michael j fox foundation

Awarded as part of the LEAPS initiative, the grants will enable leading investigators to build on knowledge gained from previous trials to help accelerate research toward better treatments for people with Parkinson's...

Funded through MJFF's Clinical Intervention Awards initiative, the grant will support a double-blind trial to evaluate the disease-modifying potential of transdermal nicotine using standard skin patches....

PIGD includes a constellation of Parkinson's symptoms, such as freezing of gait, difficulty initiating movement, and problems with balance, the causes of which are poorly understood and are not alleviated by any currently available PD treatments....

The grants will support the efforts of ten research teams working at institutions in the United States and Europe to determine whether a molecule or mechanism of interest is a true drug target for Parkinson's disease....

Made through MJFF's Rapid Response Innovation Awards program, the grants will support research based on little or no existing preliminary data but which has the potential to open entirely new ways of understanding or treating Parkinson's disease....

To date, MJFF has awarded $9 million through its biomarkers initiative, resulting in the discovery of several lead biomarker candidates....