The Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) initiative is on a mission to accelerate the pace of discovery and inform the path to a cure for Parkinson’s disease (PD) through collaboration, generation of research-enabling resources, and data-sharing. The ASAP initiative provides funding opportunities to the scientific community. Learn more about current ASAP funding opportunities below.
Collaborative Research Network (CRN) 2025
In early 2025, ASAP offered two open, competitive funding opportunities for the research community to provide additional capital to spur discovery for Parkinson’s disease (PD) research. The application period for both of these funding opportunities is now closed. View below to learn more.
Funding Tracks
ASAP will support higher-risk, large-scale, ambitious projects across two tracks.
Scientific Track: Focus on supporting high-priority projects to dissect the mechanisms that contribute to PD heterogeneity. The LOI application period for these grants is now closed.
Learn more about the opportunity.
- For reference only, you can view the RFA Overview, LOI Instructions and Requirements, and Team, Application, and Budget Guidelines.
- View a webinar about the Scientific Track Funding Opportunity.
Technical Track: Focus on the development of novel, sustainable tools to accelerate validation and therapeutic R&D for emerging targets and mechanisms identified from ASAP discoveries. The LOI application period for these grants is now closed.
Learn more about the opportunity.
- For reference only, you can view the RFA Overview, LOI Instructions and Requirements, Team, Application, and Budget Guidelines, and the Technical Track FAQ.
- View a webinar about the Technical Track Funding Opportunity.
Funded teams will join the ASAP Collaborative Research Network, an international, multidisciplinary, and multi-institutional network of collaborating investigators who are working to address high-priority research questions in an effort to accelerate the pace of discovery for PD and drive new ideas into the R&D pipeline.
ASAP works with The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research to implement the award process.
Uncovering the roots of Parkinson's disease, together.
The ASAP Catalog showcases the research outputs and tools developed by ASAP-funded programs and researchers to foster learning and collaboration in the PD space.
