New Investigator Awards in Alzheimer's Disease

New Investigator Awards in Alzheimer's Disease Deadline: December 15, 2014 Funded by The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, the major goal of this partnership program is to support important research in areas in which more scientific investigation is needed to improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of Alzheimer's disease. The program also serves to encourage junior investigators in the United States and Israel to pursue research and academic careers in the neurosciences, and Alzheimer's disease in particular. Projects in basic and translational research related to Alzheimer's disease (AD) that are clinically relevant, will be considered. For one of the awards, priority may be given to an investigator with a research project that has high translational potential. Examples of promising areas of research include, but are not limited to: Genetic and environmental risk/protective factors Cellular and molecular pathways Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular factors Neuro-inflammation Neuroimaging and other biomarkers Cellular, animal and in silico models Diagnostic and prognostic markers Exercise, nutrition, and dietary factors Drug discovery  and other therapeutics In addition, proposals will be accepted that relate to the basic mechanisms of central nervous system (CNS) aging, such as: Learning and memory The biology and pathobiology of synapses Neurogenesis, neural and glial pro...
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