Welcome to the EU Joint Programme - Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) website. This is a European Union member state-led initiative to tackle one of the 'grand challenges' which faces European society, namely that of neurodegenerative diseases. Grand challenges are issues such as climate change, food and energy security. Realistically they are beyond the capacity of any individual country to resolve, and would benefit from a co-ordinated approach to research.
7 February 2012
Research leaders and stakeholders from across Europe will gather today in Brussels for the launch of a European-wide strategy to coordinate and prioritize research aimed at tackling the enormous challenge of neurodegenerative...[more]
9 December 2011
Four international consortia have been proposed for funding under a JPND Transnational call between 21 countries[more]
10 November 2011
Prevention, independent living, care and cure: are the main areas that the pilot European Innovation Partnership sees as being crucial to extending healthy and active life in Europe. [more]
10 November 2011
Professor Philippe Amouyel will present JPND at the first "European Day of the Brain - Ageing, Stroke and Alzheimer’s Disease - Finding Innovative Solutions” on November 18th in Warsaw, Poland.[more]
9 November 2011
Follow us @JPNDeurope for tweets on the JPND, neurodegenerative disease research, national initiatives, news from official EU bodies and other European research organisations.[more]
The JUMPAHEAD project which supports the JPND iniatitive is part-funded by a €2m FP7 grant entitled JUMPAHEAD, GA no. 260774.
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