Research funder · United States

Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

Non-profit organization in the USA

michaeljfox.org

Grants since 2016: 1 275
Awarded, last 5 years (where amounts are published): —
Funded works, last 5 years: 3 085
Funded works, all time: 6 716

Grants

2026 · research · ASAP CRN Discovery Fellowship 2025

Cryo-ET and Lipidomics of Lysosome Damage in Familial and Sporadic Parkinson’s Disease

Eric Herrmann

2026 · research · Research Grant

Parallelized Digital Seed Amplification Assay for PD Biomarker Development

Tuomas Knowles · University of Cambridge

2026 · research · Spring 2025 RFA: Molecular MRI Biomarker Program

MR Imaging of Immunomodulation in Parkinson’s Disease

Eric M. Gale · Massachusetts General Hospital

2026 · research · ASAP CRN Discovery Fellowship 2025

How Cell Communication Problems May Contribute to Parkinson’s Disease

Prosenjit Pal

2026 · research · Summer 2025 RFA: Personalized Approaches for Understanding, Assessing and Improving Gait in Parkinson’s Disease Research Program

ADAPT-GAIT: Adaptive deep brain stimulation controlled by neural biomarkers of gait to alleviate locomotor deficits in people with advanced Parkinson's disease

Eduardo Martin Moraud · University of Lausanne

2026 · research · ASAP CRN Discovery Fellowship 2025

Exploring How Mutations in the LRRK2 Gene Change mRNA and Protein Selection and How This Can Be Used for Diagnosis and Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease

Jonathan Brenton

2026 · research · Research Grant

Disease Modeling for Neuronal Alpha-synuclein Diseases

Tanya Simuni · Northwestern University

2026 · research · Spring 2025 RFA: Molecular MRI Biomarker Program

Mapping Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Parkinson’s Disease Using 15N-Magnetic Resonance of Nicotinamide Metabolism (MiND15)

Jannik Prasuhn · University of Lübeck

2026 · research · ASAP CRN 2025 RFA Scientific Track

Mitochondrial Surface as a Neuroprotective Signal Integrator in PD

Miratul Muqit · University of Dundee

2026 · research · ASAP CRN 2025 RFA Scientific Track

Ventral Tegmental Area Dopamine Neuron Subtype-Specific Roles in Parkinson's Disease-Related Cognitive Symptoms

David H. Root · University of Colorado Boulder

2026 · research · Research Grant

Multiscale Measurement of O-GlcNAc Changes in Parkinson’s Disease

Matthew Pratt · University of Southern California

2026 · research · ASAP CRN 2025 RFA Scientific Track

Investigating the Role of Immune Cell Exhaustion (ICE) and Biological Immune Aging (BIA) in PD Risk and PD Heterogeneity

Maria De Lourdes (Malú) Gámez Tansey · Indiana University School of Medicine

2026 · research · ASAP CRN Discovery Fellowship 2025

Recapitulating Subtype-Specific Cell-Autonomous Human Dopaminergic Vulnerability in Parkinson’s Disease

Janko Kajtez

2026 · research · ASAP CRN 2025 RFA Scientific Track

Environmental & Genetic Determinants of Parkinson’s Disease Progression

Jeff Bronstein · University of California, Los Angeles

2026 · research · Summer 2025 RFP: Accelerating Biological Understanding and Translational Approaches for PD Program - Biomarkers

Dried Blood Spot Based Biomarkers

Roy Alcalay · Columbia University

2026 · research · Summer 2025 RFA: Personalized Approaches for Understanding, Assessing and Improving Gait in Parkinson’s Disease Research Program

Sensing-Enabled Directional Deep Brain Stimulation of the Cuneiform Nucleus for Levodopa-Resistant Freezing of Gait in Parkinson’s Disease

Iahn Cajigas · University of Pennsylvania

2026 · research · ASAP CRN Discovery Fellowship 2025

Untangling PINK1–Tau Crosstalk and Co-Morbidity Mechanisms in Parkinson’s Disease

Odetta Antico

2026 · research · ASAP CRN Discovery Fellowship 2025

How the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Dopamine Transmission Shift in Parkinson’s Disease to Support Motor Function

Matthew Mcgregor

2026 · research · ASAP CRN Discovery Fellowship 2025

Dynamic Regulatory Role of Transposable Elements Through Human Ageing and Parkinson’s Disease

Raquel Garza Gómez

2026 · research · ASAP CRN 2025 RFA Scientific Track

Decoding Alpha-Synuclein Conformational Diversity to Enable Advanced Predictive Amplification Assays

Andrew West · Duke University

2026 · research · ASAP CRN 2025 RFA Scientific Track

Defining the Neural Mechanisms Underlying Heterogeneity in Sleep and Circadian Rhythm Disturbances in Parkinson’s Disease

Andrew Sharott · University of Oxford

2026 · research · Summer 2025 RFA: Personalized Approaches for Understanding, Assessing and Improving Gait in Parkinson’s Disease Research Program

PWR-PD (“Power-PD”): Personalized Wearable-based Rehabilitation for Parkinson’s Disease

Giovanna Lopane · Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna

2026 · research · Research Grant

Discovery of Selective PET Imaging Agents for Tauopathies

Neil Vasdev · Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

2026 · research · Research Grant

Differential Expression of Aging-related Genes and Co-expression with SNCA and MAPT in Parkinson’s Disease Patients and Healthy Controls

Jackson G. Schumacher · Massachusetts General Hospital

2026 · research · Research Grant

Biofluid Markers in Multiple System Atrophy

Un Jung Kang · New York University

2026 · research · Spring 2025 RFP: Accelerating Biological Understanding and Therapeutic Translation for PD-Biomarkers

Oxylipin Profiles in LRRK2 Mutation Carriers: Biomarkers for Parkinson’s Disease

Sayuri Miyamoto · Universidade de São Paulo

2026 · research · T2T Validation - Endolysosomal Targets

Toward an Atlas of Endolysosomal System Dysfunction with PD-associated Channels/Transporters

J. Wade Harper · Harvard University

2026 · research · Research Grant

α-Synuclein Pathology Beyond Lewy-related Pathology: α-synuclein Oligomers and Seeding Activity in LRRK2-related Parkinson’s Disease

Hiroaki Sekiya · Mayo Clinic

2026 · research · ASAP CRN 2025 RFA Scientific Track

Parsing the Diverse Neuromodulation of Vulnerable Versus Resistant Dopamine Axons According to Distinct Molecular Subtype

Kathryn Todd

2026 · research · Parkinson’s Disease Therapeutics Pipeline Program - Pre-Clinical