Alzheimer's Association Grants

View the grants' eligibility and deadlines. You can also select a grant for more information. All of our grants are open to U.S. and international researchers.

Grant Name Eligibility Guidelines Important Dates
Advancing Research on Care and Outcome Measurement 3.0 (ARCOM) In general, scientists and clinicians from public, private research laboratories, medicalcenters, non-profit research institutes, hospitals and universities from around the world are eligible to apply.

View more details		 Letter of intent deadline: September, 20, 2023, 5 p.m. ET

Application deadline: November 29, 2023, 5 p.m. ET

Application review: November-January 2023-2024

Award notifications: By February 29, 2024
Capacity Building in International Dementia Research Program This opportunity is open to institutions/organizations in Low- and Middle-Income countries (LMIC) where prior research funding has been received. The Project Lead must be a full-time faculty member or full-time paid employee of the organization submitting the proposal.

View more details		 Letter of intent deadline: August 2, 2023, 5 p.m. ET

Application deadline: December 15, 2023, 5 p.m. ET 

Application review: December 2023

Award notifications: By March 29, 2024
The Alzheimer’s Association & The Foundation of the American Society of Neuroradiology Funding Opportunity, Imaging Research in Alzheimer’s and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases

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 		 Awards made through this joining initiative support investigators at every professional stage and are also designed to help talented scientists establish careers in Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative imaging research.

View more details		 Letter of intent deadline: June 5, 2023, 5 p.m. ET

Application deadline: September 7, 2023, 5 p.m. ET 

Application review: September - December 2023

Award notifications: By December 20, 2023
ISTAART Grant Program for Conferences and Convenings (IGPCC)  The IGPCC Grant Program is open to ISTAART PIA Executive Committee Members to submit on behalf of the PIA.

View more details		 Application deadline: October 20, 2023, 5 p.m. ET (Cycle B)

Application review: October - November 2023 (Cycle B)

Award notifications: By mid-December 2023 (Cycle B)

The program will have 4 cycles throughout the year.
Endolysosomal Activity in Alzheimer’s (E2A) Grant Program The E2A Grant Program is open to researchers at academic institutions as well as small companies. Both non-profits and small for-profit organizations are eligible. 

View more details		 Letter of intent deadline: March 2, 2023, 5 p.m. ET

Application deadline: May 1, 2023,
5 p.m. ET 

Application review: May – June 2023

Award notifications: By June 30, 2023
Alzheimer’s Association World Wide FINGERS Network Funding Program (ALZ WW-FNFP) Applicants must be a member of the World Wide FINGERS Network.

Studies must be equivalent in planning to a Level 2 or Level 1, as described in Kivipelto et al (2020) Alzheimer’s & Dementia.

View more details		 Pre-submission inquiries are accepted at any time.
2022 Part the Cloud Translational (PTC) Research for Alzheimer’s Disease Program Targeting investigators from non-profit and small for-profit organizations.

Projects should be Phase 1 studies or pilot small-scale Phase 2a studies for repurposed drugs.

View more details		 Application deadline: March 23, 2022, 5 p.m. ET

Application review: March-April 2022

Second-level review: April 2022

Award notifications: By May 15, 2022
APOE Biology in Alzheimer’s (ABA) - Implications for Biological Underpinnings, Risk, Progression and Outcomes Researchers at academic institutions and small companies.

Both non-profit and small for-profit organizations are eligible.

The principal investigator of the project must be a full-time faculty member or paid employee of the organization submitting the proposal.

View more details		 Letter of intent deadline: February 24, 2022, 5 p.m. ET

Application deadline: May 3, 2022,
5 p.m. ET

Application review: May-June 2022

Award notifications: By July 15, 2022
Alzheimer’s Association Clinician Scientist Fellowship (AACSF) Program Targeting individuals with clinical service and licensure (M.D., D.O., Ph.D.); 18 years from terminal degree is required.

View more details		 Letter of intent deadline: September 6, 2023, 5 p.m. EST

Application deadline: November 8, 2023, 5 p.m. EST

Award notifications: Prior to February 28, 2024
Alzheimer’s Association Clinician Scientist Fellowship to Promote Diversity (AACSF-D) Targeting individuals with clinical service and licensure (M.D., D.O., Ph.D.); 18 years from terminal degree is required.

View more details		 Letter of intent deadline: September 6, 2023, 5 p.m. EST

Application deadline: November 8, 2023, 5 p.m. EST

Award notifications: Prior to February 28, 2024
Alzheimer’s Association Research Fellowship (AARF) Targeting postdoc, instructor-level researchers; 13 years from Ph.D is required.

Mentor required.

View more details		 Letter of intent deadline: September 6, 2023, 5 p.m. EST

Application deadline: November 8, 2023, 5 p.m. EST

Award notifications: Prior to February 28, 2024
Alzheimer's Association Research Fellowship to Promote Diversity (AARF-D) Targeting postdoc, instructor-level researchers; 13 years from Ph.D is required.

Mentor required.

View more details		 Letter of intent deadline: September 6, 2023, 5 p.m. EST

Application deadline: November 8, 2023, 5 p.m. EST

Award notifications: Prior to February 28, 2024
Alzheimer's Association Research Grant (AARG) Targeting newly independent investigators (assistant professor and above); 18 years of terminal degree is required.

View more details		 Letter of intent deadline: September 6, 2023, 5 p.m. EST

Application deadline: November 8, 2023, 5 p.m. EST

Award notifications: Prior to February 28, 2024
Alzheimer's Association Research Grant to Promote Diversity (AARG-D) Targeting newly independent investigators (assistant professor and above); 18 years of terminal degree is required.

View more details		 Letter of intent deadline: September 6, 2023, 5 p.m. EST

Application deadline: November 8, 2023, 5 p.m. EST

Award notifications: Prior to February 28, 2024
Alzheimer's Association Research Grant — New to the Field (AARG-NTF) Targeting investigators (assistant professor and above) who haven’t published or been funded in Alzheimer’s or any neurodegenerative disease.

In recent years, oncology, immunology, rheumatology, computer science / engineering investigators have been represented.

View more details		 Letter of intent deadline: September 6, 2023, 5 p.m. EST

Application deadline: November 8, 2023, 5 p.m. EST

Award notifications: Prior to February 28, 2024
Alzheimer's Association Research Grant to Promote Diversity — New to the Field (AARG-D-NTF) Targeting investigators (assistant professor and above) who haven’t published or been funded in Alzheimer’s or any neurodegenerative disease.

In recent years, oncology, immunology, rheumatology, computer science / engineering investigators have been represented.

View more details		 Letter of intent deadline: September 6, 2023, 5 p.m. EST

Application deadline: November 8, 2023, 5 p.m. EST

Award notifications: Prior to February 28, 2024
 

Partnership Funding Programs

Partnership Funding Programs are jointly funded by the Alzheimer's Association and other foundations and organizations. View the grants' eligibility guidelines and important dates. You can also select a grant for more information. All of our grants are open to U.S. and international researchers.

Grant Name Eligibility Guidelines Important Dates
The Tau Pipeline Enabling Program (T-PEP) Targeting investigators from non-profit and small for-profit organizations.

Projects should be i) lead discovery and optimization, ii) target validation and iii) IND-enabling studies, including cGMP scale-up/manufacture and animal efficacy studies.

View more details		 Letter of intent deadline: August 30, 2023, 5 p.m. EST

Application deadline: December 13, 2023, 5 p.m. EST

Award notifications: By February 29, 2024
Pilot Awards for Global Brain Health Leaders (Invitation Only) Targeting Atlantic Fellows at Global Brain Health Institute, including alumni, who have not previously received an award from the Pilot Awards for Global Brain Health Leaders.

View more details		 Phase 1 submission due in ProposalCentral (draft for mentor review): May 4, 2023

Phase 2 submission due in ProposalCentral (final): July 11, 2023

Review and decisions: July-September 2023

Funding notices: By October 6, 2023
 

Archived Grants and Programs

Grant Name
Alzheimer’s Association Leveraging Model & Data Resources to Advance Alzheimer’s and Dementia Discovery Program (ALZ Discovery Grant Program)
National Academy of Neuropsychology & Alzheimer’s Association Funding Opportunity
Part the Cloud-Gates Partnership Grant Program: Bioenergetics and Inflammation
Alzheimer’s Innovation Award (AIA)
Biomarkers Across Neurodegenerative Diseases (BAND)
Mechanisms of Cellular Death in NeuroDegeneration (MCDN)
Alzheimer’s Combination Therapy Opportunities (ACTO)
Robert W. Katzman, M.D., Clinical Research Training Scholarship
The Zenith Fellows Award Program (Zenith)
Sex and Gender in Alzheimer's (SAGA 23)