The BRAIN Initiative® Conference


The BRAIN Initiative® Conference, previously known as The BRAIN Initiative® Meeting, convenes BRAIN Initiative awardees, staff, and leadership from the contributing federal agencies (NIH, NSF, DARPA, IARPA, and FDA), plus representatives and investigators from participating non-federal organizations, and members of the media, public, and Congress. The purpose of this open meeting is to continue to build the BRAIN community and provide a forum for discussing exciting scientific developments and potential new directions, and to identify areas for collaboration and research coordination.


The 10th Annual BRAIN Initiative Conference

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Dates: June 16 – 18, 2024

Meeting Type: Hybrid Event – in-person & virtual attendance 

Location: Bethesda, MD

Symposia Proposal Submission Open: Monday, October 16 – Monday, November 20, 2023

“This is a new culture bridging physicists, engineers, biologists, chemists . . . with a big emphasis on showing new results and discoveries.”  – Dr. Cornelia Bargmann (Rockefeller University)


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