Our Mission:
Promise for the Future through Research.
We fund research and conferences to better understand the effects of alcohol on health and behavior.
Our Mission
The Foundation’s vision is to be a premier private foundation that fosters and communicates research to understand the effects of alcohol on health and behavior, and its mission is:
To achieve a better understanding of the effects of alcohol on the health and behavior of individuals,
To provide the scientific basis for prevention and treatment of alcohol misuse and alcoholism,
To fund innovative, high quality research,
To support promising new investigators,
To communicate information with the research community and other interested parties.
Our Impact
For over 30 years, ABMRF/The Foundation for Alcohol Research has funded research grants on important biomedical and sociobehavioral aspects of alcohol consumption and supported research-related activities through scientific meetings, professional conferences and symposia on specialized topics.
575+
Young Investigators supported
For over 30 years, the foremost objective of ABMRF/The Foundation for Alcohol Research was to fund research grants on important biomedical and sociobehavioral aspects of alcohol consumption.
$50M
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AWARDED TO ALCOHOL RESEARCH
The Foundation primarily funded projects concerning factors that influence transitions in drinking patterns, the effects of moderate consumption, mechanisms underlying the effects of alcohol, and the etiology of alcohol misuse. It also encouraged multidisciplinary studies of alcohol use.
$1.6M
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SUPPORTING CONFERENCES
For more than 30 years, ABMRF/The Foundation for Alcohol Research has sponsored or supported numerous scientific meetings. These meetings provided an opportunity for researchers, clinicians, and students to share new findings and discuss the current state of knowledge in various areas of alcohol research with each other and with industry professionals.