Developmental Projects

UK-ADRC Developmental Project Program

The UK-ADRC Developmental Project Program is a pilot program supported by our NIH Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (UK-ADRC) grant P30 AG072946. The program is aimed at junior investigators (postdoctoral fellows, assistant professors, senior research associates, or clinical fellows) and will provide pilot grant support for research in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related dementias. Awards are intended to provide seed funding for novel hypotheses that lead to national-level funding of an expanded research plan based on the pilot work. 

Eligibility: 

The program is open to all faculty with appointments at UK, as well as senior research associates, clinical fellows, or postdoctoral investigators. Postdoctoral or junior investigators are encouraged to apply. More senior investigators from other fields who wish to apply their expertise to ADRD research or explore new ideas that is not an extension of ongoing ADRD research are also eligible. 

Proposals with a focus on basic/ clinical/ translational research relevant to AD and related dementias are strongly encouraged and of particular interest. Areas of special interest include studies on risk factors, prevention, preclinical AD, therapeutics, caregiving, minority populations, health disparities, cognitive processes, and neuroimaging. 

Developmental Projects