Funder · Federal agency

National Institute on Aging

Funds aging and dementia research through the National Institute on Aging, including investigator support, company routes, and aging-care programs.

United States

Key stats

Annual funding$4.529B

Programs9

Active grants5

Total grants10

About

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) is the NIH component that leads federal aging research. It is the second-largest NIH institute by budget, with an FY2026 enacted budget of about $4.53 billion, and its Division of Neuroscience holds most of the Alzheimer's disease and related dementias funding.

NIA backs basic science, translational work, and clinical studies across aging biology, Alzheimer's…

Programs & grants under this funder

2025 NIA Start-Up Challenge and Accelerator

Awards up to $75,000 and a 5-month accelerator to entrepreneurs building aging-research startups.

1 grant

2025 NIA Start-Up Challenge and Accelerator

Closed

$665K pool

2026 NIA Mentorship Prize Competition

Pays $100,000 to each of up to six faculty mentors recognized for outstanding aging-research mentorship.

1 grant

2026 NIA Mentorship Prize Competition

Open

$600K pool

Research on Current Topics in AD/ADRD

Funds independent Alzheimer and dementia studies led by investigators across biological and clinical approaches.

1 grant

NIA AD/ADRD R01 Research Grant

Closed

- pool

Research on Current Topics in AD/ADRD

Supports high-impact exploratory Alzheimer and dementia research through fast-turnaround innovative grant projects.

1 grant

NIA AD/ADRD R21 Exploratory Research Grant

Closed

- pool

Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers (ADRCs)

Funds core centre grants for major United States institutions coordinating dementia and Alzheimer science.

Alzheimer's Drug-Development Program (ADDP)

Funds preclinical and clinical drug development for Alzheimer disease through cooperative pathways.

1 grant

NIA Alzheimer's Drug-Development Program

Open

- pool·Rolling submission

NIA Small Business Programs (SBIR & STTR)

Supports small United States businesses developing aging and dementia-related technologies through staged innovation funding.

NIA Start-Up Challenge and Accelerator

Funds US entrepreneurs and small businesses developing healthy-aging technologies through NIA's Start-Up Challenge cash prizes and accelerator.

1 grant

NIA Start-Up Challenge

Between cycles

- pool

NIA R01: Drug Repositioning and Combination Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease

Funds researchers combining computational and experimental approaches to test repositioned drugs for Alzheimer's disease treatment through NIH R01 grants.

1 grant

NIA R01: Drug Repositioning and Combination Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease

Between cycles

- pool

Parent entityNational Institutes of Health

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