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Blog – Understanding Changes to the UKRI Funding Strategy

29/09/2026

Dr Yvonne Couch

Dr Yvonne Couch reads UKRI’s new grant assessment plans and asks what fewer, longer grants, triage and interviews mean for early and mid-career researchers.

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Nominate a Drug for ARUK’s Dementia Drug Prioritisation Programme

27/09/2026

Dementia Researcher

Alzheimer’s Research UK wants clinicians and researchers to put forward drug candidates for dementia trials, including future arms of the AD-SMART platform trial.

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Call for Papers: Exceptional Aging Special Issue

27/09/2026

Alzheimer's Association

TRCI wants original research, reviews and perspectives on exceptional aging in later life, from cognition and mobility to biological resilience and mixed pathology.

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Profile – Dr Pulkit Khandelwal, Harvard Medical School

27/09/2026

Dementia Researcher

Dr Pulkit Khandelwal, is a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School and MGH, links postmortem brain MRI with histopathology to study neurodegeneration.

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Early Career Researcher Award in PPIE 2026

26/09/2026

Dementia Researcher

PhD students and postdocs in UK rare disease research: apply with your PPIE contributor for RDR UK’s award and win a trip to its 2027 conference. Closes 15 Nov.

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Podcast – Happy 200th: How UCL is Changing Dementia Research

25/09/2026

Dementia Researcher

UCL turns 200. Selina Wray, Aygun Badalova, Tammaryn Lashley and Andre Altmann on what dementia research has achieved there, and what needs to come next.

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Blog – From Dreading My Thesis to Loving Writing

24/09/2026

Emily Spencer

Emily Spencer writes about how self-imposed deadlines, taming her inner critic and a writing retreat turned academic writing into her favourite part of a PhD.

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How to Apply for a Research Assistant Job (and Actually Get Shortlisted)

24/09/2026

Dementia Researcher

A practical guide to research assistant job applications in UK dementia research: how shortlisting really works, reading the grant behind the post, supporting statements, sensible use of AI, visas and interviews.

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Conversations about academic authorship need to be transparent

24/09/2026

Dementia Researcher

Madeleine Pownall and Mary Hausfeld call for research teams to be more explicit, equitable, and reflective about how they assign scholarly credit

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How do I change labs gracefully during my PhD?

23/09/2026

Nature Careers Blog

A scientist in training seeks help finding a new adviser without damaging existing working relationships. Shared from Nature Careers

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Proteintech Microscopy Image Competition 2026

23/09/2026

Dementia Researcher

Enter your best immunofluorescence image in Proteintech’s 2026 Microscopy Image Competition. Open worldwide, any supplier’s antibodies. Closes 5 October 2026.

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