Pilot Awards for Global Brain Health Leaders support emerging brain health leaders through research and non-research pilot projects to delay, prevent, or mitigate dementia and develop leadership.
McKnight Brain Research Foundation Innovator Awards in Cognitive Aging and Memory Loss support emerging scientists’ clinical and basic research to advance discoveries in cognitive aging and age-related memory loss.
This grant funds collaborative research between U.S. and low- and middle-income country scientists to study brain and nervous system disorders across the lifespan and develop innovative, cost-effective interventions.
2026 LBDA New Investigator Pilot Study Award supports early-stage and new-to-LBD researchers with pilot clinical or translational studies to build preliminary data for future Lewy body dementia research grants.
Supports early-career investigators conducting clinical research on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to advance understanding and treatment.
2027 Next Generation Research Grants support early-career researchers pursuing disease-specific and cross-condition neurological investigations to help launch academic research careers.