Parkinson Society Canada wishes to encourage continued growth and revitalization in the fields of Parkinson’s research in Canada by supporting meaningful and innovative projects and promising individual researchers in their professional development.

Our annual research program solicits applications from across Canada and beyond, from a wide variety of health-related communities and sectors conducting research into the cure, cause, prevention, improved treatment and/or understanding of Parkinson’s disease and its impacts on society.

The application review process is undertaken by Parkinson Society Canada's Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). This volunteer, arms-length panel of experts is composed of some of the most prominent and respected physicians in the neurosciences field from across Canada. These neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuropathologists and neuroscientists, assisted by external reviewers as needed, employ a proven, multidisciplinary peer-review system in their annual review of applications which provides for the highest quality of objective adjudication.

Applications are scored by the SAB using Canadian Institutes of Health (CIHR) standards. Allocations are then determined by PSC based on funds available. Scientific excellence and relevance to Parkinson’s disease are the basis of scoring decisions, and the result is that we are pleased, thanks to the significant efforts of this diverse group, to support some of the best research and the most promising researchers in the country.

Parkinson Society Canada - Scientific Advisory Board