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Consortia

Scientific progress can be accelerated when the community works together in a collaborative, rather than competitive manner. Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) is proud to coordinate with other organizations that promote the sharing of knowledge and resources for the scientific community. Membership in these organizations allows us to work together with the research community to accelerate scientific advances by fostering a collaborative and open approach to research.
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Memberships

Research Software Alliance

Research Software Alliance

ASAP is proud to join the Research Software Alliance (ReSA) as an organizational member. ReSA is dedicated to advancing the research software ecosystem by collaborating with decision-makers and key influencers.

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Plan S

Plan S

ASAP is a proud member of Plan S, an initiative for Open Access publishing. The plan is supported by cOAlition S, an international consortium of research funding and performing organizations. Plan S requires that, from 2021, scientific publications that result from research funded by public grants must be published in compliant Open Access journals or platforms.

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Open Research Funders Group

Open Research Funders Group

ASAP is proud to join alongside philanthropic organizations as a member of The Open Research Funders Group (ORFG). ORFG is a partnership of funding organizations committed to the open sharing of research outputs and other forms of scholarship. The ORFG has two primary programmatic pillars: (1) engaging philanthropies in a community of practice to develop, implement, oversee, and advance strategies that accelerate access to funded research, including papers and data; and (2) serving as the funders’ voice in cross-sector discussions about open research policies, incentives, infrastructure, and good practices.

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AMP® PDRD

AMP® PDRD

The Accelerating Medicine Partnership in Parkinson’s Disease and Related Disorders (AMP® PDRD) is a public-private partnership between the National Institutes of Health (NIH), multiple biopharmaceutical and life science companies, and nonprofit organizations. Managed through the Foundation for the NIH (FNIH), AMP® PDRD aims to harmonize Parkinson’s and related disease datasets across the community with the goal of identifying and validating diagnostic, prognostic, and/or progression biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease, with an emphasis on broadening data sharing in the biomedical community to advance Parkinson’s research. ASAP is proud to be a partner in the AMP® PDRD effort to broaden data sharing in the biomedical community to advance Parkinson’s research. Both GP2 and PPMI cohorts share their data on this platform.

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News & Updates

Our initiative is accelerating the pace of discovery for Parkinson’s disease through collaboration, research-enabling resources, and data sharing.

Expanding Our Research Horizons: 2026 CRN Investigators Meeting
Expanding Our Research Horizons: 2026 CRN Investigators Meeting

September 2, 2026

In this blog, Hetal Shah, PhD, senior program officer, and Dana Lewis, PhD, program officer at ASAP and the Coalition for Aligning Science, discuss highlights from the 2026 CRN Annual Investigators Meeting, emphasizing how new research themes and cross-disciplinary collaboration are accelerating progress in Parkinson’s disease research.

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Sparking Discoveries for Parkinson’s Research: CRN Impact Report 2025-2026
Sparking Discoveries for Parkinson’s Research: CRN Impact Report 2025-2026

August 24, 2026

In this blog, ASAP shares an overview of the Collaborative Research Network (CRN) 2025–2026 Impact Report, highlighting key discoveries, cross-cutting scientific themes, field-enabling resources, and infrastructure efforts accelerating breakthroughs in Parkinson's disease research.

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Parkinson’s Research Funders Lead the Way With Progressive Open Access and Open Science Policies
Parkinson’s Research Funders Lead the Way With Progressive Open Access and Open Science Policies

August 19, 2026

SPARC dives into how Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) and The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) are advancing Parkinson's research through open-access and open-science policies that mandate the early, public sharing of publications, data, protocols, and lab resources.

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