Parkinson’s Foundation: Impact Awards

Sponsor’s Website

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

Internal Contacts

• Katie Harriman: katie.harriman@carleton.ca
• Heloise Emdon: heloise.emdon@carleton.ca

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 PD field. Non-tenure track faculty may participate as co-principal investigators, 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 Considerations

• Applicants are required to have a ProposalCentral account to submit their proposal.
• 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 LOI.

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 the Parkinson’s Foundation through their online portal. Approval from the institutional signing authority is required in the portal prior to submission.