Stay up-to-date on LBD-relevant funding opportunity announcements from LBDA and federal agencies like the National Institutes of Health and Department of Defense.
2024 LBDA Mentorship Program Award
The Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA) Mentorship Program Award is intended to promote the continued development of newly trained clinician-researchers, or experienced clinician-researchers new to LBD. The program is open both to early-stage investigators, and to more established researchers from other fields, who have not yet received an NIH R01 in Lewy body dementia (LBD) research.
The aim of the program is to foster mentor-mentee relationships that are critical to success in science.
Under this request for applications, LBDA intends to fund up to four awards.
Full details are available on the Request for Applications.
2024 LBDA Research Project Award – Economic Burden of LBD
The Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA) Research Project Award supports research in areas identified by the LBDA as strategic research priorities and that address unmet needs of people with LBD and their care partners.
Research Priority for this RFA: Understanding the Economic Burden of LBD
The objective of the LBDA Research Project Award for 2024 is to capture the economic impact of LBD in the United States. This includes both 1) impact on people with LBD, care partners, and families, and 2) impact on the healthcare system and community resources compared to age-matched, non-LBD affected families in the United States.
Full details are available on the Request for Applications.
2024 LBDA New Investigator Pilot Study Award
The Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA) New Investigator Pilot Study Award is intended to support pilot translational or clinical studies for the purpose of developing preliminary data to be used in future grant applications. The program is open both to early-stage investigators, and to more established researchers from other fields, who have not yet received an NIH R01 in Lewy body dementia (LBD) research.
The aim of the program is to drive advances in diagnosis, management and support of individuals with LBD and family caregivers through clinical research.
Under this request for applications, LBDA intends to fund one award.
Full details are available on the Request for Applications.