Corporate and Foundation Giving

SfN Annual Meeting
Bring valuable education and recognition opportunities to the neuroscience community by supporting lectures, events, and awards. Program supporters are acknowledged publicly to increase brand promotion and exposure at the world's largest gathering of neuroscientists.
Contact development@sfn.org to reserve your program support.
Global and Online Programs
Foundations and philanthropists collaborate with SfN on a wide range of initiatives to support professional development, training, and public education and outreach. For example:
- The Dana Foundation provided $150,000 to support the Leadership Development Program.
- The Kavli Foundation, the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, the Wellcome Trust, the Stanley Center, and Lundbeck Foundation have provided funding totaling more than $2.6 million in philanthropic support to fund BrainFacts.org.
- The Grass Foundation provided $525,000 to support the Latin America Training Program.
- The Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Foundation provided an $180,000 grant to support the Engaging the Public in Animals in Research project.
Contact development@sfn.org for more information on global and online programs.
Current and Recent Supporters
SfN sincerely appreciates the support from the following partners:
Amgen: Trainee Professional Development Awards
Bernice Grafstein, PhD: Bernice Grafstein Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Mentoring
Biogen: Trainee Professional Development Awards
BRAIN Initiative Alliance: BrainFacts.org
Burroughs Wellcome Fund: Trainee Professional Development Awards
The Dana Foundation: Science Educator Award
David Kopf Instruments: David Kopf Lecture on Neuroethics
Eli Lilly & Company Foundation: Julius Axelrod Prize
Elsevier: Dialogues Between Neuroscience and Society Lecture
eNeuro: International Fellows, Diversity Fellows, and Trainee Professional Development Awardee Poster Sessions
The Gatsby Charitable Foundation: BrainFacts.org
The Grass Foundation: Albert and Ellen Grass Lecture, Donald B. Lindsley Prize in Behavioral Neuroscience, and Latin American Training Program
The Gruber Foundation: Peter and Patricia Gruber International Research Awards in Neuroscience and the Peter and Patricia Gruber Lecture
Janssen Research and Development, LLC: Presidential Special Lecture
John Simpson, PhD: Latin American Training Program Challenge Grant and JNS Professional Development Awards
JNeuroSci: International Fellows, Diversity Fellows, and Trainee Professional Development Awardee Poster Sessions
The Kavli Foundation: BrainFacts.org
Lilly USA, LLC: Trainee Professional Development Awards and Short Course
Lundbeck Foundation/The Brain Prize: BrainFacts.org
MilliporeSigma: Meet-the-Expert Series
Nancy Rutledge Zahniser Fund: Trainee Professional Development Awards
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health: Neurobiology of Disease Workshop
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: Neurobiology of Disease Workshop
National Institute on Drug Abuse: Training Modules to Enhance Data Reproducibility
National Institute of Neurological Disorders: Neurobiology of Disease Workshop and Neuroscience Scholars Program
National Primate Research Centers: Animals in Research Panel
The Nemko Family: Nemko Prize in Cellular or Molecular Neuroscience
NeuroLux: Meet-the-Expert Series
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research: Trainee Professional Development Awards
Sanofi: Trainee Professional Development Awards
Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at Broad Institute: BrainFacts.org
Sunovion: Young Investigator Award
The Swartz Foundation: Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience
Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute: Presidential Special Lecture
The Trubatch Family: Janett Rosenberg Trubatch Career Development Awards
The Waletzky Award Prize Fund and the Waletzky Family: Jacob P. Waletzky Award
The Wellcome Trust: BrainFacts.org
Thorlabs: Meet-the-Experts Series