Mindbridge Learning Cohorts are 6-week training programs for practitioners, researchers, advocates, and leaders working in mission-driven fields. Each cohort brings together a small, curated group of peers to build skills, pressure-test strategies, and strengthen their work together. Every program is grounded in applied psychology and neuroscience, focusing on how people actually process information, form meaning, and decide to act.

WHY THIS MODEL?

What makes this model distinct is what's underneath it. Applied psychology and neuroscience tell us that people learn better in trusted peer environments, that meaning-making is social, and that behavior change requires more than information. We build every cohort around those truths, where the learning doesn't just happen in the sessions. It happens in relationships, in pressure-testing, and in the shared frameworks that participants carry back into their work and communities.

PROGRAM SNAPSHOT

  • 6-week virtual cohort

  • 2 hours per week, with 90 minutes of live facilitation + peer collaboration

  • Approximately 10-15 participants per cohort

  • Peer-based learning environment

  • Designed by expert facilitators, practitioners, and PhD-level scientists

  • Grounded in applied psychology and neuroscience

  • Immediately practical, not theory for theory’s sake

  • Access to continued collaboration with cohort members in an online community

2026 COHORTS

See below for the 2026 cohort focus areas

Summer 2026

Gender-Based Violence

  • July 15th - August 19th, 2026

  • Wednesdays from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm

For practitioners, researchers, and human rights defenders working in the field of gender-based violence. This cohort draws on applied psychology and neuroscience to help participants understand how trauma shapes decision-making, how people process difficult narratives, and how to build strategies that account for the full complexity of human behavior.

Upon registration, you'll receive an invitation to our free live webinar, Brain Science for Advocates: How People Actually Engage with Information — a look into the science and facilitation style that grounds every Mindbridge cohort.

Ready to join? Save your seat today with no payment required.

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Fall 2026

Communications Leaders

  • September 16th - October 21st, 2026

  • Wednesdays from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm

Built for communications leaders at mission-driven organizations navigating complex public narratives, high-stakes decisions, and an accelerating pace of change. This cohort builds science-informed messaging frameworks and creates the trusted peer environment that experienced practitioners rarely have access to.

Upon registration, you'll receive an invitation to our free live webinar, Brain Science for Advocates: How People Actually Engage with Information — a look into the science and facilitation style that grounds every Mindbridge cohort.

Ready to join? Save your seat today with no payment required.

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LOOKING FOR OTHER FOCUS AREAS?

We design cohorts across sectors and focus areas, and we're always building. If you're interested in a cohort in your field or in bringing this model to your organization, we'd love to hear from you.

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INVESTMENT

Tuition: $3,000 per participant

This investment includes six weeks of live, cohort-based learning, designed and led by PhD-level researchers and expert facilitators, that brings together applied psychology, neuroscience, and real-world practice.

You’ll gain:

  • Expert-led sessions grounded in science and application

  • A trusted peer cohort for collaboration and pressure-testing ideas

  • Access to an ongoing online community beyond the program

Reserve your seat today with no payment required. Payment is due 30 days before the program begins, and you may cancel by email at any time before that date.

Upon registration, you'll receive an invitation to our free live webinar, Brain Science for Advocates: How People Actually Engage with Information — a look into the science and facilitation style that grounds every Mindbridge cohort.

Organizations enrolling multiple participants may be eligible for discounted pricing. Limited scholarships are also available.

For questions or to discuss options, please reach out.

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  • “They don't just teach theory; they provide the tools and strategies to put neuropsychological insights into practice right away, creating real momentum for change.”

    — Adrienne Kimmell, Spark Solutions

  • "The training we did with Mindbridge was game changing for us. As a communications organization, the concepts were all ones that we knew to some degree, however, the way the trainers presented the information and having the real words and concepts to use in our work fundamentally changed our understanding of our work. From how we message to who we message to, this training was phenomenal!"

    - Participant Feedback

  • “Backed by solid research across social science, psychology, and even neuroscience, Mindbridge looks at the real reasons people engage in social conflict and works to find actual, actionable solutions... Simply put, our communities need this work.”

    — Fatuma Hussein, Executive Director, Immigrant Resource Center Of Maine

  • “Following this course, I better understand the psychology of changing minds. This is critical for social justice work.”

    – Participant Feedback

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Mindbridge is the nation’s leading non-profit using brain and behavioral science to empower human rights defenders. As a diverse group of activists, scientists, clinicians, storytellers, and humans, we conduct programming, support partnerships, and direct research at the intersection of psychological science and human rights. Through these efforts, Mindbridge is growing a science-driven community that gives human rights defenders access to the hearts and minds of those they serve.

To change hearts and minds, you first must learn to access them.