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Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
https://westonfoundation.ca/grant_call/brain-health-sleep-2023-program/
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Sponsor/Award: |
WESTON FAMILY FOUNDATION - BRAIN HEALTH: SLEEP 2023 PROGRAM - 2023 COMPETITION | LETTER OF INTENT |
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Grant Amount: |
UP TO $1,200,000 OVER 3 YEARS |
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Deadline: |
Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: Jul 04, 2023
Sponsor's: Jul 11, 2023
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Subject Areas: |
Neurodegenerative Diseases, Aging-associated Disease |
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Description: |
The Brain Health: Sleep 2023 program seeks to reduce the risk and/or slow the progression of neurodegenerative diseases of aging by accelerating the development of healthy lifestyle approaches relating to sleep. The program seeks to accelerate the research and development
of sleep-based strategies that improve brain-related outcome measures relevant to (or
associated with) NDAs. This includes observational studies (e.g., studies mining existing
databases, cohort studies, biomarkers studies) and interventional studies in humans
(e.g., pilot studies, proof-of-concept trials, ancillary trials). Work involving animal
models/data are not in scope of the program. |
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Application Details: |
The application process consists of two stages: Letters of Intent (LOIs) and Proposals.
To apply, applicants must submit an LOI to the Foundation. Selected applicants will then be
invited to submit a Proposal. Both the LOI and Proposal must be completed and submitted through the Foundation's online grants management system (https://westonfdn.smartsimple.ca/). Each LOI and Proposal is peer-reviewed by a scientific review committee.
Please choose the Letter of Intent option on your ROLA ProposalINDIRECT COSTS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE |
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NOTE: All Letters of Intent and Full Applications must be processed through Research Development & Services for institutional approval. Requests for Institutional approvals should be received no less than 3 days prior to the posted Sponsor deadline. A ROLA Proposal (bearing applicant, Chair and Dean electronic approvals) is required for each submission. |
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Western Contacts: |
Latinovich,Cessandra
Hancock,Jennifer Anne
Patel,Pinal
Raymond,Sandrena
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Sponsor Contacts: |
RENE.PRASHAD@WESTONFOUNDATION.CA
22 St. Clair Avenue East, Suite 2001
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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