DoW Parkinson's, Early Investigator Research Award
Funds early-career Parkinson's research, with a required mentor at the fellow level and none needed at the independent level.
Parkinson's disease research needs a pipeline of new investigators, and this is the Parkinson's Research Program's entry point for them. It exists to get someone early in a research career onto their own Parkinson's project, not to fund an established lab.
The award has two funding levels, and which one applies depends on career stage rather than the science. Level 1 is for fellows, and it requir…
Parkinson's disease research for investigators early in their careers, addressing one of the fiscal year's four PRP Focus Areas. Funding Level 1 is for fellows with a named Mentor; Level 2 is for independent early-career investigators without one. Clinical trials are not allowed.
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