Thank you to our partners at the American Brain Foundation!
June 16, 2026
Teamwork is essential when it comes to supporting brain research—so partnerships play a crucial role in supporting many of the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Research Program’s grants. We’re excited to share an update on how our partner and Legacy Supporter, the American Brain Foundation, is working toward its vision of life without brain disease.
Next Generation Research Grants
The American Brain Foundation’s aim to fund and support innovative investigations by the best and brightest early-career researchers, promoting research across a broad spectrum of the brain.
The Foundation is funding 14 new Next Generation Research Grant recipients in 2026, all of whom will receive funding for at least two years. Research areas include ALS, cognitive aging, frontotemporal dementia, stroke, Lewy body dementia, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, peripheral neuropathy, Parkinson’s disease, myasthenia gravis, and epilepsy.
“Researchers are leveraging cutting-edge experimental, computational, and clinical approaches—including multi-omics, advanced imaging, gene editing, and machine learning—to uncover disease mechanisms and therapeutic targets,” said Michelle Heritage, American Brain Foundation Executive Director. “We’re proud to help launch long-term careers for the next generation of clinical neuroscientists so that one day we can all enjoy life without brain disease.”
Funding partners for these grants include the McKnight Brain Research Foundation, The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy, The ALS Association, the Herbert R. Mayer and Jeanne C. Mayer Foundation, the Parkinson’s Foundation, the American Heart Association, the Holloway Family Fund of the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration, the Alzheimer’s Association, the American Epilepsy Society, the Epilepsy Foundation, and the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America.
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