AFTD Pilot Grants (Well-Being in FTD)
AFTD Pilot Grants (Well-Being in FTD) support researchers developing new studies to improve well-being for people with FTD, families, and caregivers, and equitable access to diagnosis, care, support, and research.
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Funder: The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration
Due Dates: October 30, 2026, at 8 p.m. ET (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: One $110,000 USD award for one year, including up to $10,000 in indirect costs
Summary: Seed funding for new research improving well-being and equitable access to diagnosis, care, support, and research participation for people affected by FTD.
Key Information: PIs must hold a faculty or equivalent research position; transitioning fellows need a qualifying appointment by April 2027.
Description
The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD) provides pilot funding for innovative research that improves the well-being of people diagnosed with FTD, their families, and caregivers. The program also supports equitable access to high-quality diagnosis, care, support, and research participation. It covers the full spectrum of FTLD disorders, including behavioral variant FTD, primary progressive aphasias, progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal syndrome, and FTD-ALS.
The grants support early research program development and new directions, generating data for follow-on applications to government, public, or private funders. Suitable work includes nonpharmacologic interventions, caregiver support, interdisciplinary and neuropalliative care, adaptations of interventions from other neurodegenerative diseases, access-equity interventions, social determinants of health, and health economics and outcomes research.
