{"id":23338,"date":"2025-09-15T11:37:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cutheme.local\/coris\/?p=23338"},"modified":"2026-03-18T09:30:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:30:59","slug":"parkinson-canada-pilot-project-grant-2026-cycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/2025\/parkinson-canada-pilot-project-grant-2026-cycle\/","title":{"rendered":"Parkinson Canada &#8211; Pilot Project Grant (2026 Cycle)"},"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                        Parkinson Canada &#8211; Pilot Project Grant (2026 Cycle)\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<div id=\"container\">\n<div id=\"content\">\n<h2>Overview<\/h2>\n<p>The Parkinson Canada Pilot Project Grants support novel, high-potential research with the potential to develop into larger projects funded by major granting agencies. The program enables investigators to generate preliminary data and explore innovative ideas relevant to the cause, prevention, improved treatment, understanding, and cure of Parkinson\u2019s disease and related disorders, including Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP).<\/p>\n<p>Projects may focus on biomedical, clinical, health services and systems, or population research, and must align with key themes: symptomatic treatments, disease-modifying therapies, diagnosis and risk factors, causes of Parkinson\u2019s, and living well with Parkinson\u2019s.<\/p>\n<h2>Funding Value and Duration<\/h2>\n<p>Up to $75K for 1 year<\/p>\n<p>Indirect costs are not eligible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Eligibility Criteria<\/h2>\n<p>To apply, the applicant must be a researcher who has completed formal training in health-related research and holds a permanent research appointment.<\/p>\n<p>Applicants may not submit more than one grant application per competition cycle as Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI).<\/p>\n<p>The same unfunded application may not be submitted more than three times within a three-year period.<\/p>\n<p>Applicants who currently hold a Parkinson Canada Pilot Project Grant or New Investigator Award as a PI or Co-PI are not eligible to apply.<\/p>\n<h2>Special Considerations<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00b7 Applications that do not use the provided budget template will be disqualified from the competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 If &gt;75% of the proposed budget is allocated for trainee salaries, the applicant should have their trainees apply to the appropriate Parkinson Canada Research Programs for trainee salary support<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Previously submitted but not funded applications should provide a response to the comments of previous reviewers.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Signature page with institutional signature required<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<h2>Sponsor&#8217;s Website<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parkinson.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/RFA_PPG_2026_EN.pdf\">Parkinson Canada &#8211; Pilot Project Grant (2026 Cycle)<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Internal Contacts<\/h2>\n<p>Faculty: <a href=\"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/about-us\/contact\/\">Faculty Research Facilitator<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>OVPRI: <a href=\"katie.harriman@carleton.ca\">katie.harriman@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Deadlines<\/h2>\n<table style=\"width: 84.042%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 47.0909%;\">Faculty Deadline<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 75.6619%;\">Consult your <a href=\"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/about-us\/contact\/\">Faculty Research Facilitator<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 47.0909%;\">OVPRII Approval Form Deadline<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 75.6619%;\">October 28, 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 47.0909%;\">OVPRII Application Submission Deadline<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 75.6619%;\">November 3, 2025 (5:00 PM EST)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"submitting-your-application\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Submitting Your Application<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1)<\/strong> Submit an internal Carleton Approval Form Submit an internal Approval Form through our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ovpri.research.carleton.ca\/Romeo.Researcher\/Administrator\/Default.aspx\">central awards management database cuResearch.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Download the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/cuResearch-Users-Manual_June-2019-2.pdf\">CUResearch user&#8217;s guide on submitting an Approval Form<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2)<\/strong> Submit an external application to the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/parkinsoncan.smapply.io\/\">granting agency portal<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-Full application: November 3, 2025 (5:00 PM EST)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The Parkinson Canada Pilot Project Grants support novel, high-potential research with the potential to develop into larger projects funded by major granting agencies. 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