Funding, News and Announcements

We would like to share a research funding opportunity called the Discovery Grant that the ALS Society of Canada currently has available. The deadline to apply is June 3^rd, 2016 at 1 pm EST.

The Grant
The Discovery Grant is to encourage new basic research focused on identifying causes of, or treatments for ALS and/or related neurological diseases, including primary lateral sclerosis, progressive muscular atrophy, and ALS/FTLD (ALS/frontotemporal lobar dementia). The spirit of this program is “high risk/high reward” and is aimed at independent investigator(s) proposing a novel research approach, supported by a sound rationale and feasible experimental plan, but not necessarily preliminary data.

Funding
Up to eight awards of up to $100,000 will be awarded in this cycle. The one time award may be used for research over a 12-24 month period, at the discretion of the Principal Investigator.

Eligibility
Each co-investigator must be an independent researcher at a Canadian institution who has a PhD or equivalent, or a health professional degree (MD) with relevant postdoctoral research training. Clinical researchers should have completed residency training which includes research experience.

Please click here to view the Terms of Reference (pdf).

For more information about the grant and application process, please visit our website.