Contributions
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Accolades
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In the News
$9M USD for safer treatment of psychiatric and cognitive symptoms in Parkinson’s disease
05/12/2026 — A team of international researchers led by senior lecturer Åsa Mackenzie at Lund University has received a $9 million USD grant from the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) initiative, in partnership with The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF), to advance understanding of Parkinson’s disease treatment, with a particular focus on depression, anxiety, and other psychiatric and cognitive symptoms, with the aim of informing more targeted treatment approaches.
MJFF and ASAP Invest $261M in Global Network for Parkinson’s Research
04/30/2026 — Parkinson’s News Today reports that ASAP and The Michael J. Fox Foundation are investing $261 million to expand the Collaborative Research Network (CRN) to better understand what drives Parkinson’s disease and to accelerate the development of more personalized therapies.
Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s and The Michael J. Fox Foundation Expand Global Research Initiative with $261M Investment Toward Personalized Treatments
04/28/2026 — Today, Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP), in partnership with The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF), announced $261 million in new grant funding for the Collaborative Research Network (CRN) to map the biological blueprint of Parkinson’s disease and build a standardized toolkit of global research resources that are needed to turn discoveries into treatments.
