FNIH, Renée Fleming, Mickey Hart and Jim Weiss Launch Neuroscience Initiative, Music as Medicine
New Program Will Fund Research into Music’s Effects on the Brain
The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) today launches the Music as Medicine Neuroscience Research Initiative, in partnership with the Renée Fleming Foundation, Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead, and Jim Weiss of Real Chemistry, to support outstanding scientists examining the connections between neuroscience and music. The grants, of $100,000 each, will fund research into music-based therapies with potential to advance the health and well-being of people living with conditions such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, stroke and depression.
“Music, rhythm and movement have powerful psychological and emotional resonance for people,” said Julie Gerberding, MD, MPH, President and CEO of FNIH. “This program will deepen the scientific understanding of how music and music therapy can affect the brain and be leveraged to improve patient care.”
The research grants will fund scientists with innovative proposals in the following areas:
