Applications for Alzheimer’s disease research
The BrightFocus Foundation is a premier private funder of research to defeat Alzheimer’s, macular degeneration, and glaucoma.
The foundation invites applications for its Alzheimer's Disease Research Program. Grants will be awarded to researchers pursuing pioneering research leading to greater understanding, prevention, and treatment of Alzheimer's disease. The ADR program offers two types of awards:
Standard Awards: Grants of $300,000 over three years will be awarded to researchers who have already generated some preliminary data but are often required to demonstrate additional, significant progress before they can apply to governmental or industrial funding agencies. Applicants must be allowed by the institution to apply for and manage a grant award and mentor students.
Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards: Grants of $200,000 over two years will be awarded to young researchers in their final stages of mentored training. These awards fund projects in an established laboratory that will be the basis for the applicant's independent research career. Applicants must be within five years of degree conferral.
Letters of intent are due August 25, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. ET, and upon review, selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal, due December 15, 2023, at 5:00 p.m.
For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the BrightFocus Foundation website.
Submissions to this sponsor/donor are managed by the Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations. Please contact your unit-assigned ASUF Director of Development or Research Advancement Specialist at your earliest convenience to ensure ASU's strategic coordination and management of funding applications.