The Rainwater Charitable Foundation

If you’re at @adpdnet 2026 in Copenhagen, we hope you’ll connect with our colleagues Amy Rommel and Glenn Harris. This meeting is an important forum for insights on biomarkers, drug development, and therapeutic strategies for neurodegenerative diseases. rainwatercharitablefoundation.org/medical-resear…

🧠 Primary tauopathies remain among the toughest challenges in brain health. Through 2024, we’ve invested $165M+ to advance research in this space. This Brain Awareness Week, learn more about our global partnerships and initiatives: rainwatercharitablefoundation.org/medical-resear…

Congratulations to Dr. Vijay Rangachari, named 2025 Chemist of the Year by the MS @AmerChemSociety. Dr. Rangachari was awarded a $500K grant as part of the 2025 Tauopathy Challenge Workshop for neurodegenerative disease research. usm.edu/news/2025/rele…

🎧 Inside the science behind this year’s #RainwaterPrize. Winners Drs. Dennis Dickson, (@dennis_w_d), Melissa Murray (@DrNeuroChic), and Marc Aurel Busche (@marcaurelbusche) discuss discoveries shaping tau research, from biomarkers to brain vulnerability: dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/podcast-rainwa…

Collaboration fuels progress, and we’re proud to support @AFTDHope’s FTD Diagnostic Biomarkers Initiative for a second year. Applications are being accepted through March 6 for up to $700,000 in grant funding. Learn more: theaftd.org/for-researcher…

On #RareDiseaseDay, we honor those affected by primary tauopathies like progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal degeneration & Pick’s disease. We’re advancing neurodegenerative research to drive new insights. Learn more about our efforts: rainwatercharitablefoundation.org/medical-resear…

Be a part of the future of tau research! Join the @alzassociation, @RCFNeuro and @curepsp for #Tau2026, May 14-15, 2026, in Washington, D.C., and online. Register today to collaborate and discuss key issues impacting the tau research community worldwide: alz.org/Tau.

Congratulations to Dr. @marcaurelbusche, winner of the 2026 Rainwater Prize for Innovative Early-Career Scientist. Learn more about how his pioneering research aims to transform our understanding of neural system dysfunction in tauopathies: rainwatercharitablefoundation.org/dr-marc-aurel-…

Drs. Dennis Dickson (@dennis_w_d) & Melissa Murray (@DrNeuroChic) share the 2026 Rainwater Prize for Outstanding Innovation in Neurodegenerative Research. Together, they direct one of the world’s largest tauopathy brain banks. Learn more about their work: rainwatercharitablefoundation.org/honoring-a-col…

This International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we celebrate Drs. Maria Grazia Spillantini, Beth Hoffman, and Hui Zheng, members of the Tau Consortium SAB, and all women advancing neurodegenerative research. Review the Tau Consortium’s 5-year goals: rainwatercharitablefoundation.org/medical-resear…

Join our Glenn Harris, Ph.D. for an expert panel exploring how traditional validation criteria—accuracy, precision, robustness—adapt to the age of AI/ML at the @FNIH_Org Biomarkers Consortium Symposium. bit.ly/4r80uoj

Congratulations to Drs. Dennis Dickson (@dennis_w_d), Melissa Murray (@DrNeuroChic), and Marc Aurel Busche (@marcaurelbusche), recipients of the 2026 Rainwater Prize. The Prize celebrates scientists advancing neurodegenerative research. Explore their work: bit.ly/3NVWvwh

Even an ice storm couldn’t stop this community’s momentum. When severe weather threatened the Tauopathy Challenge Workshop, researchers moved online to tackle this year’s topic. Read more about this effort designed to promote high-risk, high-reward ideas: bit.ly/3NMiRjQ

Abstract submissions are open for #Tau2026. This global conference from @alzassociation, @RCFNeuro and @curepsp brings together interdisciplinary researchers and perspectives to move tau research forward. Submit your abstract by Feb. 18: alz.org/Tau

We celebrate Dr. Don Cleveland, 2023 Rainwater Prize winner, for transforming our understanding of tau proteins. Stay tuned, we’ll be unveiling our 2026 Prize winners in just a couple of weeks. 🔗Learn more about the Prize: rainwatercharitablefoundation.org/medical-resear…

Tauopathies are too complex for one group to solve. Collaboration drives our Tauopathy Challenge Workshop with partners @aging_mind, @alzassociation, & @CurePSP. Learn how we’re accelerating discovery in this @DrugTargetRev article from Dr. Glenn Harris: drugtargetreview.com/article/191835…

We’re proud sponsors of the 18th @HAIconference, which convenes leading scientists advancing imaging research of amyloid and tau to improve early detection in neurodegenerative diseases: hai.worldeventsforum.com

🚨 Deadline: January 16. Submit your LOI for the Sprint-to-Lead (S2L) Program. We are accelerating the development of therapies for primary tauopathies in the hit-to-lead and lead optimization phases of drug discovery. Learn more: rainwatercharitablefoundation.org/medical-resear…

The 2026 Tauopathy Challenge Workshop is coming soon! The focus: employing advanced biophysical and bioanalytical approaches to probe the structural and thermodynamic properties of tau protein, its modifications, & its interactions with other pathologies: rainwatercharitablefoundation.org/medical-resear…

Submissions are now open for the inaugural 2026 Sprint to Lead funding program, supporting bold innovation in preclinical drug discovery for primary tauopathies. If your project is in the hit-to-lead or lead optimization phase, you’re invited to learn more bit.ly/48JbWjd