Accelerator Grants: Neurodegeneration x Immunology – Application
Well-being, Health and Biomedical Discovery
Deadlines
Academic Unit: Inquire with unit
Memorial Deadline: Thursday 16th, October 2025
External Deadline: Tuesday 21st, October 2025
Description
Deadline for receipt of Registration Forms: September 16, 2025 at 17:00 ET
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 newlines of inquiry for the field.
Projects must explore the role of immune mechanisms and how they contribute to and/or modulate neurodegeneration. Examples of immune mechanisms include, but are not limited to, the role of innate or adaptive immunity, neuroinflammation, central or peripheral immune responses, interaction between the nervous system and immune system in aging, or the gut-immune–brain axis.
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. It is anticipated that this funding will catalyze new insights and support the generation of preliminary data and/or tools to provide teams and the field with new research directions.
Evidence clearly shows that increasing equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in research environments enhances excellence, innovation and creativity. We are committed to excellence through equity and encourage applicants of diverse backgrounds to apply to this funding opportunity, which will promote the expression of diverse perspectives, approaches, and experiences, including those of underrepresented groups.
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.