brain Foundation supports researchers across the whole spectrum of brain disease. Learn more about the researchers, projects and brain diseases from previous years below.

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Research Partners

American Academy of Neurology – Our Founder & Research Partner

Alexion

The ALS Association

Alzheimer’s Association

American Epilepsy Society

American Heart Association

Amgen Inc.

Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration

CReATe Consortium

Eisai Inc.

Epilepsy Foundation

The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy

Hearst Foundations

The Mary E. Groff Charitable Trust

McKnight Brain Research Foundation

MdDS Foundation

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America

Muscle Study Group

Muscular Dystrophy Association

Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America

National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Parkinson’s Foundation

Tourette Association of America