Grants Database

The International Neuroethics Society (INS) is a nonprofit membership group that aims to encourage and inspire research and dialogue on the responsible use of advances in brain science. The Foundation is sponsoring part of the Society’s operating budget for 2023.

The Flaschner Judicial Institute and the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior (CLBB) created a pilot judicial education program for state court judges in Massachusetts focusing on topics in neuroscience.

BrainMind is a nonprofit platform and private community of scientists, entrepreneurs, investors, philanthropists, and policymakers collaborating to accelerate neuroscience research and entrepreneurship to most benefit humanity. The Foundation is providing support for organizing the first BrainMind Neuroethics Summit, including a series of pre-summit stakeholder meetings.

This grant supported a series of public virtual events, to explore how neurodevelopment shapes every stage of our lives, and a workshop for professionals, to create deeper engagement opportunities for them to apply relevant neuroscience findings to their work.

This grant supports a pilot collaboration for six monthly Dana Discovery Dialogues bringing together diverse speakers on neuroscience and society topics, and a Dana Discovery Roundtable, for journalists who cover neuroscience and society topics, to help the Foundation better understand the needs of journalists who report on this field.

This grant supports a series of seminars convened by the AAAS for state, federal, and administrative law court judges on emerging Issues in neuroscience to provide opportunities for judges, court staff, and attorneys to better understand the role neuroscience is playing, and may play, in making legal determinations in the courts.