Brain Awareness Week

Brain Awareness Week is a global campaign to foster public enthusiasm and support for brain science. Every March, partners host imaginative activities in their communities that share the wonders of the brain and the impact brain science has on our everyday lives.

Brain Awareness Week (BAW) is facilitated by UF graduate and undergraduate students who belong to the North Central Florida Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience. Throughout the week, chapter members visit public and private schools leading interactive games and hands-on demonstrations.

Coordinated by the Dana Foundation, a private philanthropic organization that supports brain research, Brain Awareness Week is celebrated in March by more than 5,600 partners in 120 countries. The goal of Brain Awareness Week is to raise public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research.

Brain Awareness Week 2025

Brain Awareness Week will take place March 24-28th, 2025 throughout the Alachua County Public School System. We invite undergraduate and graduate students, technicians/staff, postdocs, and faculty to lead participating classrooms in interactive lessons and activities. The lessons we have planned will incorporate age-appropriate brain information with an accompanying activity. These include making pipe cleaner neurons or brain hats for the younger students or 5 brain tricks and the 5 senses and a neuroanatomy activity for the older students.

We are also teaming up with the UF BRAIN Center this year to promote brain safety and the importance of wearing a helmet.

An early interest form has been released and is linked below for those who wish to volunteer.

Highlights

NCF SfN 2024-25

Outreach Events

1. Feb 07

   1. 15th Annual NCF SfN Conference

      Health Professions, Nursing, Pharmacy Building, Gainesville, FL 32603, USA

      9:00am to 4:30pm

2. Feb 08

   1. Girls Do Science

      Florida Museum, 3215 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA

      9:00am to 1:00pm

3. Mar 24

   1. Brain Awareness Week 2025

      Alachua County, FL, USA

      All Day

4. Mar 25

   1. Brain Awareness Week 2025

      Alachua County, FL, USA

      All Day

5. Mar 26

   1. Brain Awareness Week 2025

      Alachua County, FL, USA

      All Day

NCF SfN Outreach Events

Brain Awareness Week

March 24-28, 2025

Interested in helping educate local K-12 students about the brain?