About the ASAP Collaborative Research Network (CRN)
The Collaborative Research Network (CRN) is the first of its kind to foster an environment that facilitates the rapid and free exchange of scientific ideas to spark new discoveries for Parkinson’s disease (PD). Our program utilizes open science principles to improve outcomes, foster collaboration, generate resources, and share data assets for accelerating the pace of discovery within a global research network.
Our Approach Centers On:
Encouraging diverse perspectives and open discourse to support high-risk, ambitious projects, reshaping how science in the Parkinson’s field is conducted.
Reinvigorating the research pipeline to identify new targets and pathways for translational studies and commercialization.
multidisciplinary, international teams
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An ASAP Program
A Program of ASAP
The CRN is a program of the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s initiative. ASAP is managed by the Coalition for Aligning Science (CAS) and works collaboratively with The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) to implement its programs, including the CRN. ASAP is part of the CNS Quest, which is a program of the Sergey Brin Family Foundation and Catalyst4.
The CRN operates through a centralized model that includes program management, scientific coordination, and community engagement—all designed to streamline operations, ensure compliance with open science principles, and enable seamless collaboration across its international network of investigators.
Explore the CRN
Explore the CRN
We are structured around the principles of collaboration, creativity, flexibility, and transparency, bringing together multidisciplinary teams to tackle high-priority PD research questions through shared goals and open science. Through our open science policy, the network ensures that discoveries are rapidly disseminated and broadly accessible to the scientific community.
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More Highlights
Learn more about how our research network is making strides in the Parkinson’s research community.
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.