Parkinson Disease Grants

National Parkinson Foundation 2011 Request for Applications

Individual grants will be limited to a maximum of $250,000 over a period of up to two years.

NPF is pleased to issue its yearly Request for Applications (“RFA”) with the goal of funding clinical investigations in several specific areas of Parkinson’s disease research led at NPF Centers of Excellence (“COE”) and Care Consortium Centers. This RFA will provide support for well-designed clinical research that addresses comparative effectiveness of treatment, current unmet needs, and/or clinical controversies. This RFA will fund programs based on scientific merit, as determined by the NPF’s Clinical and Scientific Advisory Board (“CSAB”) in a peer-review process.

Applications will be accepted from any principal investigator affiliated with a currently certified NPF COE or a member of the NPF Care Consortium (“Applicant” from an “Eligible Institution”). Investigators not from Eligible Institutions are invited to participate as collaborators. Total grant funding is dependent upon quality of applications.

The following are the key dates for this RFA:

Release date: August 12, 2010
Application deadline: December 10, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. EST
Anticipated award announcement: On or before April 15, 2011

NATIONAL PARKINSON FOUNDATION, INC.
1501 N.W. 9th Avenue / Bob Hope Road
Miami, Florida 33136-1494
Telephone: (305)243-6666
Toll Free National: 1-800-327-4545
Fax: (305)243-6073
E-mail inquiries: contact@parkinson.org

Conference Student Scholarships: Neurodegenerative Diseases: The Molecular and Cellular Basis for Neurodegeneration

Scholarship Deadline: October 20, 2010 (Midnight US Mountain Standard Time)

Neurodegenerative diseases are chronic age-dependent progressive disorders that are substantial and growing health problems, which exert a tremendous toll on the patient, family, health system and society as a whole. Accordingly, there is an urgent need to identify therapies that slow and/or reverse the progression of these disorders. Research in neurodegenerative disorders is providing tremendous advances in the molecular understanding of these disorders. New insights in cell biology, biochemistry, genomics and proteomics into these illnesses are leading to mechanism based therapies and new tools and biomarkers to study disease progression and therapeutic efficacy. In this meeting an emphasis will be placed on understanding new molecular and common mechanisms of disease in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Parkinson’s disease (PD), triple repeat diseases, frontotemporal lobar dementia and others.

Keystone Symposia is offering scholarships to students and post-docs this conference season. These scholarships, of up to $1000 each, are to be used to help defray the expenses associated with conference attendance, including air (on a U.S. air carrier), ground transportation and lodging costs. Receipts will be required to receive reimbursement.

Abstracts submitted for poster presentation will be used as the basis for awarding the scholarships. Conference organizers will select the scholarship recipients based on the quality of science of the abstract and the relevance of the abstract to the conference topic. Only one application per abstract is accepted.

Keystone Symposia
221 Summit Place #272
PO Box 1630
Silverthorne, CO 80498
www.keystonesymposia.org

Financial Assistance / Student Scholarships
Phone: +1 (800) 253-0685 or
Ksenia Shambarger - +1 (970) 262-1230 extension 140
Fax: +1 (970) 262-0311

American Academy of Neurology Foundation/Parkinson's Disease Foundation Clinician-Scientist Development Three-Year Award

The Parkinson's Disease Foundation and the American Academy of Neurology Foundation are pleased to announce a three-year Clinician-Scientist Development Award to support a clinician scientist's research related to Parkinson's Disease.

Application Deadline is October 1, 2010

The award aims to recognize the importance of good clinical research and encourage young investigators in clinical studies. The three-year award will consist of an annual salary of $75,000, plus $5,000 per year in educational expenses. Only direct costs will be funded by this award.

For More Information
Terry Heinz
Grants Administrator
theinz@aan.com
(651) 695-2746