Dementia Frontiers Fund — Main grant awards
Supports flagship dementia teams with major follow-on grant opportunities to strengthen real-world implementation.
The Dementia Frontiers Fund main grant awards represent the substantive funding stage of a flagship initiative co-led by Alzheimer's Research UK and Gates Ventures to pursue paradigm-shifting dementia science. At least £6 million in total is committed across approximately four to five interdisciplinary teams, each receiving funding for a two-year research programme. The awards target three defined…
Three paradigm-shift dementia questions: disease progression prediction/staging, contribution of different brain changes, and resilience in high-risk populations.
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