In 2025-26 application cycle for the Ann B. Bussell Award will be accepted and reviewed in collaboration with the Duke/UNC Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC)
The Ann B. Bussell Research (ABB) Award, funded directly by the Ruth K. Broad Biomedical Research Foundation, will provide a $100,000 award per year for two years and is open to researchers at both Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill. This joint review process streamlines the experience for applicants and reviewers alike. In the current cycle, which began this summer, we received 24 letters of intent. Of those, 12 investigators were invited to submit full proposals, due November 3, 2025. These applications will be evaluated by a diverse panel of internal, external, and community reviewers.
The Ann B. Bussel Research Award is named in honor of a 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 other research institutions.
**Please read the eligibility criteria for the Ann B. Bussel and Developmental Project awards carefully, as they are slightly different. Applicants with a proposal that is eligible for both the ABB and the DP mechanisms have the opportunity to submit a single application, which will be first considered for the ABB award and if not selected for the ABB award, automatically receive consideration for funding by the ADRC DP program. Applicants may also submit different project proposals for each mechanism, provided there is no scientific overlap in the proposed projects.
For questions about the Ruth K. Broad Foundation, please contact Cathleen Durgin, Secretary, at cathleen.durgin@duke.edu.
