Bridge funding through a non-profit partnership to sustain disrupted neurodegenerative research and early career investigators

In response to recent United States federal funding changes, the Alzheimer’s Association and The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, with philanthropic partners, created the Bridge Funding for Disrupted Neurodegenerative research program. Eighteen projects spanning disease risk mechanisms, prevention, basic biology, biomarkers, and population studies were funded, sustaining research momentum and early career scientists during funding uncertainty. Continued federal and non-profit investment is needed to sustain this progress.