Funding, News and Announcements

The Weston Brain Institute is offering up to $200,000 in seed funding for novel, high-risk, high-reward translational research ideas to accelerate the development of safe and effective treatments for neurodegenerative diseases of aging.  Applications in this round must relate to the following disease(s):  AD, FTD, MCI, vascular contributions to these diseases, and prodromes to these diseases.

To be eligible, Principal Applicants must be working in Canada at least 30% of the time at or above the level of Postdoctoral researcher, and be affiliated with a Canada Revenue Agency-qualified donee institution located in Canada.

An Information Webinar will be held on March 8, 2018 at 1pm (EST), and you can register here. The application deadline is April 19, 2018 at 2pm (EDT).

For more information, please consult the website. 

For questions or more information please contact david.spurrell@dal.ca or Keerthi.Baruah@dal.ca