News Dementia research investment needs to reflect the enormous cost of dementia care In light of new figures on the cost of dementia care and global investment in dementia research, we’re calling for all political parties to commit to tripling research investment and ring-fencing £100m a year for health and social care research. 22 November 2019 0
Research Are you our next Grant Advisory Board member? Our Grant Advisory Boards play an essential role in our research funding decisions. We are currently looking for researchers to join both our – ‘Biomedical’ and ‘Care, Implementation and Public Health’ boards, which review the grant applications we receive. 09 September 2019 0
Research 5 top tips when preparing for your fellowship interview Sophie Roberts, Research Grants Officer, chatted with Alzheimer's Society funded fellows and board members to put together her top tips to help you prepare for your fellowship interview. 09 September 2019 0
Research Care, implementation and public health research funding stream Alzheimer’s Society is accelerating progress to better care for people affected by dementia. Find out what scope of research is considered by our Care, implementation and public health research funding stream.
Research Biomedical funding stream Alzheimer’s Society has a long and proud history of supporting biomedical research since our first research grants in 1990. Find out what scope of research is considered by our Biomedical research funding stream.
Research Advice for grant applicants from people affected by dementia Every single application we receive is reviewed and scored by both peer reviewers and people affected by dementia. Our volunteers share their advice for researchers applying to our funding schemes.
Research What’s new in the Alzheimer’s Society research funding programme? Alzheimer's Society supports groundbreaking research that transforms the lives of people affected by dementia. James Pickett, our Head of Research, shares the small but significant changes we’ve recently made to our research funding programme. 21 June 2019 0
Research 3 common pitfalls of dementia research grant applications Alzheimer's Society has supported over 500 research projects across the UK, investing over £10 million a year in dementia research. Unfortunately, we can't fund every grant application we receive. Learn why some applications may not be successful, and gain some tips to avoid application rejection. 19 June 2019 0
Research Monitoring our research The Alzheimer's Society research funding programme is unique as it offers each funded researcher the opportunity to work with our Research Network volunteers who all have a personal experience of dementia - living with the condition or as a carer or former carer.
Research Life at a brain bank Shalmai Jones is a research technician at the Brains for Dementia Research brain bank, King’s College London. 04 June 2019 2
News 2019 Dementia Research Leaders award winners announced Winners of the 2019 Dementia Research Leaders awards have been announced for our two categories, Rising Star in dementia research and Outstanding early-career contribution to dementia research.
Research Our plan to deliver life-changing dementia research At Alzheimer’s Society, we draw on research to speed up progress and make a difference to people affected by dementia. Dr James Pickett gives some background to the new Research Delivery Plan, which sets out our largest ever investment into all forms of dementia research. 20 May 2019 0
