{"id":22773,"date":"2025-02-10T10:47:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T15:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cutheme.local\/coris\/?p=22773"},"modified":"2026-03-18T09:31:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:31:01","slug":"weston-foundation-rapid-response-2025-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/2025\/weston-foundation-rapid-response-2025-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Weston Foundation &#8211; Rapid Response 2025 program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Weston Foundation &#8211; Rapid Response 2025 program\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div id=\"container\">\n<div id=\"content\">\n<h2>Funder&#8217;s Website<\/h2>\n<p>The funder&#8217;s website can be found <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/westonfoundation.ca\/grant_call\/rapid-response-2025\/\">HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Funding Value and Duration<\/h2>\n<p>Up to $300,000 over 18-24 months.<\/p>\n<h2>Overview<\/h2>\n<p>The Weston Family Foundation <strong>aims to catalyze and scale science-based approaches to significantly improve the health and well-being of Canadians<\/strong>.&nbsp;The Foundation takes a leadership role in tackling large problems that are under-addressed by supporting research that is particularly relevant to the health of Canadians and that empowers Canadians to improve their health and well-being.<\/p>\n<p>The Foundation through its Weston Brain Institute is pleased to announce the launch of our flagship <strong>Rapid Response<\/strong> program designed to provide seed funding to catalyze novel, high-risk, high-reward translational research that accelerates the development of therapeutics or tools for neurodegenerative diseases of aging.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"eligibility-criteria\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eligibility Criteria<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eligible projects should:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Be translational research that can accelerate therapeutic or tool development for neurodegenerative diseases of aging (NDAs), as defined by the Institute.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Therapeutics should address unmet needs in the prevention, treatment and\/or symptomatic management of NDAs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tools should address challenges in translational research to accelerate the development and\/or clinical implementation of therapeutics for NDAs (e.g., biomarkers, drug delivery systems). Projects covering only the discovery\/identification of a tool are considered out of scope.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have preliminary data to support the hypothesis and feasibility of the project.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"internal-contacts\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Internal Contacts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Potential applicants are encouraged to discuss this funding opportunity with their <a href=\"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/about-us\/contact\/\">Faculty Research Facilitator<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>VPRI Resource Contact: <a href=\"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/institutional-research-facilitators\/\">Katie Harriman<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"deadlines\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Deadlines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Faculty Deadline<\/td><td>Consult your <a href=\"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/about-us\/contact\/\">Faculty Research Facilitator<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>OVPRII Approval Form Deadline<\/td><td>March 11, 2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Letter of Intent<\/td><td>March 18, 2025, at 2:00pm ET<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Award Announcement<\/td><td>November 2025<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"submitting-your-application\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Submitting Your Application<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Step 1) Submit an internal Carleton Approval Form<\/strong><br><br>Submit an internal Approval Form through our central awards management database CUResearch:<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/ovpri.research.carleton.ca\/Romeo.Researcher\/Administrator\/Default.aspx\">https:\/\/ovpri.research.carleton.ca\/Romeo.Researcher\/Administrator\/Default.aspx<\/a><br><br>For a user\u2019s guide on submitting an Approval Form, click <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/cuResearch-Users-Manual_June-2019-2.pdf\">HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Step 2) Submit an external application to the granting agency<\/strong><br><br>Submit an external application to the corresponding grant or award agency. To navigate to the funder&#8217;s website, click <a href=\"https:\/\/westonfoundation.ca\/grant_call\/rapid-response-2025\/\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funder&#8217;s Website The funder&#8217;s website can be found HERE. Funding Value and Duration Up to $300,000 over 18-24 months. 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