Research support organizations

In this page you will find a list of organizations offering support and/or funding for Movement Disorders research.

Funding organizations

• Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) - parkinsonsroadmap.org

• American Academy of Neurology - funding research projects, awards, scholarsips and studentships for neurologists (and clinicians in training), some available for forgien (non-US) residents: www.aan.com/tools-and-resources/academic-neurologists-researchers

• Association of British Neurologists (ABN) - funding research and clinical training opportunities for UK-based neurologists: www.theabn.org

• Brain Research UK - www.brainresearchuk.org.uk

• CBD Solutions - www.cbdsolutions.se

• Cure Parkinson’s Trust - www.cureparkinsons.org.uk/applyfunding

• Cure PSP: student fellowships, venture grants and enterprise grants - www.psp.org/iwanttolearn/research

• Dystonia Medical Research Foundation: dystonia-foundation.org/research/fund-program

• EU (European Union) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) - ec.europa.eu/health/technology_assessment/overview_en

• Guarantors of Brain - guarantorsofbrain.org/grants

• Michael J Fox foundation - www.michaeljfox.org/research/apply-for-grant.html

• MRC funding opportunities: www.mrc.ac.uk/funding/browse

• The MSA Coalition: www.multiplesystematrophy.org

• NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) - https://www.nihr.ac.uk/explore-nihr/funding-programmes/health-technology-assessment.htm

• NIHR funding opportunities: funds research focused on the needs of patients and the public - health, public health and social care research that is essential for improving the health and wealth of the nation. Wide range of funding schemes and themes: www.nihr.ac.uk/researchers/funding-opportunities

• Parkinson’s UK - www.parkinsons.org.uk/research/research-grants

• PSP Association (PSPA) - www.pspassociation.org.uk/research/information-for-researchers

• The Silverstein Foundation: accelerating research and discovering new therapies for the treatment of Parkinson's Disease in glucocerebrosidase (GBA) mutation carriers. silversteinfoundation.org

• UCL staff funding opportunities: www.ucl.ac.uk/enterprise/staff/funding

• UCL translational research office – external funding opportunities: www.ucl.ac.uk/translational-research/funding-opps/external-funding

• UCL translational research office – internal funding opportunities: www.ucl.ac.uk/translational-research/funding-opps/internal-funding

Research support organizations

These organization typically do not offer research funding but are able to offer other support to ongoing research projects, mainly clinical research.

• Age UK - www.ageuk.org.uk

• National Tremor Foundation - www.tremor.org.uk

• Sue Ryder: palliative and neurological care research and its translation into improved clinical practice. https://www.sueryder.org/end-of-life-care/for-healthcare-professionals/our-research/

• Dystonia UK (formerly: The Dystonia Society) - www.dystonia.org.uk