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ALS Canada Brain: Discovery Grant

Research Admin Offices:

  • HRS

Funding Type:

Grant

Opportunity Type:

  • Grant

Value:

Up to $125,000 over two years for Stream 1.
Up to $300,000 over three years for Stream 2.

Disciplines:

  • Health Sciences

Sponsors:

Deadlines:

Internal Deadline:

July 5, 2023

Sponsor Deadline:

July 12, 2023

Description:

This opportunity supports research teams comprised of multiple investigators, ideally with multidisciplinary expertise to identify causes of, or treatments for ALS and/or related neurological diseases. Additionally, it supports research focused on avenues to maximize function, minimize disability and optimize quality of life through symptom management, and support to persons or families living with ALS. Two streams are available:

  • Stream 1: Supports research aimed at nurturing novel ideas looking to obtain preliminary data or to pursue ideas supported by very early data signals.
  • Stream 2: Supports more ambitious projects that are supported with some level of preliminary data to justify the larger investment.

Resources:

Additional Details.

Contact:

If applying from the Faculty of Health Sciences, unless otherwise indicated, you no longer need to send documents to HRS Intake. Your first point of contact is your assigned Senior Grants Advisor.