Parkinson's Foundation Research
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The Parkinson's Foundation knows that a research breakthrough can happen at any time & believes in educating our PD community with the latest research updates.
https://www.parkinson.org/advancing-research
https://www.parkinson.org/advancing-research
▶️For more information and to apply: www.parkinson.org/advancing-re...
Fellowships & Early Career Awards
Awarded to encourage young scientists, clinicians and students to devote their talents to the study of PD.
www.parkinson.org
September 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
▶️For more information and to apply: www.parkinson.org/advancing-re...
▶️Applicants must hold an MD degree.
▶️Applicants must be specialized in neurology, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, or related fields.
▶️Applicants must be either less than 35 years old or 5 years out of their residency program.
▶️Applicants must be specialized in neurology, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, or related fields.
▶️Applicants must be either less than 35 years old or 5 years out of their residency program.
September 30, 2025 at 11:27 PM
▶️Applicants must hold an MD degree.
▶️Applicants must be specialized in neurology, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, or related fields.
▶️Applicants must be either less than 35 years old or 5 years out of their residency program.
▶️Applicants must be specialized in neurology, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, or related fields.
▶️Applicants must be either less than 35 years old or 5 years out of their residency program.
For more information and to apply, please visit:
www.parkinson.org/advancing-re...
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www.parkinson.org/advancing-re...
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For Researchers
The following information is for researchers, clinicians & fellows. Learn more about the application processes for the various Parkinson's Foundation programs.
www.parkinson.org
September 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
For more information and to apply, please visit:
www.parkinson.org/advancing-re...
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www.parkinson.org/advancing-re...
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Impact Awardee, Dr. Wim Versées from the Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, whose project focuses on validation of nanobody- and peptide-based chaperones for Glucocerebrosidase as a novel therapeutic strategy to fight #Parkinsons disease.
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September 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Impact Awardee, Dr. Wim Versées from the Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, whose project focuses on validation of nanobody- and peptide-based chaperones for Glucocerebrosidase as a novel therapeutic strategy to fight #Parkinsons disease.
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@parkinsondotorg.bsky.social
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Impact Awardee, Dr. Nuria Vendrell-Llopis from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, whose project focuses on disambiguating alpha-synuclein’s impact on cognitive decline.
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September 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Impact Awardee, Dr. Nuria Vendrell-Llopis from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, whose project focuses on disambiguating alpha-synuclein’s impact on cognitive decline.
@uabneuro.bsky.social @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social
@uabneuro.bsky.social @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Impact Awardee, Dr. Kelly Stauch from the University of Nebraska, whose project focuses on new approaches for understanding dopaminergic neuron-specific mitochondrial alterations.
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@nebraskamed.bsky.social @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Impact Awardee, Dr. Kelly Stauch from the University of Nebraska, whose project focuses on new approaches for understanding dopaminergic neuron-specific mitochondrial alterations.
@nebraskamed.bsky.social @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social
@nebraskamed.bsky.social @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Impact Awardee, Dr. Sarah Shahmoradian from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, whose project focuses on unlocking the atomic binding site of a novel high-affinity molecule to alpha-synuclein in #Parkinsons brain & cell models.
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@parkinsondotorg.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Impact Awardee, Dr. Sarah Shahmoradian from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, whose project focuses on unlocking the atomic binding site of a novel high-affinity molecule to alpha-synuclein in #Parkinsons brain & cell models.
@parkinsondotorg.bsky.social
@parkinsondotorg.bsky.social
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Impact Awardee, Dr. Colum MacKinnon from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, whose project focuses on the effects of vagus nerve stimulation on intrinsic lower leg spinal motoneuron excitability in #Parkinsons disease.
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@parkinsondotorg.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Impact Awardee, Dr. Colum MacKinnon from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, whose project focuses on the effects of vagus nerve stimulation on intrinsic lower leg spinal motoneuron excitability in #Parkinsons disease.
@parkinsondotorg.bsky.social
@parkinsondotorg.bsky.social
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Impact Awardee, Dr. Kauê Costa from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, whose project focuses on uncovering the dopaminergic mechanisms of early cognitive deficits in #Parkinsons disease.
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September 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Impact Awardee, Dr. Kauê Costa from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, whose project focuses on uncovering the dopaminergic mechanisms of early cognitive deficits in #Parkinsons disease.
@kmcostalab.com @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social
@kmcostalab.com @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social
▶️LOIs are due on October 29, 2025 at 3:00PM.
▶️For more information and to apply: www.parkinson.org/advancing-re...
▶️For more information and to apply: www.parkinson.org/advancing-re...
Fellowships & Early Career Awards
Awarded to encourage young scientists, clinicians and students to devote their talents to the study of PD.
www.parkinson.org
August 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
▶️LOIs are due on October 29, 2025 at 3:00PM.
▶️For more information and to apply: www.parkinson.org/advancing-re...
▶️For more information and to apply: www.parkinson.org/advancing-re...
▶️ The Launch Award is a two-stage program that tracks the awardee's career stage, providing a total of $400,000 for up to 4 years.
▶️Applicants must possess a PhD, MD, or equivalent degree and be within 18 months to 6 years of completing that degree or clinical training at the time of application.
▶️Applicants must possess a PhD, MD, or equivalent degree and be within 18 months to 6 years of completing that degree or clinical training at the time of application.
August 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
▶️ The Launch Award is a two-stage program that tracks the awardee's career stage, providing a total of $400,000 for up to 4 years.
▶️Applicants must possess a PhD, MD, or equivalent degree and be within 18 months to 6 years of completing that degree or clinical training at the time of application.
▶️Applicants must possess a PhD, MD, or equivalent degree and be within 18 months to 6 years of completing that degree or clinical training at the time of application.