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
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.
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