Each country has nominated Centres of Excellence which may form cross-border collaborative bids with other nominated Centres of Excellence in order to compete for funding.

Each Centre of Excellence must meet the following criteria;

  • Be nationally recognised, with long-term, renewable programmes of research
  • Bring together a number of groups to provide a substantive multidisciplinary approach
  • Have a track record of internationally competitive research outputs
  • Be lead by a Director and management team
  • Be supported by significant infrastructural investment.

Germany (DZNE)

  • The DZNE sites at Berlin, Bonn, Dresden, Göttingen, Magdeburg, Munich, Rostock/Greifswald, Tübingen and Witten Link…

UK (MRC)

  • MRC Brain Networks Dynamics Unit at the University of Oxford Link…
  • MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Cardiff Link…
  • MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge Link…
  • MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (neurobiology division), Cambridge Link…
  • MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Cambridge Link…
  • MRC Prion Unit at UCL, London Link…
  • MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit at the University of Dundee Link…
  • MRC Toxicology Unit Link…
  • NIHR Dementia Translational Research Collaboration:
    • NIHR Cambridge Dementia Biomedical Research Centre Link…
    • NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre Link…
    • NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre and Unit Link…
    • NIHR Newcastle Dementia Biomedical Research Centre Link…
    • NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre Link…
    • NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre Link…
    • NIHR Sheffield Biomedical Research Centre Link…
    • NIHR University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre Link…
  • RCUK Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Epidemiology, Edinburgh Link…
  • Dementias Platform UK Link…
  • UK Dementia Research Institute Link…

Canada

  • Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA) Link…

Belgium (Flanders) VIB

  • Department of Molecular and Developmental Genetics, University of Leuven (KUL)
  • VIB Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Antwerp (UA)

Ireland (SFI)

  • Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience (TCIN), Dublin Link…
  • 3U Partnership (Dublin City University, NUI Maynooth and the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland) Link…
  • NCBES Neuroscience Cluster (National University of Ireland, Galway) Link…
  • Cork Neuroscience Centre (CNS), based at University College Cork Link…
  • University College Dublin Centre for Neuroscience Link…

Italy (Ministry of Health)

  • IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome Link…
  • IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan Link…
  • IRCCS Casimiro Mondino, Pavia Link…
  • IRCCS Centro San Giovanni di Dio Malattie Psichiatriche, Brescia Link…
  • IRCCS NEUROMED, Pozzilli Link…
  • IRRCS Bonino Pulejo, Messina Link…
  • IRCCS San Camillo, Venezia Link…
  • IRCCS Stella Maris, Pisa Link…
  • IRCCS Scienze Neurologiche, Bologna Link…
  • IRCCS OASI, Troina (Enna) Link…

Spain (ISCIII)

  • CIBERNED (Centre of Networked Biodemical Research on Neurodegenerative Diseases) Link…
  • CIEN Foundation (Foundation Research Centre of Neurological Diseases) Link…

Slovakia (MESRS)

Centre of Excellence in Brain Research (CEBR) incorporating:

  • Institute of Neuroimmunology (Coordinator), Slovak Academy of Sciences Link…
  • Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences Link…
  • Institute of Neurobiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences Link…
  • Medical Faculty, Commenius University, Bratislava Link…
  • Jessenius Medical Faculty, Commenius University, Martin Link…
  • University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Kosice Link…
  • Centrum Memory Link…

France (ANR)

 

  • Bordeaux Initiative for Neurodegenerative Disease (BIND), Bordeaux University Link…
  • Grenoble Excellence in Neurodegeneration (GREEN), University Grenoble Alpes Link…
  • Lille Centre of Excellence for Neurodegenerative Diseases (LICEND), University of Lille Link…
  • DHUNE-CE/DHUNE, Aix Marseille University Link…
  • Montpellier Center of Excellence in Biomarkers and Personalized Medicine for Neurodgenerative Disorders, Montpellier University Hospital Link…
  • Salpêtrière Center for Translational Research on Neurodegenerative Disorders, INSERM Link…
  • Toulouse Neuro-Degenerative Center (NeuroToul), CHU de Toulouse Link…