Funding, News and Announcements

Updated February 25, 2019 

The Rapid Response: Canada program provides seed funding for novel, high-risk, high-reward, translational research that will accelerate the development of therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases of aging. The budget for this opportunity has been expanded to $300,000 over up to 18 months per project.

There are two main program streams, both now open: the Parkinson’s and Related Diseases Program, and the Alzheimer’s & Related Diseases Program. Please see below for deadlines for the Letter of Intent Phase for each (Note: advancement to the Full Application phase is by invitation only). Preliminary data is not required. The list of complementary approaches eligible for funding has been expanded, and applications including other fields such as AI, big data, machine learning, data science, and computer science are being encouraged.

Complementary approaches such as diet, physical activity, sleep, nutritional supplements, speech therapy, and cognitive therapy are now eligible for all funding programs.  

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. Co-Applicants/Collaborators must be at the post-doctoral level or above and can be working outside Canada.

LOI Internal Deadlines:
Parkinson’s & Related Diseases: May 8, 2019 at 4:30pm AST
Alzheimer’s & Related Diseases: March 25, 2019 at 4:30pm AST

LOI External Deadlines:
Parkinson’s & Related Diseases: May 15, 2019 at 3:00pm AST
Alzheimer’s & Related Diseases: April 1, 2019 at 3:00pm AST

Webinars about the program will be held as follows:

Parkinson’s & Related Diseases: April 3, 2019 at 2:00pm AST
Register for this webinar here

Alzheimer’s & Related Diseases: February 27, 2019 at 2:00pm AST
Register for this webinar here

For more information, please consult the competition website.

Contacts:

Office of Research Services
susan.haydt@dal.ca

Inquiries relating to the Parkinson's & Related Diseases stream:
matthew.sacheli@westonbrain.org

Inquiries relating to the Alzheimer's & Related Diseases stream:
rene.prashad@westonbrain.org