Funder: American Academy of Neurology
Due Dates (Anticipated): October 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: ALS and ALS and Related Disorders: two-year awards; Richard Olney Clinician Scientist Grant: three-year award
Summary: Supports early-career researchers conducting innovative neurological investigations across disease-specific and general research areas.
Key Information: Typically requires completion of residency or a PhD within five years of the award’s start; the Richard Olney ALS grant allows seven years.
Description
The American Brain Foundation’s Next Generation Research Grants support innovative investigations by early-career researchers and help launch academic careers in neurological research. The program includes awards supported by the Foundation and disease-focused funding partners. Cognitive aging, Parkinson’s disease, and stroke awards are offered in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology.
Research areas include ALS and related disorders, ASXL-related neurodevelopmental diseases, cognitive aging, epilepsy, neuromuscular disease, Parkinson’s disease, peripheral neuropathy, stroke, and Mal de Débarquement syndrome and central vestibular disorders. General research awards support work with potential relevance for more than one condition, with priorities in mental health and neuropsychiatry, women’s health, prevention and resilience, and Alzheimer’s and dementia.
