Sparking New Discoveries for Parkinson’s Disease
The Collaborative Research Network (CRN) is a first-of-its-kind global community of multidisciplinary and multi-institutional teams working together to spark new discoveries in Parkinson’s disease (PD) research. The CRN is a program of the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) initiative, managed by the Coalition for Aligning Science and implemented by the Michael J. Fox Foundation.
Our Research Network
The ASAP CRN supports 67 research teams across 22 countries, focusing on critical areas such as functional genomics in Parkinson’s disease, neuro-immune interactions, circuitry and brain-body interactions, PD heterogeneity, and tool generation. With collaboration at its core, the CRN brings together hundreds of investigators to share expertise, findings, and tools in an effort to tackle challenges in the PD space. As a community, we promote standards for openness, real-world utility, and collective impact across scientific research.
An ASAP Program
An ASAP Program
The Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) initiative launched the CRN in 2020 to catalyze breakthroughs in PD research. ASAP fosters connections across the scientific community by supporting a variety of programs designed to enhance collaboration and promote sharing of scientific findings, tools, and technologies.
Impact
From the beginning, the CRN has been committed to providing resources, addressing research bottlenecks, and fostering innovation to build a thriving research ecosystem that advances Parkinson’s disease research.
Impact
From the beginning, the CRN has been committed to providing resources, addressing research bottlenecks, and fostering innovation to build a thriving research ecosystem that advances Parkinson’s disease research.
Latest CRN Highlights
Members of the CRN work diligently to advance our understanding of Parkinson’s disease. Learn more about recent CRN discoveries and achievements.
Sparking Discoveries for Parkinson’s Research: CRN Impact Report 2025-2026
We are proud to release the 2025-2026 ASAP Collaborative Research Network (CRN) Impact Report. This update showcases how our global community is reinvigorating the Parkinson’s research pipeline by transforming how we collaborate, generating open-access resources and datasets, and identifying new targets and pathways to accelerate translation toward a cure.
Parkinson’s Research Funders Lead the Way with Progressive Open Access and Open Science Policies
SPARC dives into how Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) and The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) are advancing Parkinson's research through open-access and open-science policies that mandate the early, public sharing of publications, data, protocols, and lab resources.
The End of the ‘One-Size-Fits-All’ Parkinson’s Diagnosis: Why 2026 Is the Year Neurology Goes High-Resolution
In a commentary published in Bio-IT World, ASAP Managing Director Sonya Dumanis shares how Parkinson's disease diagnosis and treatment is shifting away from broad symptom management towards a precision medicine approach grounded in molecular profiling, novel biomarkers, and global data-sharing.