What research is Alzheimer's Society funding?

Our research aims to understand the underlying causes of the condition, improve diagnosis and care, identifying ways to prevent dementia and searching for a cure. 

Learn about the completed research projects that we have funded in recent years.

An exciting new approach to developing treatments for dementia by 'repurposing' existing drugs.

As a founding charity partner for the UK's first Dementia Research Institute, we have committed to raising £50 million towards it – our biggest ever single investment in dementia research.

The Centres of Excellence are a groundbreaking initiative developed by Alzheimer’s Society to address areas in dementia care that are in urgent need of more research.

Brains for Dementia Research aims to provide researchers with high-quality brain tissue that also has a record of the donor’s abilities in memory and thinking over time.