Participating Centres of Excellence

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…
• UCC Futures: Future Ageing and Brain Science 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…