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The Canadian Alzheimer’s Prevention Data Repository and Sharing Platform: accelerating Alzheimer’s disease research and treatment in Canada and beyond

  • Program Type

    Platform grants

  • Area of research

    Neurodegeneration

  • Disease Area

    Alzheimer’s

  • Competition

    2021 Platform Support Grants

  • Province

    Québec

  • Start Date

    2022

  • Total Grant Amount

    $2,280,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $1,140,000

Project Overview

By the time a person receives a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) dementia, brain atrophy is such that memory impairments are irreversible. The scientific community is joining forces to collect and share data on the pre-dementia phases of AD (preclinical and prodromal AD). Neuroscientists require a large pool of longitudinal…

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The Canadian Pediatric Imaging Platform (C-PIP): A platform to support research in child brain health

  • Program Type

    Platform grants

  • Area of research

    Neurodevelopment

  • Disease Area

    Epilepsy,  Brain Injury,  Mental illness,  Other

  • Competition

    2021 Platform Support Grants

  • Province

    Alberta

  • Start Date

    2023

  • Total Grant Amount

    $5,603,265

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $2,802,500

Project Overview

MRI is a powerful tool for measuring how the brain changes across life and how conditions like preterm birth or concussion can disrupt the brain’s development. Across Canada, three leading pediatric MRI research centres are developing the Canadian Pediatric Imaging Platform (C-PIP). C-PIP is launching as a partnership between the…

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MouseTRAP: The Mouse Translational Research Accelerator Platform

  • Program Type

    Platform grants

  • Area of research

    Multiple

  • Disease Area

    Alzheimer’s,  Parkinson's

  • Competition

    2021 Platform Support Grants

  • Province

    Ontario

  • Start Date

    2022

  • Total Grant Amount

    $1,425,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $712,500

Project Overview

Neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease profoundly affect aspects of cognition including memory, attention, decision making and cognitive flexibility, and contribute to diminished quality of life for millions of patients and their caregivers. At the current time there are no successful disease modifying therapeutics for these devastating conditions.…

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SPRINT: fnirS Platform foR braIn moNiToring, analytics and data repository

  • Program Type

    Platform grants

  • Area of research

    Injury

  • Disease Area

    Epilepsy,  Brain Injury,  Parkinson's,  Stroke

  • Competition

    2021 Platform Support Grants

  • Province

    Ontario

  • Start Date

    2022

  • Total Grant Amount

    $1,277,902

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $638,951

Project Overview

Brain-based disorders such as epilepsy, stroke, acquired brain injury, and Parkinson’s Disease impact tens of thousands of Canadians each year. Diagnosis and monitoring of brain-based disorders is done using brainimaging methods including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and electroencephalography (EEG). However, these techniques are limited for their use for clinical and…

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The Brain Single Cell Initiative

  • Program Type

    Platform grants

  • Area of research

    Multiple

  • Disease Area

    Brain Cancer,  Brain Injury,  Other

  • Competition

    2021 Platform Support Grants

  • Province

    Ontario

  • Start Date

    2022

  • Total Grant Amount

    $5,016,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $2,508,000

Project Overview

The recent breakthrough technology of single-cell genomics has vastly improved our capacity to understand how the trillions of cells in our body develop and work together to make us human. This advance combines the power of the microscope, used to discover that all biological organisms are composed of cells, with…

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