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We are scientists, educators, project managers, industry experts, and business and nonprofit leaders working together to more effectively advance academic discoveries from the lab to the clinic.
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Our 65+ industry expert advisors have experience in every aspect of the drug discovery and development process and long track records of success advancing academic discoveries from lab to clinic. Academic researchers in our programs benefit from cohort-wide project and progress meetings attended by panels of advisors at the same time as well as one-on-one or small group mentoring in areas of need.
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SPARK NS 2025 Parkinson’s Disease Translational Research Program
SPARK NS is no longer accepting applications for this program. Finalists will present September 13-15, 2024. Selected projects will be notified October 4, 2024. We will release a Call for Proposals for our 2026 program in April 2025.
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