The Alzheimer’s Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment (ISTAART) is an inclusive global network of scientists, clinicians, and dementia professionals who share common goals: the pursuit of knowledge, collaboration, and breakthroughs. ISTAART’s exclusive benefits include access to 30 unique Professional Interest Areas (PIAs), year-round networking, and informative webinars.
PIAs are made up of ISTAART members with common subspecialties and interests, providing a flexible forum to share information, learn, and collaborate. PIAs provide a networking forum for ISTAART members, share the latest research in common subspecialties, provide mentoring and leadership opportunities and career guidance, promote collaboration, and more. Information on ISTAART PIAs can be found here.
The ISTAART Grant Program for Conferences and Convenings (IGPCC) will help foster and facilitate PIA-driven efforts to expand and accelerate research discussion. This program is meant to foster innovative and new ideas across the PIA-driven efforts and increase the impact and reach of ISTAART’s PIA-driven initiatives. Repeated funding of prior initiatives or initiatives that are not directly contributing to ISTAART are not appropriate for this mechanism.
Examples of initiatives that can be funded through the mechanism include:
- Convene a PIA-led conference or educational workshop.
- Host a PIA-led event at a national or international conference (excluding all Alzheimer’s Association International Conference – AAIC meetings).
This list of potential initiatives is not exhaustive. If you have an idea for a program, please reach out to grantsapp@alz.org to see if your program fits within the scope of this RFA.
Visit funding web page
(https://www.alz.org/research/for_researchers/grants/types-of-grants/istaart-grant-program-for-conferences-and-convenin)
