Dear researchers,
1. We currently have several open programs with deadlines approaching soon:
Rapid Response: Canada 2018 (Parkinson’s & Related Diseases)
LOI deadline: December 4, 2017 at 2pm EST
Seed funding (up to $200,000 per project for up to 18 months) to provide support for high-risk, high-reward projects that will accelerate the development of therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases of aging.
Please contact Cristina at cristina.tang@weston.ca or 416-965-5356 with any questions.
Transformational Research: Canada 2018
LOI deadline: December 7, 2017 at 2pm EST (may be extended; please contact us if this would be helpful)
Larger, longer grants (up to $1.5m for up to 3 years) for transformational work based on excellent preliminary data, including clinical studies not covered under the Early Phase Clinical Trials program below.
Please contact Rene at rene.prashad@weston.ca or 416-965-5735 with any questions.
Early Phase Clinical Trials: Canada *NEW*
LOIs accepted on a rolling basis
Funding (up to $1.5m for up to 4 years) for clinical trials and/or clinical trial sub-studies with excellent preliminary data. Translational research other than clinical trials and/or clinical trial sub-studies should be submitted to the Transformational Research program or the Rapid Response program.
Please contact Cristina at cristina.tang@weston.ca or 416-965-5356 with any questions.
Postdoctoral Scholars at Oxford
Applications accepted on a rolling basis
Provides funding (maximum £57,000 per year in salary + benefits, for 2 years) to exceptional Canadian postdoctoral researchers for international training at the University of Oxford and affiliation with Merton College. Projects must be translational research to accelerate the development of therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases of aging.
Please contact Rachel at rachel.reeve@weston.ca or 416-965-5656 with any questions.
2. We also have two open positions:
1. Research Programs Specialist – this can be done as a ~1 year position if you had a post-doc or similar who wished to rotate out of lab work temporarily.
Please contact Jean at jean.surridge@weston.ca or 416-965-5355 with any questions about hiring.
For inquiries not related to the programs listed above, please contact us at neuro@weston.ca or 416-935-4056.
Best wishes,
Alex
Alexandra Stewart | Executive Director, Weston Brain Institute; Executive Director of Neuroscience, The W. Garfield Weston Foundation | 22 St. Clair Ave. E, Toronto Ontario Canada M4T 2S7 | w: +1 (416) 965-5764 | c: +1 (647) 823-1661 |alexandra.stewart@weston.ca | www.westonbraininstitute.ca