Big Ideas: Canada – Letter of Intent
Well-being, Health and Biomedical Discovery
Deadlines
Academic Unit:
Memorial Deadline: Inquire with RGCS
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Description
Neurodegenerative diseases of aging are among the least understood and most undertreated diseases today. If ignored, the social and economic costs of managing these diseases will continue to rise. Meeting these challenges requires pioneering approaches to accelerating treatments.
Based on success of previous programs, the Institute is expanding our support to new formats while maintaining the same mandate of accelerating the developments of therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases of aging through translational research.
The Institute is considering supporting a large-scale, pivotal project to significantly advance research in our field with this call, we are seeking to identify highly impactful ideas for consideration.
Please refer to the Program Call and Request for Applications (RFA) document for more information.
Goal: To support a large-scale, pivotal project that will significantly and sustainably advance research in the field of translational research on neurodegenerative diseases of aging.
Funding: From $5,000,000 to $20,000,000.
The submission consists of a Letter of Intent (LOI) to outline the idea, primary purpose and potential impact of the project and reviewed by the Institute.
Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis. Applicants will be notified after submission of the next steps.
Next steps will depend on the content of the LOIs, e.g., applicants may be invited to:
- Submit a full application
- Discuss the idea further with the Institute
- Refine the idea in another LOI
- Collaborate on a shared project with other applicants
Request for Applications (RFA)