The UK government’s £50m wholly new commitment to a new MND Translational Research infrastructure is an amazing funding boost. But it can only fully realise the ambitions of the MND community and researchers by the streamlining of grant application processes.

Today, Patients to End MND have released a one page brief on this important subject. Please share, and of course have a read! We are currently in discussions with the UK government on the precise timetable of funds release.

Our proposal is fully aligned with the UK government’s Life Sciences Vision and the learnings from covid-19, where thinking differently enabled rapid acceleration of science.

To read the one pager, click here.

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