British Neuroscience Association

The British Neuroscience Association (BNA) is a scientific society with around 2,000 members. Established on the 23rd of February 1968 as the Brain Research Association, it was subsequently relaunched as the British Neuroscience Association in 1997.[1][2]

British Neuroscience Association
AbbreviationBNA
FormationFebruary 23, 1968 (1968-02-23)
TypeNonprofit
Registration no.04307833
Legal statusCharity
PurposeNeuroscience
HeadquartersThe Dorothy Hodgkin Building, Whitson Street, Bristol BS1 3NY.
Membership
2,000

The BNA is the largest UK organisation of its kind, supporting and promoting neuroscience and neuroscientists.

Charitable objects

It is a registered charity (number 1103852[3]), with charitable objects as follows:

‘To preserve and protect health and advance public education in neurosciences related to health and disease (in particular but not exclusively) by:’

  1. Promoting on a multidisciplinary basis the study of the development structure and function of the nervous system in health and disease.
  2. Promoting the dissemination of information to all those interested in the neurosciences and related disciplines by means of lectures, discussions, meetings and reports from time to time obtained from such researchers.
  3. Advising as far as possible on issues in neurosciences related to health and disease.
  4. Endeavouring to increase public awareness and understanding of neuroscience research in health and disease.
  5. Assisting in the training of neuroscientists and other professionals engaged in neuroscience teaching and research.
  6. Representing the interests of neuroscience researchers and promoting the case for the advancement of neuroscience research in the United Kingdom to government, to agencies providing research funding and to bodies engaged in science administration, regulation and standards.

The BNA is a member of the International Brain Research Organisation (IBRO), the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) and the Royal Society of Biology (RSB).

Publications
Brain and Neuroscience Advances
DisciplineNeuroscience
LanguageEnglish
Edited byJeffrey W. Dalley
Publication details
History2017-present
Publisher
SAGE Publishing in association with British Neuroscience Association
Yes
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Brain Neurosci. Adv.
Indexing
ISSN2398-2128 (print)
2398-2128 (web)
Links

The BNA publishes a peer-reviewed scientific journal, Brain and Neuroscience Advances which is edited by Jeffrey W. Dalley (Cambridge University). It also publishes the BNA Bulletin membership magazine.

Events

The headline event of the BNA is the biennial 'Festival of Neuroscience'. The Festivals are unique in bringing together multiple people and organisations with a shared interested in neuroscience - societies, charities, companies, scientists, clinicians and members of the public too.

References
  1. Reynolds, Edward H. (2017). "The origins of the British Neuroscience Association". Neuroscience. 367: 10–14. doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.09.057.
  2. Rose, Steven (2015). "5O years of neuroscience". The Lancet. 385 (9968): 598–599. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60224-0.
  3. "Charity overview". apps.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
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