Our Mission

Philanthropy has become a major driver for R&D and education

Our mission is to improve neurosurgical care worldwide through education, innovation, research, and international collaboration.

By partnering with medical institutions, other foundations and donors, we support initiatives that advance patient care, finance the next generation of neurosurgical talents, develop professional training, and expanding access to life-changing treatment.

The EANS Foundation was officially registered by the Swiss Federal Registry of Foundations and by the Geneva Registry of Commerce in 2021. It is a legal entity, endorsed by the EANS (European Association of Neurosurgical Societies) and it serves as the docking station to donate funds for specific purposes in a totally transparent way.

We will provide the adequate channel to fund or to stimulate scientific or educational progress and projects.

Our Board unites experienced leaders from neurosurgery and international business sectors, working together to support innovation, education, and the future of patient care in neurosurgery

Our Scope

The scope of research and clinics in neurosurgery ranges from traumatic brain and spine injury, may it be through sports or road accidents (e.g. on the way to school or to work), through all kinds of affections of the brain or the spine and the spinal cord and the peripheral nerve system. Should you be interested to become a donator, there is the option to either define a project together with your surgeon or with our scientific committee, or to donate for existing fields of research.

Our team will be happy to help you in finding the right project for your donation and to keep you informed about the progress being made with your support and to maintain good contact with the beneficiary. To give you some ideas, here some areas of research, which are covered by EANS neurosurgeons – in children and in adults:

Brain injury and spinal cord injury registries

Concussion in sports

Brain haemorrhage & Stroke

Aneurysms & other vascular malformations

Brain tumour research (gliomas, meningiomas, metastases and others)

Pituitary adenoma research

Hydrocephalus and other cerebrospinal fluid circulation disorders

Epilepsy and associated disorders

Congenital malformations and brain disorders

Cranio-facial deformities

Neurodegenerative disease, such as Parkinson's

Pain

Trauma, tumour, inflammatory disease and deformation of the spine

Functional restoration in general and neuro-engineering (i.e. via brain computer interface research)

Peripheral nerve disorders (compression, trauma, tumour)

Development of intraoperative adjuncts and tools, such as monitoring & mapping

Electrophysiology and Image processing