Parkinson’s Foundation – Impact Award

Sponsor’s Website

Visit the Parkinson’s Foundation website for more information on the Impact Award program.

Internal Contacts

Katie Harriman

Heloise Emdon

Deadlines

Overview

Parkinson’s Foundation Impact Awards support high-risk, high-reward research that has the potential to transform our understanding of Parkinson’s disease (PD), establish new directions in PD research, or accelerate the development of novel interventions. The program is designed to fund groundbreaking and unconventional ideas that may be too early-stage or innovative for traditional funding mechanisms.

Projects may be submitted to one of two streams: Foundational Research, which supports basic and mechanistic studies that advance understanding of PD biology and disease processes, or Translational Research, which focuses on moving promising discoveries closer to clinical application through target validation, therapeutic development, biomarker advancement, and preclinical proof-of-concept studies.

Projects are intended to generate compelling preliminary data that can support future funding and long-term impact in the Parkinson’s research field.

Value

Up to USD $200,000 over two years

Up to 10% of the total award may be used toward indirect costs

Eligibility

Applicants must:

• Hold a PhD, MD, or equivalent degree
• Hold a tenure-track faculty position or equivalent independent investigator appointment

The Impact Awards are intended for both established investigators and researchers who are new to the Parkinson’s disease field. Non-tenure-track faculty may participate as Co-PIs, and postdoctoral fellows may participate as Co-Investigators.

Awardees may not concurrently hold an award from another source with overlapping specific aims.

Research focused on clinical trials, supportive therapies, or recruitment of new human cohorts is not eligible.

Special Requirements / Special Considerations

• Applicants are required to have a ProposalCentral account, proposals are submitted through this portal.
• The program is specifically intended to support high-risk, high-reward research that challenges conventional thinking and explores groundbreaking or unconventional ideas.
• Full applications are accepted by invitation only following review of the Letter of Intent.

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’s Foundation through ProposalCentral.

*Approval from institutional signing authority is required in ProposalCentral prior to submission.