Open Call: American Brain Foundation – Next Generation Research Awards

Aug 4, 2025 | Awards & Funding, Research

To: All Science Faculty & Researchers
From: Office of Foundation Relations
Subject: Funding Opportunity

The Office of Foundations Relations is pleased to share a series of open calls for funding from the American Brain Foundation.

UCSC Contact: Samantha Forde|forde@ucsc.edu
Funder: American Brain Foundation
Program: Next Generation Research Awards
Deadline: September 9, 2025 at 3pm PT

Overview

The American Brain Foundation’s Next Generation Research Grants 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. ABF grants are administered through the American Academy of Neurology’s Research Program. Eligibility requirements and award terms are spelled out in each opportunity link.

  1. ALS (2 opportunities): Two-Year Clinical Research Training Scholarship;Three-Year Clinician-Scientist Development Award
  2. Alzheimer’s Disease
  3. Cognitive Aging
  4. Epilepsy
  5. FTD
  6. Lewy Body Diseases
  7. Mal de Débarquement Syndrome and Central Vestibular Disorder
  8. Multiple Sclerosis
  9. Myasthenia Gravis
  10. Parkinson’s Disease
  11. Peripheral Neuropathy
  12. Stroke

Meet the Class of 2025

Timeline

  • September 9, 2025 Applications due
  • February 2026 Anticipated Award Announcement
  • July 1, 2026 Anticipated Funding Start

Special Instructions

Please notify the Office of Foundation Relations if you are interested in applying to this opportunity (fr@ucsc.edu). Please submit a proposal intake form prior to UCSC’s internal Institutional Deadlines. For support in developing your proposal, please contact the Research Development Specialist assigned to your unit or send a request to resdev@ucsc.edu.

Call sent: August 1, 2025


The Office of Foundation Relations is a unit of University Advancement. The FR team creates and maintains mutually beneficial, long-term relationships with private organizations, matching grant initiatives with educational and research programs and centers. FR supports faculty and staff to identify and approach these and other private foundations for funding, to assist in strategic positioning of the grant application, and to facilitate funder campus visits. For a list of recent funding opportunities, please visit the FR website: FR Calls for Funding.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact forde@ucsc.edu