Sponsors

The Center for Learning and Memory was founded in 1994 with a grant from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation and has, for the last six years, received major support from the Riken Brain Science Institute in Saitama, Japan.

In 2002, thanks to a very generous gift from the Picower Foundation, the Center was renamed as "The Picower Center for Learning and Memory" and was expanded to thirteen research groups with a total staff of nearly 200. The Picower gift has also made it possible to erect a new building, with state-of-the art facilities, scheduled to open later this year. This building will provide space for expansion as well as for our current programs.

The National Institutes of Health provide widespread support for individual research projects, postdoctoral fellowship and student support as well as for a program project supporting six of the Institute's faculty. Three of our faculty are supported by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and many of our faculty have received awards from private foundations.

For more information on the Institute's programs, or sponsorship opportunities, please contact the Office of the Director (617-324-7003, mbear@mit.edu) or the Office of the Assistant Director (617-452-3342, jkorch@mit.edu).