European Stroke Research Foundation

European Stroke Research Foundation is a grant-making foundation based in Switzerland working on health, medical research.

The European Stroke Research Foundation (ESRF) is a registered non-profit charity based in Basel-Stadt, Switzerland. It promotes basic and clinical stroke research, including prevention, acute management, rehabilitation and recovery after cerebrovascular lesions, and vascular dementia. ESRF supports the European Stroke Conference, international workshops and meetings, and individual and institutional research projects. It funds research through a grant programme for junior scientists and organises scientific meetings, such as the Freiburg Working Meetings on CNS wound healing and scarring. It also runs internet and social media communication to share stroke information with the public.