Alexander Forbes

As one of the founding Trustees of the Grass Foundation he endowed that organization with a love for the adventure of new ideas, a priority for assisting young investigators, and a program focus to direct its resources to the growth of neurophysiology. Because he was a life-long neighbor of MBL and collaborator and friend of many of the early MBL community, the Grass Foundation has named these two annual lectures as an on-going memorial.

Albert & Ellen Grass

Albert and Ellen Grass in 1955, the year that The Grass Foundation was formed. This picture was copied from a newspaper article entitled “Doctors Told of Findings by Quincy ‘Brain’ Machine” in the Quincy Patriot Ledger, Saturday, October 8, 1955.

Original Trustees

Four of the original Trustees of The Grass Foundation. From left to right: Albert Grass, Frederic Gibbs, Ellen Grass, Robert Morison, and Erna Gibbs (not a Trustee) at the III International Congress of Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology held in Boston from August 17–21, 1953.

Ricardo Miledi & Albert Grass

Albert Grass and Ricardo Miledi in 1990 at Woods Hole, Massachusetts when Miledi was a Forbes Lecturer for the second time.

Ricardo Miledi & Albert Grass

1955 at the Marine Biological Laboratory when Miledi was a Grass Fellow
  • The 2012 Grass Fellowship Program starts on May 28!  If you are not part of this group, consider applying on Dec 5, 2012. Application materials will be posted in June!

About Us

The Grass Foundation is a small, not-for-profit, private foundation chartered to support research and education in neuroscience.

The hallmark program of The Grass Foundation is the Grass Fellowship Program at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. This program provides a first opportunity for neuroscientists during late stages of predoctoral training or during postdoctoral years to conduct independent research for scientific discovery on their own at the MBL each summer. While sharing the Grass Laboratory, Fellows function as an intellectual and social group within the MBL community. The number of fellowships awarded varies annually. The Application deadline for the summer of 2012 has now passed, but be prepared for a similar program in 2013 with a deadline of Dec 5, 2012!

The Foundation has announced a new Grass Fellowship in Advanced Imaging. This 2-4 week fellowship is open at all academic levels. The deadline for applications has now past. Stay tuned for a new RFA relating to this program by the Fall of 2012.

Additional programs supported by The Grass Foundation include the Robert S. Morison Fellowship, The Grass-MBL Faculty Grant Program, the Ricardo Miledi Program for Neuroscience Training, several neuroscience courses at the MBL, and yearly funding of a few lectureships and prizes. Please see our Program Grants section for more information.

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