The Foundation supported the NAS 2021 consensus study on legalities, regulations, and ethics of brain research using neuro-chimeras and organoids to enable study of neurodevelopmental disorders, brain infections and diseases, and potential treatments. The consensus study is of value to ongoing deliberations by federal grant agencies, private sector funders, and regulators on guidelines for this line of research.

The National Academy of Sciences is a private not-for-profit society of distinguished scholars charged with providing independent, objective advice to the nation on matters related to science and technology.