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Platform Support Grants

Brain Canada is pleased to launch a consultation with the research community, research institutions and potential funding partners, about its planned Platform Support Grants (PSGs), intended to contribute to the operating costs of national or regional research platforms that serve large numbers of researchers in the neurosciences. Brain Canada intends that the PSGs will make possible the coordination and linking of existing local, provincial, or regional infrastructure into a national platform

Brain Canada invites interested parties to submit informal Expressions of Interest, which will guide the content of the final Request for Applications, and facilitate the formation of national platforms.

Summaries of Expressions of Interest will be posted on a moderated discussion forum, and any interested party may comment on them. Brain Canada may also discuss submissions with potential research and funding partners. Confidential submissions and comments are also welcome.

Information about sending an Expression of Interest

The Draft Platform Support Grant Request for Applications

The PSG Discussion Forum

Key dates:  deadline for receiving Expressions of Interest May 20, 2013; provisional date for publication of Request for Applications, July 15, 2013, with application deadline November 1, 2013 and decision December 20th, 2013.

For further Information:

About Brain Canada and the Canada Brain Research Fund: http://braincanada.ca

About Expressions of Interest: PSG.EOI@braincanada.ca

 

May 16th, 2013 - Recipients of the Brain Canada-CIBC Brain Cancer Research Training Awards

April 29th, 2013 - Brain Canada and The W. Garfield Weston Foundation collaborate with the Government of Canada to accelerate paradigm-changing research on the brain - First recipients of Multi-Investigator Research Initiative grants announced

CTV News - Brain Canada: Millions granted for stunning new research

The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, with members of the W. Garfield Weston Foundation and Brain Canada, and members from the recipient teams of the Multi-Investigator Research Initiative (MIRI) grants.

(l-r)  Dr. Donald Mabbott, Rupert Duchesne, Dr. David Andrews, W. Galen Weston, Dr. Franco Vaccarino, The Honourable Michael H. Wilson, Minister Aglukkaq, Mark Krembil,  Inez Jabalpurwala, Dr. Michel Cayouette, Larry Tanenbaum, Dr. Freda Miller, Allan Taylor, Keith Murai, Artur Kania. 

National Post - ‘Fast and faster’ breakthroughs expected in brain research as project seeks eye test to detect Alzheimers 

April 19th, 2013 - CIBC and Brain Canada join forces to fight brain cancer

From left to right: Inez Jabalpurwala, Brain Canada; Dr. Philip Barker, Montreal Neurological Institute; Lili de Grandpré, Brain Canada; Dr. Guy Rouleau, Montreal Neurological Institute, Sylvain Vinet, CIBC ; Ian Gerald, CIBC – Brain Canada Fellow; Dr. Vincent Castellucci, Brain Canada;  Dr. Louis Collins, Montreal Neurological Institute.

April 3rd, 2013 - Brain mapping project aims to help treat brain disorders

Canadian neuroscientists believe they are in a good position to assist with the goal outlined by U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday to unlock the mysteries of the human brain.

March 11th, 2013

Naomi Azrieli - Living As Pioneers
Dr. Naomi Azrieli is Chair and CEO of the Azrieli Foundation. Together with federal funds provided through the Canada Brain Research Fund (a collaboration between the Government of Canada and Brain Canada) the Foundation recently donated $8.5 million over five years to launch the Azrieli Neurodevelopmental Research Program.

 

February 18th, 2013

Hon. Yonah Martin: Mental Health - Debates of the Senate (Hansard) 1st Session, 41st Parliament, Volume 148, Issue 137 

February 18th, 2013

Brain Canada is pleased to share a Request For Proposals from the W. Garfield Weston Foundation, on Transformational Neurodegenerative Diseases in Aging. Please click here for more detail. This initiative is well aligned with Brain Canada's Multi-Investigator Research Initiative model and we encourage all interested researchers to apply

 

February 8th, 2013

Bell and Brain Canada announce $1 million research training fund

From left to right: Inez Jabalpurwala, President, Brain Canada; Dr. Max S. Cynader, Director, Brain Research Centre, University of British Columbia & Brain Canada Director;  Cory Baimel, Award recipient; Dr. Steven Connor, Award recipient; Mary Deacon, Chair, Bell Mental Health Initiative; Clara Hughes, national spokesperson, Bell Let's Talk; The Honourable Yonah Martin, Senator.

 

Brain Canada is proud to support the Bell Let’s Talk Day on February 12, 2013.

 

 

January 12th, 2013

A big brainstorm is on the horizon in neuroscience

 

December 21st, 2012

The Barbara Turnbull Foundation for Spinal Cord Research 2012 Newsletter

 

December 21st, 2012

Harper Government Applauds One of the Largest Ever Public Private Investments in Health Research

The Chagnon Family and the Azrieli Foundation commit $46 million to Support Canadian Brain Research

Brain Canada is pleased to announce the Chagnon Family - Brain Canada, Multi-Investigator Research Initiative (MIRI) on Interventions for Prevention of Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders.

The purpose of these MIRI grants is to accelerate novel and transformative intervention research that will improve the prevention of Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders (ADRD).  This initiative will reward “outside the box” ideas by supporting research that is truly innovative and may challenge standard paradigms.

Over the next five years, $25 million will be provided by the Chagnon Family and Brain Canada, through the Canada Brain Research Fund.  This will be the largest investment in interventions for prevention of ADRD ever made in this country and sets forth a challenge to fast-track a quantum leap in the field.

Key dates:  deadline for letters of intent, February 22, 2013; and for full applications, July 12, 2013; funding to begin on or after October 14, 2013.

View the full announcement

Request for Applications:  ADRD_MIRI_RFA_EN.pdf

Frequently Asked Questions: FAQ

Selection Committee Evaluation Information: Selection_Committee_Evaluation_Information.pdf

For further Information:

About Brain Canada and the Canada Brain Research Fund: http://braincanada.ca

About this competition: ADRD_query@braincanada.ca

 

Brain Canada is pleased to announce The Azrieli Neurodevelopmental Research Program, Multi-Investigator Research Initiative (MIRI).

The Azrieli Foundation in partnership with Brain Canada will support excellent systems or translational research in the area of neurodevelopmental disorders, with a special focus on ASD and Fragile X syndrome. The ultimate goal of the initiative is to develop new diagnostics, treatment and prevention strategies for neurodevelopmental disorders, to reduce their economic and social burden on Canadians, and to improve the quality of life for those affected by neurodevelopmental disorders and their families.

Over the next five years, $7.5 million will be provided by The Azrieli Foundation and Brain Canada, through the Canada Brain Research Fund.

Key dates:  deadline for letters of intent, April 5, 2013; and for full applications, August 16, 2013; funding to begin on or after November 18, 2013.

View the full announcement

Request for ApplicationsNEURODEV_MIRI_RFA_EN.pdf

Frequently Asked Questions:  FAQs, including important information about an opportunity for collaboration with NIH-funded teams working on Fragile X

 

For further Information:
About Brain Canada and the Canada Brain Research Fund: http://braincanada.ca/
About this competition: Neurodev@braincanada.ca.

 

May 3rd, 2012

On May 3rd, 2012, Brain Canada’s Board of Directors and staff joined the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, for the Government of Canada announcement of the Canada Brain Research Fund.

Harper Government Announces Funding to Support Brain Research

Factsheet: Brain Canada's Brain Research Fund

CAN welcomes the launch of the Canada Brain Research Fund

Government of Canada Makes History With Unprecedented Investment in Public/Private Partnership for Brain Research

 

June 6, 2011

Brain Canada applauds budget commitment for research and treatment of brain disorders. Federal commitment of $100 million will match private funds to address diseases affecting 1 in 3 canadians.

 

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Annual report 2011

 

Every dollar raised will be matched by the Government of Canada.