Parkinson Society Canada is the only organization that specifically funds Parkinson’s research in Canada. Together with 10 regional partners, our National Research Program invests in Canadian research from the ground up - starting with the discovery stage - funding only those projects that meet a standard of excellence and that are relevant to Parkinson’s.

Our approach to funding means that rather than awarding a limited number of large projects, we fund a larger number of smaller grants to researchers working on a wide variety of projects. The result is more researchers exploring novel ideas, providing a crucial foundation for advancing knowledge, improving treatments, developing potential therapies, and ultimately finding a cure.

As of July 1, 2011, Parkinson Society Canada, together with our regional partners, will proudly support 28 new grants, fellowships and student awards, providing a total of $1,481,456 to support new research projects over two years (+ $280,000 for the second year of existing research awards).

This includes:

• 12 Pilot Project Grants
• 3 New Investigator Awards
• 2 Basic Research Fellowships
• 1 Clinical Movement Disorders Fellowship
• 1 Clinical Research Fellowship
• 7 Graduate Student Awards

Funding for three of the Pilot Project Grants is provided by Parkinson Society Ottawa, Parkinson Society Southwestern Ontario, and Parkinson Society Quebec.

Parkinson Society Canada partners with The Canadian Institutes of Health Research - Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health & Addiction to fund:

• The Psychosocial Doctoral Award of Michael Ravenek
• The Psychosocial Research Grant of Marc Pell

PSC is contributing $166,000 to these Psychosocial awards.
For more information on these awards including amounts and titles of funded projects, visit funded research.

Parkinson Society Canada is committed to providing funding for:

• Supporting research
• Searching for the causes
• Improving treatments
• Uncovering the cure