{{Short description|US non-profit organization}} {{primary sources|date=May 2019}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox organization | name = Brain & Behavior Research Foundation | formation = {{start date and age|1987}} | logo = Brain Behavior Research Foundation logo.png | abbreviation = BBRF | former_name = National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia & Depression | headquarters = 747 3rd Avenue, 33rd Floor, New York City | fields = Neurology, Psychiatry | website = {{URL|https://bbrfoundation.org/}} }} The '''Brain & Behavior Research Foundation''' ('''BBRF''') is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that funds mental health research. It was originally called the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia & Depression, or NARSAD. It received its nonprofit ruling in 1981.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (formerly NARSAD) |url=https://www.guidestar.org/profile/31-1020010 |publisher=GuideStar Profile |access-date=15 June 2018 |language=en |archive-date=July 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240726181014/https://www.guidestar.org/profile/31-1020010 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="CW">{{cite web |title=Brain & Behavior Research Foundation |url=https://www.charitywatch.org/ratings-and-metrics/brain-behavior-research-foundation/468 |publisher=CharityWatch |access-date=15 June 2018}}</ref>
== Mission and work == BBRF states that it is "committed to alleviating the suffering caused by mental illness by awarding grants that will lead to advances and breakthroughs in scientific research."<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url = https://www.bbrfoundation.org/about|title = About Us|date = 18 November 2016|access-date = September 4, 2020|archive-date = July 26, 2024|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240726180945/https://bbrfoundation.org/about|url-status = live}}</ref> The Foundation focuses its research grants in the following areas: addiction, ADHD, anxiety, autism, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, depression, eating disorders, OCD, PTSD, and schizophrenia. Grant applications (943 in 2019), are assessed by the BBRF Scientific Council. This is a group of 187 prominent mental health researchers, led by Herbert Pardes, M.D., who review each grant application and select those deemed most likely to lead to breakthroughs. A total of 150 Young Investigator grants were made in 2022.<ref>[https://www.bbrfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2019-bbrf-annual-report.pdf 2019 Annual report] bbrfoundation.org p. 19 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019231213/https://www.bbrfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2019-bbrf-annual-report.pdf |date=October 19, 2020 }}</ref>
== Research funding awarded == From its inception in 1987 through calendar year 2022, BBRF has awarded over $440 million<ref name="auto"/> to fund more than 6,400 grants to more than 5,300 scientists around the world.<ref>[https://www.bbrfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2019-bbrf-annual-report.pdf 2019 Annual report] bbrfoundation.org p. 4 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019231213/https://www.bbrfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2019-bbrf-annual-report.pdf |date=October 19, 2020 }}</ref> The Foundation states that 100% of every dollar donated for research goes towards research. BBRF is able to achieve this thanks to the support of two family foundations that fully cover its operating expenses.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/311020010|title=Charity Navigator - Rating for Brain & Behavior Research Foundation|website=www.charitynavigator.org|access-date=6 January 2024|archive-date=July 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240726180945/https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/311020010|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Awards== BBRF has two main prizes: the Klerman and Freedman Prizes, which are to recognize exceptional clinical or basic research into mental illness. They are awarded annually.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Creed and Other Outstanding Mental Health Researchers Honored by the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation {{!}} Office of Neuroscience Research {{!}} Washington University in St. Louis |url=https://neuroscienceresearch.wustl.edu/creed-receives-2021-freedman-prize/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=neuroscienceresearch.wustl.edu |archive-date=July 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240726180946/https://neuroscienceresearch.wustl.edu/creed-receives-2021-freedman-prize/ |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Scholia|award|Q89353811}}
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== External links == * [https://bbrfoundation.org/ Brain & Behavior Research Foundation website]
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