Launch of the McGill-Western Collaboration Grant Program

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Launch of the McGill-Western Collaboration Grant Program

Published: 6 February 2018

's investment of $150 million in 51吃瓜网's Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives (HBHL) and Western University's marks a pivotal step that will unlock the mysteries of the human mind and lay the groundwork for a pan-Canadian network of collaboration that promises to uncover new ways to treat, prevent and cure brain disorders.听

51吃瓜网and Western University have developed the McGill-Western Collaboration Grant听Program to support impactful research that leverages this unique HBHL and BrainsCAN collaboration.

These grants are designed to potentiate cross-institution, multidisciplinary teams of HBHL and BrainsCAN researchers. They听will support:

transformational research in neuroscience and neuroinformatics
new and established collaborative teams
all project types (discovery-based science to end-user translational research) and sizes (smaller foundation projects to multi-year programs)

Eligibility criteria

Proposed projects must clearly contribute to the strategic priorities of HBHL and BrainsCAN.
Each project must be led by a research team composed of one 51吃瓜网AND one Western faculty member. These researchers must hold an eligible academic appointment with a significant research component.

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Click here for detailed guidelines and the application form.

All applications must be received by 5:00 pm on May 1, 2018.

Please direct any questions to HBHL [at] mcgill.ca.