McGovern Institute for Brain Research

Research institute within Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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McGovern Institute for Brain Research

Established	February 28, 2000; 20 years ago (2000-02-28)
Field of research	Neuroscience
Director	Robert Desimone
Address	43 Vassar Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 USA
Location	Cambridge, Massachusetts
Operating agency	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Website	mcgovern.mit.edu

The McGovern Institute for Brain Research is a research institute within MIT. Its mission is to understand how the brain works and to discover new ways to prevent or treat brain disorders. The institute was founded in 2000 by Patrick McGovern and Lore Harp McGovern with a gift to MIT that is expected to total $350M over 20 years.^[1]

^ "Patrick J. McGovern, Jr., Lore Harp McGovern commit $350 million to MIT to establish Institute for Brain Research". MIT News. Retrieved October 17, 2019.

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McGovern Institute for Brain Research
Research institute within Massachusetts Institute of Technology