IBRO Brain Campaign



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European Dana Alliance for the Brain

Dana Foundation

Society for Neuroscience

Federation of European Neuroscience Societies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Programme
The Brain Campaign is a joint venture between IBRO (the International Brain Research Organization), DABI (the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives), SfN (the Society for Neuroscience), EDAB (the European Dana Alliance for the Brain) and FENS (the Federation of European Neuroscience Associations). Increasing public awareness world wide in regard to the contributions made by brain research and its application to human diseases is its primary goal.
4/8/2009 8:03:52 AM
Brain Awareness Week funds 2010 awarded
The Brain Campaign awards funds to 26 projects from Australia to Zimbabwe. Click here to see the entire list and read the reports.
5/13/2010 11:39:47 AM
Reports
Month-long Brain Campaign in Kathmandu generated much interest and dispelled myths
4/15/2010 -> 5/15/2010
From April 15 to May 15, 2010, a brain campaign supported by IBRO was conducted in four schools in Kathmandu, Nepal.
8/17/2010 9:16:58 AM
Brain Awarness Week in Osogbo, Nigeria, reached large and varied audiences
3/15/2010 -> 3/16/2010

A series of events - including lectures, an essay contest and a quiz - were organised by the neurology unit of the department of medicine of the College of Health Sciences of LAUTECH Osogbo on March 15 and 16, 2010. About 256 participants were in attendance, including secondary school students; medical, nursing and medical laboratory students; and interns and resident staff of the teaching hospital.

8/13/2010 8:48:01 AM
Brain Awareness Week in Zaria, Nigeria, focused on “Epilepsy and Neuroscience”
4/28/2010 -> 4/29/2010
More than 500 people from the area attended the lectures and exhibitions during Brain Awareness Week in Zaria, Nigeria, successfully helping to expand relations between Ahmadu Bello University and the community, especially with the school children. In one village, the organizers campaigned against the stigmatization of people with epilepsy.
5/28/2010 11:16:05 AM
Sleep and Health were topics of BAW held in Nigeria
3/18/2010
The brain awareness week (BAW), organized by the Ile-Ife Chapter (SFN), drew 255 participants. The theme of the program was SLEEP and HEALTH and sub-theme on epilepsy (drama by Nursery and Primary Pupils).
5/25/2010 7:45:05 AM
Your Brain, Your Power - Increasing Awareness in Nigeria
3/15/2010 -> 3/21/2010

The events for the week were organised to enlighten people about the various functions of the brain. It encouraged participants to engage in activities that stimulate and develop their brains and to avoid drug abuse because it is harmful to not only their bodies, but their brains as well.
5/19/2010 9:54:15 AM
Brain Awareness Week 2010 in Turkey included a Pre-School Program
2/24/2010 -> 4/7/2010

The children played with 3D brain models and made their own brain models with colored play dough.
4/24/2010 11:36:14 AM
Pavan Mahbubani, from Westmoreland School wins Grenada Brain Bee 2010
3/20/2010



After a heated session of acute competition, the National winner in Grenada was Pavan Mahbubani, from Westmoreland School, Tempe, St. George’s.
4/24/2010 11:01:20 AM
Brain Awareness Week 2010 in Australia
3/21/2010

Who am I?

A collection of fixed brains from a range of species (sheep, guinea pig, rat, mouse, fat-tailed dunnart, lizard, goldfish, seahorse) was presented with posters highlighting similarities and differences. Brain shape and size were discussed with children in simple evolutionary and ecological contexts.

Just one of the many activities held during Brain Awareness Week.

4/24/2010 12:03:00 PM
Grants
Brain Campaign Funding Call for Applications
The Brain Campaign invites applications for grants to groups in developing countries holding public education events on the brain.
1/26/2010 2:04:56 AM
How to Organize a Public Education Event about the Brain
Each year hundreds of brain education events are organized around the world. Here are a few examples to set you thinking.
1/12/2010 5:08:16 AM
Links to resources for public education about the brain
All kinds of educational resources on the brain.
6/10/2010 8:41:42 AM
 
Documents
"Neuroscience: Science of the Brain"
Download the public education booklet about the brain.  Thanks to all the IBRO volunteers who have participated in our translation project, the booklet is now available in many different languages.
2/16/2010 10:46:50 AM
How to Make a Translation of "Neuroscience: Science of the Brain"
If you think that your work as a public educator would benefit from a version in a language that is not listed here, we would like to know. 
5/16/2009 6:54:03 AM
 
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a multilingual book on the brain
You can download this booklet in any of the languages listed below:
Arabic
Armenian
Chinese
Croatian
English
Farsi
French
German
Greek
Hindi
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Serbian
Slovene
Spanish
Swahili
Turkish
Thai
 

 

 
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