To maximize the impact of funding certain types of research or studies, NBTS often collaborates with like organizations.

• SPORE Collaborative
  Public-private partnership to fund two promising clinical trials through brain tumor SPORE (Specialized Programs of Research Excellence).
   
• Brain Tumor Funders' Collaborative
  Eight private funders provided multi-year grants to three clinical investigations.
   
• Prevalence Study through Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States (CBTRUS)
  This study will update data on the number of persons who are currently living with a brain tumor diagnosis (prevalence). Adult and pediatric primary brain tumor prevalence will be estimated for the US population for 2010.
   
• AACR/NBTF Fellowship
  A one-year fellowship funded by NBTS and the American Association for Cancer Research to support early-career brain tumor researchers.
   
• AANS/CNS Section on Brain Tumors Award
  American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) along with the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Section on Tumors, awards a grant to the best translational research proposal on brain tumors.