Special livestream recording with Alzheimer’s Society, introducing some of their newly funded Fellows and awardees from the 2025 to 2026 funding round.
Alzheimer’s Society has announced £5.45 million to support 17 new dementia research awards across the full spectrum of research, from biology, biomarkers and diagnosis to care, prevention, inequalities, mobility and support for people living with dementia.
In this session, Dr Alice Carstairs from Alzheimer’s Society explains the aims of the funding call and why supporting emerging dementia researchers matters. We also hear short presentations from five newly funded researchers:
Dr Sarah Gregory, University of St Andrews
Dr Emma Elliott, The University of Manchester
Dr Sarah-Naomi James, University College London
Dr Joseph Kwon, University of Oxford
Dr Marcella Montagnese, University of Cambridge
Their projects cover sex differences and dementia risk, fairer cognitive screening in primary care, women’s brain health across the life course, blood and digital biomarkers for diagnosis, and brain charts for personalised dementia medicine.
The session ends with audience questions and advice for researchers thinking about applying for future Alzheimer’s Society funding.
Resources
Alzheimer’s Society Funding Schemes
Blood Biomarker Challenge
NICE Guidelines for Dementia
European Prevention of Alzheimer’s Dementia cohort (EPAD)
Dementia Researcher
