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Expanding the Therapeutic Pipeline for Treating and Preventing Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias: Preclinical Validation and Drug Discovery for Novel Candidate Targets

Funds rigorous preclinical validation and early drug discovery against novel Alzheimer's and related-dementia targets, before human trials.

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Most Alzheimer's drugs fail because the target they were built against did not hold up. This notice funds rigorously testing a target before committing years to a drug built around it.

Two connected activities are in scope: validating novel drug targets for Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's-related dementias, and early-stage discovery of the drugs meant to hit them — small molecules, biologics,

Preclinical validation of novel drug targets for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, and early-stage drug discovery of small molecules, biologics and emerging therapeutic modalities against those targets, using the U01 cooperative agreement mechanism.

CycleiHow often this grant runs — e.g. annually, on a rolling basis, or a one-off call.Multiple per year
Next deadlineiThe next date applications are due. Rolling means you can apply any time.5 Oct 2026
Decision timeiTypical time from the deadline to the funder's decision.26 weeks
Project durationiHow long the funded work is expected to run.
Award typeiThe form of funding — grant, equity, loan, tax credit, etc.Cooperative agreement
Match fundingiThe share of project costs you must cover yourself. 0% = fully funded.
Funding pooliThe total budget available across all awards in this round.

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Last verified: 25 Aug 2026Funder reference: PAR-26-132Source: www.grants.gov