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We are pleased this year to present the following initiatives:
- *New* ORC – ASC Training Award Program
- FRSQ and ASC Partnership Program Trainee Awards
- Research Training Awards Program on Knowledge Translation and Dementia
The Alzheimer Society Research Program (ASRP) is a successful collaborative initiative of our newly established Federation, within which all the provincial Alzheimer Societies, the Alzheimer Society of Canada (ASC), partners and donors pull together to support research directed at both eradicating dementia and ameliorating the lives of those affected by it.
Introduction
The ASRP provides (i) Research Training Awards (Doctoral and Post-Doctoral), and (ii) Research Grants, in (a) the Young Investigators program, and (b) the Regular Grants Program, with the overall objective being to support Canadian studies that promise new insights into causes, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
The ASRP focuses on two research streams, Biomedical and Quality of Life. The Biomedical Stream provides funding for research into basic biological mechanisms related to brain changes associated with the disease, and into the identification of therapeutic agents to combat the disease. Applications dealing, for example, with brain-behaviour mechanisms, biochemical changes and molecular genetics are processed in the Biomedical stream. The Quality of Life stream is concerned with aspects of the disease especially pertaining to, for example, quality of life issues, behavioural and cognitive changes, environmental support and caregiving issues. ASC reserves the right to allocate an application to the review panel deemed most appropriate for that application.
- Training Awards
The Training Awards Program provides an opportunity for promising individuals to begin the process of becoming future independent investigators in the field of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
- Research Funding
(a) Young Investigators Grants are designed to help launch the careers of outstanding young researchers who have completed their post-doctoral training and are entering their first phase of an academic appointment.
(b) Regular Research Grants are designed to fund established researchers.
The ASRP is committed to the establishment of research partnerships with other agencies and organisations, and Partnership awards will continue to be offered. The various awards and grants are described in detail in Section III of the Application Guidelines.
ASRP and ASRP Partnership awards are offered to individuals by way of an annual competition that includes an extensive peer review process. The Alzheimer Society of Canada has a conflict of interest policy. For a copy of the policy, please contact the Research Department at research@alzheimer.ca.
Research
Grants and Training Awards:
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