Race Against Dementia Fellowship
Funds early-career dementia researchers in the United Kingdom through a bold, co-funded fellowship route.
Race Against Dementia Fellowship is ARUK's co-funded route for early-career scientists with no more than six years of post-PhD experience. The scheme sits under ARUK but is backed by Race Against Dementia, the charity founded by Sir Jackie Stewart, and it is aimed at researchers pursuing unusually bold dementia questions rather than incremental work. It offers up to £500,000 in direct costs over five years at a UK academic or not-for-profit host institution. Applicants cannot apply at the same time to another ARUK fellowship, and the most recent round combined panel triage, rebuttal, lived-experience review for human-volunteer studies, a fellowship interview with a short presentation, and Grant Review Board approval. The last round drew a success rate of about 9 percent. ARUK has said the scheme will not open in 2026, so the entry currently reads as a paused but highly selective fellowship rather than a live annual call. It suits researchers who can show original thinking, a strong host institution, and enough independence to make a case for a five-year platform award.
No upcoming rounds verified. Cadence: Annual.