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BrightFocus Foundation: Alzheimer’s Disease Research Program

Research Admin Offices:

  • ROADS
  • HRS

Funding Type:

Grant

Opportunity Type:

  • Grant

Value:

$300,000 US over three years for Standard Awards & $200,000 US over two years for Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards.

Disciplines:

  • Health Sciences

Sponsors:

Deadlines:

Internal Deadline:

August 24, 2023

Sponsor Deadline:

August 25, 2023

Additional Dates:

  • LOI HRS Due Date: ASAP -
  • LOI Sponsor Due Date - August 25, 2023
  • Application Sponsor Due Date (by invitation) - December 15, 2023

Description:

Two streams are available:

  • Standard Awards: support researchers who have already generated some amount of preliminary data, but are often required to demonstrate additional, significant progress before they can apply to governmental or industrial funding agencies
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards: these awards fund projects in an established laboratory that will serve as the basis for the applicant’s own independent research career

Resources:

Additional Details.

Contact:

If applying from the Faculty of Health Sciences, unless otherwise indicated, you no longer need to send documents to HRS Intake. Your first point of contact is your assigned Senior Grants Advisor.

ROADS: For more information and to apply, please contact Beatrice Fletcher, Senior Advisor.