Weston Brain Institute: Rapid Response 2025 program
Sponsor
Weston Family Foundation, through the Weston Brain Institute
For More Information
Please visit the Weston Family Foundation website [1] for:
- Eligibility criteria
- Review criteria
- Program details
- Templates
Description
The Weston Family Foundation aims to catalyze and scale science-based approaches to significantly improve the health and well-being of Canadians. The Foundation takes a leadership role in tackling large problems that are under-addressed by supporting research that is particularly relevant to the health of Canadians, and that empowers Canadians to improve their health and well-being.
The Foundation, through its Weston Brain Institute, is pleased to announce the launch of its flagship Rapid Response program designed to provide seed funding to catalyze novel, high-risk, high-reward translational research that accelerates the development of therapeutics or tools for neurodegenerative diseases of aging (NDAs).
Eligibility
Principal Applicants must be:
- At or above the level of Assistant Professor
- Working in Canada at least 50% of the time
- Affiliated with a Canada Revenue Agency-qualified donee institution located in Canada
Eligible projects should meet the following criteria:
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Be translational research that can accelerate therapeutic or tool development for NDAs, as defined by the Institute.
- Therapeutics should address unmet needs in the prevention, treatment and/or symptomatic management of NDAs.
- Tools should address challenges in translational research to accelerate the development and/or clinical implementation of therapeutics for NDAs (e.g., biomarkers, drug delivery systems).
- Have preliminary data to support the hypothesis and feasibility of the project.
Maximum Project Value
Up to $300,000 over 18-24 months
Indirect Costs
0%
Special Notes
An information session is being offered on February 11, 2025 at 1pm ET - Register for the session here [2]
Deadlines
If College-level review is required, your College will communicate its earlier internal deadlines.
| Type | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
External Deadline | LOI must be submitted directly to Weston Brain Institute through the online grants management system [3]. | |
Internal Deadline | Applicants will be notified of proposal invitations in June 2025. Applicants invited to submit a full proposal after the LOI review stage will be notified by Weston Brain Institute. Applicants invited to the Full Proposal stage must submit a copy of their full proposal draft, including budget and signed OR-5, to the Office of Research Services (research.services@uoguelph.ca [4]) a minimum of one-week prior to the deadline to submit a full proposal to Weston Brain Institute. | |
External Deadline | Full proposals must be submitted directly to Weston Brain Institute through the online grants management system [3]. [5] |