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Alzheimer’s Disease Strategic Fund: Understanding VCID-UMD

Sponsor

Alzheimer's Association, in partnership with Brain Canada Foundation

For More Information

See sponsor's Full Request for Applications [1] for complete application details.

Description

The VCID-UMD 2026 Grant Program aims to fund concerted and collaborative efforts that will explore these questions to advance our understanding of vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia and its contributions to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. While multidisciplinary team approaches to addressing these complex scientific questions are welcome to apply, this award is structured as an individual research grant, with funding administered through the recipient’s institution and recipient’s institution will be expected to manage subcontractors with collaborators.

Maximum Project Value

The funding range is $150,000.00 to $300,000.00 (depending on project scope) with a maximum project duration of 3 years.

Indirect Costs

0% per Request for Applications

Deadlines

If College-level review is required, your College will communicate its earlier internal deadlines.

TypeDateNotes
External Deadline
Monday, June 15, 2026 - 5:00pm

Deadline to submit Letter of Intent to sponsor via the ProposalCentral [2] portal.

Internal Deadline
Monday, September 7, 2026 - 4:30pm

Deadline to submit signed OR-5 and full application to Research Support Services via email at research.services@uoguelph.ca [3]. 

External Deadline
Monday, September 14, 2026 - 5:00pm

Deadline to submit full application to sponsor via the ProposalCentral [2] portal.

For Questions, please contact

Alzheimers Association:  For any questions, please email grantsapp@alz.org [4].

Office of Research

Laurie Green, Awards & Agreements Officer
Research Services Office
lagreen@uoguelph.ca [5]

Alert Classifications
Category:
Funding Opportunities and Sponsor News

Disciplines:
Health and Life Sciences

Source URL:https://www.uoguelph.ca/research/alerts/content/alzheimers-disease-strategic-fund-understanding-vcid-umd

Links
[1] https://braincanada.ca/files/alzheimer-s-disease-strategic-fund-vcid-umd-rfa.pdf
[2] https://proposalcentral.com/
[3] https://www.uoguelph.ca/research/alerts/research.services%40uoguelph.ca
[4] https://braincanada.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8f5e3c158aef09bac540e21b5&id=00fc9ce408&e=fe10836dc1
[5] mailto:lagreen@uoguelph.ca