Parkinson Canada: Pilot Project Grant

Sponsor’s Website

Visit the Parkinson Canada website for more information on the Pilot Project Grants 2027 program.

Internal Contact

Katie Harriman: Katie.Harriman@carleton.ca

Potential applicants are also encouraged to discuss this funding opportunity with their Faculty Research Facilitator.

Deadlines

Overview

Pilot Project Grants support novel, emerging, and innovative research that advances the understanding, prevention, treatment, or cure of Parkinson’s disease and related disorders, including Multiple System Atrophy (MSA), Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) and other Parkinson’s-related conditions. Parkinson Canada provides funding to support projects across all fields of Parkinson’s research, including biomedical, clinical, health services and systems, and population research. Applicants are encouraged to consult Request for Proposals (RFP) for details on current research themes, priorities and community-informed funding opportunities.

New for 2027: Community-Informed Research Priorities

For its 2027 Research Program competition, Parkinson Canada has identified two community-informed research priorities based on feedback from people living with Parkinson’s and their care partners: movement & physical symptoms and cognition & mental health. At least one project will be funded in each area.

Value and Duration

Up to $100,000 for two years.

Eligibility

To apply, you must be a researcher who has completed formal training in health-related research and holds a permanent research appointment.

You may not submit more than one grant application per competition cycle as principal investigator (PI) or co-PI. Applicants who currently hold a Parkinson Canada Pilot Project Grant or New Investigator Award as PI or co-PI are not eligible to apply.

The same unfunded application may not be submitted more than three times within a three-year period.

Indirect costs are not eligible.

Special Requirements

Applications that do not use the provided budget template will be disqualified from the competition.

If >75% of the proposed budget is allocated for trainee salaries, the trainees should apply to the appropriate Parkinson Canada Research Programs for salary support.

Previously submitted but not funded applications should provide a response to the comments of the previous reviewers.

Biographical information of the applicants must be submitted using the Parkinson Canada Biosketch template.

A signature page with an institutional signature is required.

Submitting Your Application

1. Submit an internal Approval Form through our central awards management database cuResearch. Consult the user’s manual for guidance.
2. Submit an external application to Parkinson Canada through their online portal.