Funding, News and Announcements

This opportunity provides funding to support clinical trials and/or clinical trial sub-studies with excellent preliminary data that could accelerate the development of therapeutics for neurodegenerative disease aging.

A maximum of $1,500,000 per project over up to 4 years is available. If you are requesting a budget between $1.5 to $2 million per project, please contact Cristina Tang (cristina.tang@westonbrain.org) prior to applying.

Eligible Principal Applicants must be at or above the level of Assistant Professor or equivalent, and be affiliated with a Canada Revenue Agency-qualified donee institution located in Canada. Co-applicants and Collaborators must be at the post-doctoral level or above, and can be working outside Canada.

Updates to the Program:

• Applications are now on a rolling deadline basis (see below); the process begins with submitting a Letter of Intent.
• Applications on diet, physical activity, sleep and nutritional supplements are now accepted, if these applications meet the other scope criteria. If your study will be in these areas, please contact Matthew Sacheli (matthew.sacheli@westonbrain.org) to ensure your project meets the Institute’s mandate prior to submitting.
• Applications that bring in expertise, technologies or approaches in areas such as: artificial intelligence, big data, machine learning, data science, computer science, medicinal chemistry, biostatistics and engineering are encouraged. Read the RFA here.
• The Institute has updated which tools are in scope. Please read the What We Fund page before applying to ensure your project is in scope.

For more information, please visit the website for this opportunity.

Interested applicants may contact cristina.tang@westonbrain.org. For questions about internal review, please contact susan.haydt@dal.ca

Please allow 5 business days for review by the Office of Research Services. Applicants may submit a Letter of Intent at any time and will be notified on whether to prepare a full Proposal within approximately 2 months of LOI submission.