Funding Opportunities

Open Programs

• Seed Amplification Assay Innovation Program 

  Objective:

  This program seeks to advance the development of high-performance, quantitative alpha-synuclein seed amplification assays (aSyn-SAAs), addressing the critical need for less invasive, highly sensitive and quantitative biomarkers in Parkinson’s disease (PD) clinical trials.

  Award Amount:

  Up to $1,000,000.00

  Due Date:

  Full Proposals Due: January 30, 2025

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• Collaborative Research Network (CRN) 2025 Opportunity

  

  Objective:

  Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) is announcing two open competitive funding opportunities for the research community. These grants will provide additional capital to spur discovery for Parkinson’s disease (PD) research.

  Award Amount:

  Scientific Track - Up to $3M per year for three years & Technical Track - Up to $2M per year for three years

  Due Date:

  LOI Opens in January 2025

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• Personalized Approaches for Understanding, Assessing and Improving Gait in Parkinson’s Disease Research Program

  Objective:

  This program seeks to fund clinical testing on personalized approaches for understanding, assessing and improving gait in Parkinson’s disease (PD) to address the wide variances of gait challenges across the continuum of the disease. The program aims to establish standardized assessment and tailor treatments to individual symptoms that improves gait and motor-cognitive functions.

  Award Amount:

  $250,000 - $2,000,000

  Due Date:

  Pre-proposals Due: January 14, 2025

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• Parkinson's Disease Therapeutics Pipeline Program

  Objective:

  This program seeks to advance therapeutic development through pre-clinical and/or clinical testing of approaches addressing unmet needs of people with Parkinson’s disease (PD). The program is set up to benefit therapeutics with clear potential to prevent, stop, or delay disease progression or to reduce the burden of daily symptoms.

  Award Amount:

  Award amounts for this program may range from $250,000 for smaller, targeted programs to upwards of $2M for larger, multi-stage preclinical and/or clinical programs  

  Due Date:

  Rolling Deadline

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Closed Programs

• The Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders

  

  Objective:

  The Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders aims to grow the global base of movement disorder specialists — neurologists with additional training in Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders — by training movement disorder clinician-researchers who can provide expert care and lead scientific advances.

  Award Amount:

  $180,000 total to be used during the two-year fellowship

  Due Date:

  December 5, 2024

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