Funding Opportunities

Welcoming applications for projects that will increase our understanding of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) as well as improving care for people living with this condition.

Advancing Applied Analytics programme aimed at improving analytical capability in support of health and care services With £750,000 of funding to support up to 12 project teams across the UK over 15 months.

For registered non-medical healthcare professionals who wish to obtain a PhD by research whilst continuing to develop their clinical skills.

Funding for salary at Specialty Registrar level or equivalent university scales and a contribution up to £20,000 per annum toward research, animal and travel costs.

The NIHR Clinician Scientist Award offers up to 5 years funding to undertake focused training and development in order to develop specific skills that will enable a transition from basic research into clinical research or from clinical research into translational and applied research.

Funding, resources and expertise to both increase the number of, and capitalise upon, new drug targets emerging from across the academic sector that hold promise of bringing patient benefit.

This program will fund clinical studies to measure the safety and tolerability of new drugs for Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia, as well of proof of efficacy studies with biomarker or cognitive outcomes. 

Researching which interventions within a community environment (physical and social) make it easier for people with dementia to maintain quality of life and remain living in their community for longer?

Research is required to improve the participation, conduct and impact of research in the care home sector.

The Interdisciplinary Research Grant scheme is designed to encourage researchers into dementia research who have expertise and ideas which could benefit the field.

Up to £1 million for high quality research projects. Covers salaries (research, technical, students etc), equipment, animal costs and running costs (consumables, travel etc).

The Network Accelerate Scheme provides funds (to a maximum of £250,000) for research resources or tools that could be of benefit to biomedical dementia research in the Alzheimer’s Research UK Network and beyond.

The Network Cooperation grant scheme provides funds for any type of project or scheme that will further cooperation and collaboration between two or more Alzheimer’s Research UK Network Centres.

The PhD Scholarship scheme providing a stipend, PhD tuition fees and research / travel costs.

The Pilot project scheme provides funds for small innovative research projects and pilot studies.

Post-doctoral fellowship to focus on improving quality and safety in UK healthcare.

Funds to conduct rapid baseline data collection, as well as other feasibility work, prior to intervention implementation.

Seed funding, without requirement for preliminary data, to support high-risk, high-reward research on novel biomarkers in patient-derived fluids for neurodegenerative diseases of aging

Funding for salary and a contribution of up to £20,000 per annum toward research, animal and travel costs.

Scheme to promote networking, collaborations, communication and dissemination of research results through scientific conferences.

An opportunity for an established researcher of international standing in a senior academic role to undertake a visionary, field-changing sabbatical, unencumbered by routine duties.

Provides up to £420,000 to cover Fellow salary, support staff and running costs.

Integrate the use of computational approaches to identify individual drugs currently used for other conditions with potential to be efficacious in AD or AD-related dementias

Funding for salary and a contribution of up to £20,000 per annum towards research, animal and travel costs for the home (UK) lab and visiting (abroad) lab.