We now know the winners of JPND Call 2025. Researchers from Wrocław and Warsaw will develop systemic solutions aimed to improve the quality of life for people with neurodegenerative diseases.
Two Polish research teams were awarded funding for projects addressing the impact of neurological diseases to the quality of life of patients and their families.
Researchers from the Wrocław Medical University, headed by Dr hab. Dorota Maria Szcześniak, will develop a system of support for people living with rare forms of dementia in moderate to advanced stages of the disease.
Their project brings together researchers, patient organisations, practitioners and, above all, patients and their caregivers from six European countries. A key element is the participatory approach – people with lived experience co-develop tools and solutions aimed to adjust the form of care to the needs of the person with dementia and their caregivers.
The Polish research team will be awarded over PLN 900 thousand for their three-year project.
A research team from the Medical University of Warsaw, headed by Prof. Dr hab. Magdalena Kuźma-Kozakiewicz, will use the grant to evaluate biological underpinnings and QoL impact of BD and PBA in moderate to severe stage of ALS in patients and their caregivers.
A transnational comparison approach will allow document cultural, ethical, and healthcare system differences in management of BD and PBA and will improve individualised patient care and meaningful caregiver support. The project will involve participation of professionals with expertise in neuropsychology, speech pathology, social science and neuroimaging, as well as all those with long-term ALS care experience
The budget for the Polish part of a three-year project is PLN 890 thousand.
JPND Call 2025
The call launched by the National Science Centre in cooperation with the JPND (EU Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research), was open to international research projects to better understand the factors that contribute to the quality of life of patients and their families, and to develop more adequate concepts of easily accessible support for people with neurodegenerative diseases at moderate, advanced and end of life stages. The title of JPND Call 2025: Health and social care research with a focus on the moderate and late stages of neurodegenerative diseases
Funding was available to international consortia composed of at least three, and no more than seven, research teams from at least three countries participating in the call. The principal investigator in the Polish research team was required to hold at least a PhD degree.
Countries participating in the call: Belgium, Canada, Czechia, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey.
Seven projects were awarded funding in the call, including 2 with Polish participation.