This concept note draws on the discussions of a group of funders, investors and experts at an Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association (EMEA)-led high-level dialogue in January 2024, on the margins of the World Health Assembly in Geneva in May 2024 (see here), and at the European Investment Bank (EIB) office in London in June 2024 (see here). It is tabled for the UN Science Summit in September 2024, in the context of the growing commitment to the goals of the Brain Economy, as evidenced by the Yaoundé Declaration, endorsed by the President of Cameroon (note: Cameroon is leading the UNGA79 presidency), as well as Political Guidelines 2024-2029 of the President-elect of the European Commission, a new World Economic Forum paper produced with the McKinsey Health Institute, and forward-looking actions of a number of nations, including Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Switzerland.