Visiting Scholar Award
Parkinson's Foundation
Who can apply: PhD students and postdoctoral fellows carrying out Parkinson’s research in their primary laboratory. Graduate students must be in their second year or later with an expected graduation no sooner than six months after the end of the awarded project. The programme is open to national and international applicants, and… What is funded: USD 4,000 stipend for a stay of at least ten weeks in a host laboratory, used at the scholar’s discretion for research costs or for travel and housing. It is paid in two parts, the first on the host mentor confirming arrival and the second on approval of the final progress report. On completing the project a scholar… Deadline: 20 January 2027 (full application). Round: 2027 cycle.
Read the full call and apply on the official page: Parkinson’s Foundation, official page.
Who can apply
- PhD students and postdoctoral fellows carrying out Parkinson's research in their primary laboratory. Graduate students must be in their second year or later with an expected graduation no sooner than six months after the end of the awarded project. The programme is open to national and international applicants, and international awardees must obtain a valid visa themselves. The applicant must name a host mentor, the host laboratory must be a significant distance from their own institution and must not be an affiliate of it, and the scholar must spend at least ten weeks there, starting no later than 1 March 2028.
Stage dates
Application portal opens on ProposalCentral.19 October 2026
Full application due. There is no letter-of-intent stage, so this is the only entry point.20 January 2027
Funding decisions are typically made in April and awards typically begin in May or June.See the official page
Dates come from the funder's page for this round. When a round closes, the next round's dates replace these once the funder publishes them.