View and/or download a snapshot of the Initiative’s progress (PDF, 542 KB). While the goals are profoundly ambitious, the time is right to inspire a new generation of neuroscientists to undertake the most groundbreaking approach ever contemplated to understanding how the brain works, and how disease occurs.
Private partners are also committed to ensuring success through investment in the BRAIN Initiative.įive years ago a project such as this would have been considered impossible. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA). Therefore, NIH is working in close collaboration with other government agencies, including the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), National Science Foundation (NSF), the U.S. Of course, a goal this audacious will require ideas from the best scientists and engineers across many diverse disciplines and sectors. Their report, BRAIN 2025: A Scientific Vision, released in June 2014 and enthusiastically endorsed by the ACD, articulated the scientific goals of the BRAIN Initiative and developed a multi-year scientific plan for achieving these goals, including timetables, milestones, and cost estimates. William Newsome (Stanford University) sought broad input from the scientific community, patient advocates, and the general public. Cornelia “Cori” Bargmann (The Rockefeller University) and Dr. Therefore, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) established a high level working group of the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director (ACD) to help shape this new initiative. Given the ambitious scope of this pioneering endeavor, it was vital that planning be informed by a wide range of expertise and experience.
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