Our Mission
The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation is committed to alleviating the suffering caused by mental illness by awarding grants that will lead to advances and breakthroughs in scientific research.
Key Figures

100% of every dollar donated for research is invested in our research grants. Our operating expenses are covered by separate foundation grants.

The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation is the nation’s top non-governmental funder of mental health research grants.*
* Source: Rand Corporation

More than 5,400 scientists in more than 599 institutions around the world have received our Grants.
About Background Block

What We Fund
- Our model encourages new and innovative research in that we are able to support new ideas from bottom up generated by scientists.
- Examples include the early support for optogenetics, deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant depression, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and rapid-acting antidepressants.
- Examples include the early support for optogenetics, deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant depression, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and rapid-acting antidepressants.
- Each of these important breakthroughs received initial key support from grants provided by the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation.
- 100% of every dollar donated for research is invested in our research grants. Our operating expenses are covered by separate foundation grants.
How We Do It
The Foundation funds the most innovative ideas in neuroscience and psychiatry to better understand the causes and develop new ways to treat brain and behavior disorders.
These illnesses include
- addiction
- attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- anxiety
- autism
- bipolar disorder
- borderline personality disorder (BPD)
- depression
- eating disorders
- obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
- post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- schizophrenia