by championing cognitive aging research
The McKnight Brain Research Foundation strives to better understand and alleviate age-related cognitive decline and memory loss to help people age successfully and maintain their brain health.
Cognitive health by the numbers
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of people 65 and older develop Alzheimers disease
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of people 65 and older may experience cognitive changes due to the normal aging process
Learning More About Brain-Related Diseases
Be Part of the Solution
MindCrowd is a collaborative effort to learn more about brain-related diseases. By participating, you can help make real progress in the effort to better understand and treat Alzheimer's disease and other brain-related diseases.
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Learn More About Cognitive Aging
Apply Now for the 2021 McKnight Scholarships
The application period for the 2021 McKnight Clinical Translational Research Scholarship in Cognitive Aging and Age-Related Memory Loss Scholarships is officially open!
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The McKnight Brain Institutes
An important goal of the Foundation is to foster cross-discipline, productive collaboration among top brain health scientists from across the country in order to better understand and alleviate age-related cognitive decline and memory loss. In commitment to that goal, the Foundation has established three Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institutes at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the University of Arizona and the University of Miami and the Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute at the University of Florida.
