Grants & Awards
See below for a list of upcoming external grant opportunities related to research in dementia, stroke, and aging.
Alberta Neuroscience
Canadian Neuroanalytics Scholars Program
Notice of Intent due: June 6, 2025
Full applications due: July 18, 2025
Alzheimer's Association
Alzheimer's Association Research Fellowship to Promote Diversity (AARF-D research grant)
Letter of Intent due: February 27, 2025, 5 p.m. ET
Application deadline: May 1, 2025, 5 p.m. ET
Alzheimer's Association Research Grant (AARG)
Letter of Intent due: February 27, 2025
Full application due: May 1, 2025
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation
Diagnostics Accelerator: Digital Biomarkers Program
Rolling applications
Diagnostics Accelerator: Peripheral Biomarkers Program
Rolling applications
Therapeutics Funding: Drug Development RFP
Letter of Intent due: September 15, 2025
Invited full proposal due: November 17, 2025
Therapeutics Funding: Neuroimaging and CSF Biomarker RFP
Letter of Intent due: September 15, 2025
Invited full proposal due: November 17, 2025
Therapeutics Funding: Prevention RFP
Letter of Intent due: September 15, 2025
Invited full proposal due: November 17, 2025
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
Goldman-Rakic Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Cognitive Neuroscience
Nominations due: April 30, 2025
Brain Canada
Call for Collaborative Research Projects on the Brain
Letter of Intent due: May 21, 2025
Full application due: May 28, 2025
2025 Translational Research Grants in Brain Cancer
Registration form due: May 8, 2025
Full application due: June 23, 2025
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Operating Grant : Joint Programme on Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) 2025
Pre-proposal due: March 4, 2025
Full proposal due: June 24, 2025
Operating Grant : Summer Program in Aging – Planning Grant
Application due: April 15, 2025
Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI)
Discover + Adopt (D+A)
Application due: May 16, 2025
Fuel Program
Applications due April 23, 2025
National Institutes of Health (US)- National Institute on Aging (Open to Foreign Applications/Organizations)
Small Research Grant Program for the Next Generation of Researchers in AD/ADRD Research (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
Two more application cycles in 2025, application deadlines: June 16 and October 16, 2025
Analytical and Clinical Validation of Biomarkers for Alzheimers Disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias (ADRD) (U01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Applications due October 5, 2025
New Approaches for Measuring Brain Changes Across Longer Timespans (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
Two more application cycles in 2025, application deadlines: June 16 and October 16, 2025
New Approaches for Measuring Brain Changes Across Longer Timespans (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Two more application cycles in 2025, application deadlines: June 5 and October 5, 2025
Research on Current Topics in Alzheimer's Disease and Its Related Dementias (R21 Clinical Trial Optional): Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant
Two more application cycles in 2025, application deadlines: June 16, and October 16, 2025
Research on Current Topics in Alzheimer's Disease and Its Related Dementias (R01 Clinical Trial Optional): Research Project Grant
Two more application cycles in 2025, application deadlines: June 5, and October 5, 2025
Translational Bioinformatics and Experimental Approaches to Advance Drug Repositioning and Combination Therapy Development for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Open for submissions May 9, 2025
Ontario Brain Institute
Neurotech Entrepreneurship to Validate Emerging Innovations (NERVE) Program
Applications due April 20, 2025
University of Toronto
2025 Frist-Jus Annual Memorial Award in Neuropsychopharmacology
Nominations due April 15, 2025
2025 Juliusz, Dorota and Zofia (Zosia) Frist Memorial Prize in Neuropsychopharmacology
Nominations due April 15, 2025