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Membership

The American Brain Coalition (ABC) was founded to bring together individual entities to enhance our collective ability to accelerate research that will provide better treatments and cures. These partnerships are critical to empower patients and facilitate brain research.

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ABC is uniquely positioned to act as a forum for patient advocacy groups, professional nonprofit organizations, corporations, academic institutions, and government agencies, to encourage the development of coordinated activities on a shared agenda. In representation of our diverse membership, we provide a united voice on policy issues that affect our communities. We invite you to work alongside our other member organizations to shape the ABC’s focus and activities.

MEMBER VALUE

Advocacy Education

ABC provides a unified voice and works to ensure that legislative and regulatory policy which will ultimately benefit all of those interested in patient care and research related to brain disorders and diseases has widespread support.

 

ABC tracks legislation and agency activity and provides timely updates to ABC members.

 

We also inform members of opportunities to weigh on issues that affect your community.

 

ABC offers access to an online legislative software program to make writing letters to Members of Congress easy and efficient.

 

ABC works with member organizations to identify representatives of the patient and research scientist perspectives to speak at Congressional Neuroscience Caucus briefings on Capitol Hill and other brain education activities.

 

ABC regularly provides statements and letters of support of or opposition to legislative bills, which ABC members are invited to sign onto.

 

ABC is a distinguished member of the BRAIN Initiative Alliance, representing the ABC’s membership by advocating for the BRAIN Initiative, and educating Congress and the public on BRAIN.

Member Engagement and Outreach

ABC members have access to and opportunities for including information in ABC eNews & Update. This electronic newsletter highlights ABC events; capitol hill news and updates related to health and the brain; government agency news, blogs, and press releases; members news and events; links to member newsletters; career opportunities from ABC members; research funding, proposal, and award nominations opportunities; and ABC's community calendar of events.

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ABC offers educational webinars to our members and affiliates on a wide range of topics that are of interest to the brain disease community. This format allows us to reach hundreds of individuals and easily provide education to our members. It also allows our members to participating in real time, which will allow them to ask questions of the panelists or listen when it’s convenient for them since our webinars are archived. 

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ABC offers a number of links to ways ABC members can help make a difference in brain research including: All of Us Research; Brain Donor Project; Intuition Study; Mental Health American initiative; and Open Science Week.

ABC offers a number of resources on our web site available to members:

  • Neuroscience in the Midst of COVID-19

  • Congressional Neuroscience Caucus Briefings

  • Research findings

  • Resources

  • Hill updates

  • Research and funding opportunities

  • Awareness Calendar – compiled list of events broken out by month

  • Calendar of Events – including member meetings, conferences, webinars, and symposiums

  • Research & Submission Opportunities – various funding and abstract submissions opportunities available to our member, particularly from alternate funding resources

  • Career & Internship Opportunities – job openings and internships opportunities of ABC member organizations

 

Other Resource pages:

  • Brain Awareness Week

  • Diversity Resources

  • Ethical Use of Animals in Research

  • Mental Health Resources

Every ABC member who is active on social media (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X- formerlyTwitter) is linked from the ABC’s sites – the ABC re-posts all events and activities on our members, as well as highlights different ABC members each week.

 

ABC members are eligible and encouraged to attend ABC membership meetings and vote on organizational leadership.

 

ABC membership provides networking opportunities among its diverse membership of patient, family, researcher, and clinician organizations.

Nonprofit Members

Brain-related advocacy organizations representing patients and families, joined with professional scientific and clinical organizations, constitute the nonprofit member category.

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