President Obama Launches the “BRAIN” Initiative

President Barack Obama is introduced by Dr. Francis Collins, Director, National Institutes of Health, at the BRAIN Initiative event in the East Room of the White House, April 2, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)

Today in the East Room of the White House, President Obama launched the Administration’s BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Initiative—a bold new research effort to unlock mysteries of the human mind and advance the President’s vision for creating jobs and building a thriving middle class by investing in R&D and Innovation.

Learn more:

• White House Blog on the BRAIN Initiative
• Fact Sheet about the BRAIN Initiative
• Infographic about the BRAIN Initiative
• Remarks by the President about the BRAIN Initiative
• Full video of the President’s Remarks on the BRAIN Initiative
• “On the Clock” video with NIH Director Francis Collins
• "Open for Questions" video with NIH, DARPA, and OSTP
• NIH BRAIN webpage
• NSF BRAIN annoucement
• DARPA BRAIN annoucement