Funding, News and Announcements

Open and Upcoming Programs

Open

Transformational Research 2017
Funding (maximum of $1,500,000 over up to 3 years) for high-potential translational research projects with excellent preliminary data that will advance the development of therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases of aging.

Transformational Research 2017 Information Session:
January 19, 2017 at 1:00 PM EST
Register here
 
Application deadline: February 10, 2017 

Weston Brain Institute International Fellowships in Neuroscience 2017
Funding (maximum $60,000 per year per student) for University of Toronto PhD students to receive international training in world-renowned labs, and further translational research on neurodegenerative diseases of aging.

Application deadline: March 1, 2017

More information about the application process and program can be found on the University of Toronto Graduate and Life Sciences Education website.

Upcoming

Canada: Rapid Response 2017
Seed funding (up to $150,000 per project for up to 18 months) to provide support for high-risk, high-reward projects that will impact neurodegenerative diseases of aging.

Round 1: PD-related diseases (PD, PSP, DLB, MSA, vascular contributions to these disease, and prodromes)

Applications open: February 2017

Round 2:  AD-related diseases (AD, FTD, MCI, vascular contributions to these diseases, and prodromes)
Applications open: May 2017

Round 3: PD-related diseases (PD, PSP, DLB, MSA, vascular contributions to these disease, and prodromes)

Applications open: September 2017

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