Fort Worth’s, Rainwater Charitable Foundation (RCF), one of the largest independent funders of neurodegenerative research to empower field-advancing programs, resources, and breakthrough discoveries for primary tauopathies, has announced the recipients of its 2026 Rainwater Prize:
Dennis W. Dickson, M.D., Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic Florida; and Melissa E. Murray, Ph.D., Professor of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic Florida, will be co-awarded the Outstanding Innovation in Neurodegenerative Research Prize of $400,000.
Marc Aurel Busche, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Dementia and Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Basel & Programme Leader, UK Dementia Research Institute at University College London, will be awarded the Rainwater Prize for Innovative Early-Career Scientist of $200,000.
The awardees will be honored for their achievements at the 2026 Tau Global Conference in Washington, D.C., on May 14-15.
