June 16, 2020
News and Media
Updates from Brain Canada and from the global brain community
November 12, 2019
Notice of Upcoming Funding Opportunity: 2019 Platform Support Grants
November 08, 2019
Dr. Brian Kwon receives the inaugural Turnbull-Tator Award in Spinal Cord Injury and Concussion Research
November 05, 2019
Notice of Upcoming Funding Opportunity: 2019 Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research
May 02, 2019
CQDM, Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives (HBHL), Corbin Therapeutics and Brain Canada award $1.5 million to McGill Professor Philippe Gros who will pursue the development of new molecules to fight neuroinflammation
April 10, 2019
New $40-million investment in Budget 2019: planning stage for future Brain Canada competitions
April 03, 2019
Roche Canada invests $2+ million in Canadian Prospective Cohort Study to Understand Progression in Multiple Sclerosis (CanProCo)
March 21, 2019
Women’s Brain Health Initiative Welcomes Funding for National Dementia Strategy
March 21, 2019
Brain Canada welcomes the Government of Canada’s renewed partnership in brain research and investment in the Canada Brain Research Fund
March 11, 2019
Azrieli Foundation and Brain Canada mark Brain Awareness Week with $1-M grant program for Early-Career Investigators
December 13, 2018
ALS Society of Canada dedicates last of the matched Ice Bucket Challenge research funding to early-career researchers in pursuit of a future without ALS
December 06, 2018
Top Canadian researchers at the helm of pioneering Canadian Proactive Cohort Study for People Living with MS (CanProCo)
October 29, 2018
Announcing the recipients of the Brain Canada-Kids Brain Health Network training awards in developmental neurosciences
October 04, 2018
Funding awarded to six research teams working to improve health outcomes and quality of life for people living with brain disorders
February 19, 2018
Government of Canada and Brain Canada announce a $10-million grant to establish a platform that will help researchers share data more widely and efficiently
February 14, 2018
Azrieli Foundation and Brain Canada launch grant program to develop the next generation of talent in Canadian brain research
January 18, 2018
CQDM and Brain Canada Inject $1 M in Top BC Biotech Firm AbCellera to Advance Discovery Platform for Next-Generation Antibody Therapeutics
December 27, 2017
Conquering brain disease requires both private and government funding
November 22, 2017
ALS Canada awards $3 million for 12 new research projects to help make amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) a treatable, not terminal disease
September 25, 2017
Capitalize for Kids and Brain Canada Team Up on National Student Fundraiser
May 16, 2017
Huntington Society of Canada and Brain Canada Announce Second Recipient of the HD Clinician-Scientist-to-Patient Virtual Networks Grant Competition
April 25, 2017
Government of Canada and Brain Canada Foundation announce 18 new brain research projects
March 03, 2017
New program focuses on families of first responders impacted by PTSD
December 08, 2005
Researchers discover a protein responsible for shaping the nervous system
November 25, 2005