Funding, News and Announcements

Recent funding announcement
The Weston Brain Institute has recently allocated more than $30 million in funding for Canadian projects. This funding is a part of the larger $100 million commitment from the Institute to support research on neurodegenerative diseases of aging. Read the full press release here.

Open and upcoming programs
Open

Canada: Rapid Response 2017 (PD-related diseases)

Funding for PD, PSP, DLB, MSA, vascular contributions to the listed diseases, prodromes to the listed diseases

Seed funding (maximum of $200,000 over up to 18 months) to support novel, high-risk, high-reward translational research that accelerates the development of therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases of aging.

Application deadline: May 9, 2017
Award announcement: October 2017

Postdoctoral Scholars 2017 *NEW*
Funding (£57,000 per year for 2 years) to support top-tier Canadian postdoctoral scholars by providing salary support for international training at the University of Oxford and affiliation with Merton College.

Application deadline: July 26, 2017 *EXTENDED*
Award announcement: September 2017

Upcoming

Canada: Rapid Response 2017 (AD-related diseases)
Funding for AD, FTD, MCI, vascular contributions to the listed diseases, prodromes to the listed diseases

Program opens: April 27, 2017
Application deadline: July 5, 2017
Award announcement: December 2017

Upcoming Conferences
Our Research Program Specialists will be present at the following conferences:

Dementia & Cognition | May 8-9 | Montreal, CA
MDS Congress | June 4-8 | Vancouver, CA
AAIC 2017 | July 16-20 | London, UK

For more information, please visit the website here.