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| Established | February 28, 2000 |
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Field of research | Neuroscience |
| Director | Robert Desimone |
| Address | 43 Vassar Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 USA |
| Location | Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Operating agency | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Website | mcgovern |
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..