Deadlines
Letter of Intent: November 13, 2024
Submission: March 19, 2025
Funding and Award Period
Anticipated funding of up to three Zenith Fellows Awards. Each award is limited to $450,000 total funding (direct and indirect costs) over a period of up to three years. Requests in any given year may not exceed $250,000 (direct and indirect costs).
Program objective
The objective of the 2025 Zenith Fellows Awards competition is to provide funding support for investigators who:
- Have contributed significantly to the dementia science field – Alzheimer s and all other dementia research.
- Have contributed significantly to neuroscience breakthroughs that have informed our broader understanding of Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
- Are likely to make substantial contributions in the future.
The proposed research should address fundamental problems related to early detection, etiology, pathogenesis, treatment or prevention of Alzheimer s and all other dementia. The proposed research must be on the cutting edge of basic science or biomedicine and thus may not conform to conventional scientific wisdom or may challenge prevailing orthodoxy.
Areas of focus
While the Alzheimer s Association is focused on a number of high priority areas that span the entire spectrum of science and have other programs throughout a given year, the Zenith Fellows program focuses specifically on biological studies and clinical investigations (excluding clinical trials). Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to submit proposals in their own areas of interest or formulate questions different from those presented in this announcement. Innovative and novel ideas to address challenges in research are the core of the Alzheimer s Association’s scientific program.
Central to all of our funding programs, the Alzheimer s Association is committed to closing the gap on issues that drive health disparities and to increasing diversity within research and clinical trials. Proposals related to basic science and/or clinical investigation that will further our understanding of underlying mechanisms that drive health disparities are highly encouraged, as are studies that focus on the inclusion of minority and underrepresented populations. Issues related to disparities and diversity are a top funding priority.
For more information, please see the Foundation Website.