Contributions
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In the News
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.
UTHealth Houston awarded nearly $8 million to research brain processes underlying Parkinson’s disease
04/28/2026 — Researchers at UTHealth Houston have been awarded a three-year, $7.8 million grant from the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s initiative to support projects that will help health professionals better understand how Parkinson’s disease occurs in the brain. Claudio Soto, PhD, director of The George and Cynthia Mitchell Center for Research in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Brain Disorders at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, will serve as the lead principal investigator under the award.
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.
