For every $1 we spend in seed funding through the Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research program, Future Leaders will attract an additional $7.75 to build on their findings.
For every $1 we spend in seed funding through the Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research program, Future Leaders will attract an additional $7.75 to build on their findings. Since 2019, the Future Leaders program has supported 131 promising early career researchers with $100,000 each to pursue bold ideas, advance their research programs, and launch their careers. This seed funding has allowed Future Leaders to:
Dr. Sylvia Villeneuve is accelerating research on Alzheimer’s across the globe. By sharing comprehensive data from preclinical Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients, the Canadian Alzheimer’s Prevention Data Repository and Sharing (CAP) platform, headed by Villeneuve, is bolstering research studies across hundreds of research groups. Already, the platform is hosting data that has been used to uncover significant findings, enabling a greater understanding of the disease in its early stages – before symptoms appear.
Novel research by Aaron Phillips, associate professor at the University of Calgary, may soon drastically change the lives of those who suffer from a life-threatening and often underappreciated complication of spinal cord injury: blood pressure instability.
Since 2021, The Erika Legacy Foundation has been generously supporting a range of innovative mental health research projects through Brain Canada. Their giving is inspired by Erika, who died by suicide in 2015. The unexpected death rocked her family—and galvanized them.
When Dr. Monica Seger was 25, she received a grant to do a postdoctoral fellowship in the Netherlands. It was an experience that changed the trajectory of her life and research. As a young neuroendocrinologist, Monica benefited immensely from collaborating with scientists in a different culture.
Over the past five years, Toby Fouks has generously supported Brain Canada to advance high-impact brain research across the country. She is interested in supporting research dedicated to uncovering the mechanisms behind some of the most devastating brain diseases.
Each year, over 95,000 Canadians aged 65 and older are diagnosed with dementia—a number expected to rise as our population grows and ages. The diagnosis not only changes lives for those affected but also places emotional and financial strain on families, caregivers, and the health system.
