OCTOBER 2026 · ARTS & CULTURE
Instrument Stewardship Program opens its next cycle
Nominations are accepted by invitation from partner conservatories and ensembles.
NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH · EST. 1984
A healthier tomorrow begins with understanding the mind.
For four decades, the Auris Foundation has supported patient, careful research into how the human brain learns, rests and becomes more fully itself.
WHAT WE DO
Patient work, across three disciplines.
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Research
Foundational neuroscience into how the brain learns, rests and adapts across a lifetime.
Explore our research →02
Arts & Culture
Support for performers and new work, including our Instrument Stewardship Program.
Arts & Culture →03
Public Wellness
Community programs that carry what we learn about rest and attention into everyday life.
FROM THE ARCHIVE · DOCUMENT 07 · 1992
“Our work is longitudinal by nature. The most meaningful data reveals itself slowly.”Watch “The Distance” →
ABOUT THE FOUNDATION
Established 1984.
The Auris Foundation was established in 1984 on a single conviction: that the distance between who we are and who we are capable of becoming is not a matter of will. It is a matter of understanding.
For forty years we have worked quietly — in laboratories, in clinics and in communities — toward a fuller account of how the human mind grows, rests and renews itself.
We don’t treat illness. We study excellence.
Recent notes
All publications →SEPTEMBER 2026 · INSIGHT
Why the brain does its best work overnight
A short essay from our Sleep & Integration program on what changes while we rest.
AUGUST 2026 · RESEARCH
A longitudinal cohort reaches a quiet milestone
Some of our longest-standing participants have now been with us for more than three decades.
Correspondence
Occasional letters from the Foundation. Never more than four a year.