Focused Ultrasound Foundation Receives $1M Challenge Grant

The Focused Ultrasound Foundation (FUF) is the recipient of a $1 million unrestricted challenge grant matching the first $1 million of 2015 donations it receives in 2015. The organization, headquartered in Charlottesville, VA, is the leading non-governmental funding source in the world for focused ultrasound research.

To date, FUF has sponsored 76 research projects in 10 countries on a range of neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, and stroke as well as uterine fibroids and cancer. The organization reports that its investment of $4.8 million in projects that have been completed resulted in more than $22 million in subsequent funding from government agencies, industry, and other philanthropies.>

More information about the organization can be accessed here.