The Duke/UNC Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center is pleased to announce a call for proposals for 2023.
REC Scholar Request for Applications 2023
The goal of the ADRC Research Education Component (REC) is to promote the development of future research leaders who are conducting basic, translational, or clinical AD+ADRD research within the focus area of age-related changes across the lifespan. The REC will award up to 4 REC Scholar awards annually, of 2-year duration, with funding beginning July 1, 2024. The award can cover salary, project support, and research career development activities. REC Scholars are supported by the ADRC Cores listed above, and meet regularly with a mentorship team including ADRC Investigators. At the conclusion of the award, REC Scholars are expected to pursue external funding in their research area.
Developmental Projects (DP) Request for Applications 2023
The goal of the ADRC developmental project program is to stimulate and support innovative, high potential lines of research related to our theme: to identify age-related changes across the lifespan that contribute to the development, progression, or experience of AD. DP awardees are supported by the ADRC Cores listed above. Awardees are expected to pursue external funding in their research area and applications should convey the plan to use findings from the developmental project to inform or justify future applications.
The Ruth K. Broad Biomedical Research Foundation Inc., Ann B. Bussel Research Award RFA
The Ruth K. Broad Biomedical Research Foundation, Inc., a support corporation of Duke University, funds research in the neurosciences with a specific focus on investigation that may advance the knowledge, prevention, or treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. The Ann B. Bussel Research Award, funded by the Ruth K. Broad Biomedical Research Foundation, Inc., is named in honor of Ann B. Bussel, long-time board member of the Ruth K. Broad Biomedical Research Foundation, in recognition of her thirty-year commitment to funding and supporting creative research efforts directed at understanding and treating Alzheimer’s disease at Duke and at other research institutions.
Duke Faculty Only RFA
ADRC RFP for innovative neurodegeneration-related discovery research in Basic Brain Science
The Duke/UNC Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center is pleased to announce a call for proposals for high risk/high impact, basic, discovery science relevant to neurodegeneration. Priority will be given to faculty in the Duke University School of Medicine researching basic neurobiology that has a plausible link to understanding neurodegeneration, including (but not limited to) Alzheimer’s Disease. This opportunity is made possible by a philanthropic gift to Duke University School of Medicine, and eligible applicants must have a faculty appointment at Duke.
We plan to make one $100,000 award focused on truly innovative basic science pilot research projects in neuroscience, based on the following criteria:
- Relevance to neurodegeneration
- Originality
- Scientific rationale
- Clear articulation of the way in which the proposed research differs from other funded projects of the Principal Investigator
- Clarity of plans for obtaining subsequent extramural funding to extend or complete the project
- Feasibility to complete the proposed work within one year of receipt of funding; extensions are not guaranteed.
Applications may use or develop any model system, including animal models, human tissue, or human brain models. Innovation, relevance to neurodegeneration, and the plausibility of a transition to disease-modifying science will be emphasized in the review criteria.
