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2010 international competition

Call for projects

Alzheimer's Society and the Bupa Foundation are offering £1.5m for project grants over two or three years. Applications are invited for individual applications of between £100,000 and £750,000.

In line with guidelines from AMRC, the grants awarded would not include provision for non-attributable costs or costs of permanent academic staff.

Topics in the areas of cause, cure, care and prevention of dementia might include but are not limited to:

• epidemiology of all forms of dementia
• the causes of dementia and mechanisms of disease progression
• the causal relationship between genetics and lifestyle factors predisposing people to dementia
• prevention, diagnosis and treatment of dementia
• slowing the progress of dementia
• developing (non-embryonic) stem cell therapies with translational benefits for people with dementia
• evidence for dietary supplements or complementary therapies as an alternative to drugs
• improving quality of life for people with dementia in their own homes or care homes
• how to best train staff in all health sectors, at all levels, in communicating with, understanding the needs of, and caring for people with dementia
• management of anxiety, agitation and other behavioural symptoms, without the use of antipsychotic drugs
• the impact of acute hospitalisation of people with dementia

Eligible applicants

Alzheimer's Society and the Bupa Foundation would welcome applications from UK researchers and researchers from Australia, China, Denmark, Hong Kong, India, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Spain and Thailand. We would particularly welcome international applicants to work in collaboration with a UK research partner.

Alzheimer's Society and the Bupa Foundation encourage partnership and collaboration between institutions based in the UK and these countries to maximise expert involvement and to share knowledge and best practice.

Applications

All applications should be submitted online at:
grants.bupafoundation.co.uk by the closing date.

One signed copy of the application must be sent to the Registrar at the address below as soon as possible after this date.

Important note

There will be an additional lay form for this grant round, to be accessed via the online application system. This will be in the application system shortly. Please ensure you complete this with your final submission. Applications for funding under this collaborative scheme will not be considered without the uploaded, lay description of the proposal.

Registrar
The Bupa Foundation
Bupa House
15-19 Bloomsbury Way
London WC1A 2BA

Tel: 020 7656 2591
Email: bupafoundation@bupa.com

Further information

Alzheimer's Society
www.alzheimers.org.uk/research

This collaborative funding opportunity will replace the previously advertised Alzheimer's Society project grant round and also the previously advertised Bupa Foundation 2010 specialist grants round.

Alzheimer's Society is a registered Charity No. 296645. Registered as a company limited by guarantee and registered in England No. 2115499. The Bupa Foundation is a registered Charity No. 277598. Registered as a company limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales No. 1414385.