Discovering “hidden” causal mutations in autism using long-read RNAseq and proteomics in neuron development
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex condition affecting communication, social interactions, and behavior in approximately 1–2% of people worldwide.
Grant type
Capacity building grants
Area of Research
Neurodevlopment
Competition
Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research
Province
Ontario
Start Date
2025
Examining the neurobiological substrates of antidepressant effects of psilocybin: a PET imaging study using SYNVEST1
In Canada, over 1 million people have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder (BD) in their lifetime.
Grant type
Capacity building grants
Area of Research
Mental Health
Competition
Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research
Province
Ontario
Start Date
2025
First-Principle modeling of Diffusion MRI in Brain tumor
Glioblastoma is the most common primary malignant brain tumor in the adult population with a very poor prognostic.
Grant type
Capacity building grants
Area of Research
Cancer
Competition
Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research
Province
Québec
Start Date
2025
Single-cell multi-omics to uncover mechanisms of patient glioblastoma heterogeneity and recurrence
Brain cancer is rarely curative and urgently needs novel transformative treatments.
Grant type
Capacity building grants
Area of Research
Cancer
Competition
Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research
Province
Ontario
Start Date
2025
Early Intervention for Youth Suicide: Leveraging EEG to Predict Treatment Response and Suicidality in the TIDE Trial
Depression is one of the most common mental health challenges faced by young people, yet choosing the right treatment remains a process of trial and error.
Grant type
Capacity building grants
Area of Research
Mental Health
Competition
Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research
Province
Québec
Start Date
2025
Distributed neural representations in confidence-guided reinforcement learning
Rodent models offer an opportunity to understand the computations performed in neural circuits at a much precise scale than using human neuroimaging.
Grant type
Capacity building grants
Area of Research
Central Nervous System
Competition
Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research
Province
Québec
Start Date
2025
Investigating Ciliary Defects in Rett Syndrome Neurons
Rett syndrome (RTT) is a severe neurological disorder that primarily affects girls, occurring in about 1 in 10,000 births.
Grant type
Capacity building grants
Competition
Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research
Start Date
2025
New function for DEPTOR tyrosine 289 phosphorylation in glioma metabolism
Deregulation of brain cell metabolism is commonly observed in low-grade brain cancers.
Area of Research
Cancer
Competition
CRS Operating Grants
Province
Québec
Start Date
2025
Defining and targeting clonal hematopoiesis as a driver of glioblastoma growth
We discovered that approximately one fifth of people with the deadly brain tumour glioblastoma show age-related genetic changes in their blood cells called ‘clonal hematopoiesis’, or CHIP.
Grant type
Team grants
Area of Research
Cancer
Competition
2025 Translational Research Grants in Brain Cancer
Province
Ontario
Start Date
2025
GPNMB CAR-T Cells as a Multi-Pronged Immunotherapeutic Approach for Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and deadly adult brain cancer.
Grant type
Team grants
Area of Research
Cancer
Competition
2025 Translational Research Grants in Brain Cancer
