[ Joint Programme on Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) | Research funding ]

The Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) is the largest global research initiative aimed at tackling the challenge of neurodegenerative diseases. This ERA-NET is funded by the EU’s H2020 programme and by the participating countries’ funding agencies, including the SNSF.

For the 2020 call, the JPND initiative has announced a EUR 18 M transnational call for multinational research on novel imaging and brain stimulation methods and technologies for neurodegenerative diseases. The SNSF has allocated CHF 1M (approx. EUR 900K) for Swiss-based grantees from 3-4 projects.

Proposals must focus on one or several of the following

Neurodegenerative diseases:

• Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias,
• Parkinson’s disease and PD-related disorders,
• Prion diseases,
• Motor neuron diseases,
• Spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA),
• Huntington’s disease,
• Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).

• Imaging technologies,
• Development of novel imaging technologies,
• Improvements to the application of existing cutting-edge imaging technologies,
• Brain stimulation techniques,
• New or improved applications of both invasive and non invasive brain stimulation techniques for the diagnosis and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.

• International consortia composed of 3-6 researchers from at least 3 different participating countries. Partners from other countries can be part of the consortium, but must secure their own funding. Applicants can be based at universities (or other higher education institutions), non-university public or private research institutes, hospitals and other health and social care settings, as well as commercial companies, in particular SMEs. Collaborations with companies from outside the traditional medical sector (e.g. computing, artificial intelligence) are welcome. Eligibility rules depend on the national funding agencies.

• Swiss-based applicants: must be eligible for SNSF Project Funding (see EPFL Instructions for SNSF Project Funding) and cannot participate in more than one proposal per call. The SNSF exclusively funds research conducted for non-commercial purposes. Please contact [email protected] to verify your eligibility for the call. In case of several overlapping SNSF projects, all projects must significantly distinguish themselves from each other.  

• Deadline for pre-proposals: 3 March 2020 at 15:00 CET.
• Deadline for full proposals: 30 June 2020 at 15:00 CET.