Brain Canada and Krembil Foundation are excited to announce the launch of the Accelerator Grants: Neurodegeneration x Immunology program!
This team grant aims to support innovative, bold and exploratory research to understand the role of the immune system in neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and/or Huntington’s disease.
The program will fund experimental research, in the early conceptual or fundamental stages, with potential to provide insights on disease pathogenesis, progression, diagnosis, prevention and/or treatment. Preference will be given to projects with novel hypotheses or unconventional approaches that, if successful, could shift existing paradigms and open new lines of inquiry for the field.
Recognizing that groundbreaking ideas require diverse perspectives, this opportunity will support multidisciplinary research teams that bring together needed expertise in neuroscience and immunology along with other fields of study. Early career researchers are encouraged to apply, and researchers studying the immune system in other neurological diseases are invited to transfer their expertise to the neurodegenerative diseases covered in this funding opportunity.
For more information, please consult the Request for Applications.
Deadline for receipt of Registration Forms: September 16, 2025 at 17:00 ET
Deadline for receipt of Full Applications: October 21, 2025 at 17:00 ET
This program has been made possible by the Canada Brain Research Fund (CBRF), an innovative arrangement between the Government of Canada (through Health Canada) and Brain Canada Foundation.