Unravelling neurodegeneration

2 October 2008

In partnership with the Medical Research Council, we are calling for proposals for Strategic Awards in Neurodegenerative Diseases. The £30 million strategic initiative aims to stimulate high-quality, collaborative research that will advance knowledge of neurodegenerative diseases through interdisciplinary approaches.

By addressing key gaps in our knowledge of these debilitating and distressing diseases, this initiative should catalyse the development of much-needed new approaches for early diagnosis and effective therapies.

Consortia of leading research groups from the UK and the Republic of Ireland are invited to apply for five years’ funding (up to £5m), which will support the development of collaborative and innovative interdisciplinary research programmes to investigate the biological processes underlying neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease, frontal temporal dementia, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and multiple sclerosis. Partners may include international researchers and those from the pharmaceutical industry.

Preliminary applications must be received by 12 December 2008. More details of the call can be found at the Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases webpage.

Prospective applicants should contact Dr Shewly Choudhury ( s.choudhury@wellcome.ac.uk) or Dr Joanna Latimer ( joannalatimer@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk).