Alzheimer's Association:

Research Grants – Letter of Intent

The purpose is to provide newly independent investigators with funding that will allow them to develop preliminary or pilot data, to test procedures and to develop hypotheses. The grants are for  investigators who are less than 10 years past their doctoral or post residency (MD or DO) or investigators that are new to Alzheimer’s and related dementia field of research even if past the 10yrs.

Funding: $150,000 for up to 3 years.

(Please contact the research authority if planning to submit: non- profit)

The Zenith Fellows Award Program (Zenith)

The proposed research must be “on the cutting edge” of basic science or biomedical research and thus may not conform to current conventional scientific wisdom or may challenge the prevailing orthodoxy. The proposed research should address fundamental problems related to early detection, etiology, pathogenesis, treatment and/or prevention of Alzheimer„s disease.

Funding: up to $450,000.

New to the Field: The purpose of this program is to provide independent investigators with funding that will allow them to develop preliminary or pilot data, to test procedures and to develop hypotheses.

Funding: up to $150,000 for up to three years.

http://www.alz.org/research/alzheimers_grants/types_of_grants.asp