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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:

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Six early-career researchers receive leadership grants

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USask launches first study on effects of smoked cannabis on brain development

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Sex bias in pain research

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Improving Health Outcomes: Role of exercise in mental health

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Behavioural research gets boost with first open-access database

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Autism gene’s loss hampers neurons’ trek through developing brain

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Improving research with more effective antibodies

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New study advances quest to better understand consciousness

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Women and science suffer when medical research doesn’t study females

Medical science has a deadly historical bias problem: until very recently, most studies only included males. The article features Dr. Jeffrey Mogil, and mentions research supported by the 2014 Brain Canada Team Grant he received.

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ALS gene may be a hitchhiker’s guide to the neuron

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Supporting Novel Ideas: Treating Depression with Brain Stimulation

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A Catalyst for Global Connections: Science without Barriers or Borders

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