Pilot Award
Funds early dementia science concepts in the United Kingdom with exploratory research support.
Alzheimer's Research UK (ARUK) Pilot Awards are small investigator-led grants designed to fund novel, high-risk dementia research ideas that carry the potential to develop into larger investigations. The award provides up to £100,000 in total funding over a maximum of 12 months, covering salary costs for research and technical staff, small equipment purchases, animal research costs, and experiment…
Dementia and Alzheimer's research; novel ideas that could seed a future Major Projects application; small translational projects (potentially with ARUK Drug Discovery Alliance).
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