Information for Researchers

2024 Award Opportunities

Applications for 2024 grants will open on June 1, 2023. Award opportunities will be available in ALS, Alzheimer’s disease, cognitive aging, epilepsy, FTD, LBD, MS, MdDS, neurological health disparities, neuromuscular disease, Parkinson’s disease, and stroke. ABF grants are given through the American Academy of Neurology’s Research Program. For a full listing of AAN’s grant opportunities please visit the AAN Research Program page.

ALS

Clinical Research Training Scholarship in ALS, funded by The ALS Association and the American Brain Foundation, in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology   OPENS JUNE 1
Clinical Research Training Scholarship in ALS and Related Disorders, funded by the CReATe Consortium and the American Brain Foundation, in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology    OPENS JUNE 1
Richard Olney Clinician Scientist Development Award in ALS, funded by The ALS Association and the American Brain Foundation, in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology    OPENS JUNE 1

Alzheimer’s Disease

Robert Katzman, MD Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Alzheimer’s and Dementia, funded by the Alzheimer’s Association and the American Brain Foundation, in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology    OPENS JUNE 1

Cognitive Aging

McKnight Clinical Translational Research Scholarship in Cognitive Aging and Age-Related Memory Loss, funded by the McKnight Brain Research Foundation through the American Brain Foundation, and the American Academy of Neurology    OPENS JUNE 1

Epilepsy

Susan S. Spencer, MD Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Epilepsy, funded by the American Epilepsy Society, Epilepsy Foundation of America, and the American Brain Foundation, in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology  OPENS JUNE 1

FTD

Clinical Research Training Scholarship in FTD, funded by the Holloway Family Fund of The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration and the American Brain Foundation, in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology   OPENS JUNE 1

Health Disparities

Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Neurodisparities, funded by the American Brain Foundation, in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology   OPENS JUNE 1

LBD

Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Lewy Body Diseases, funded by the Alzheimer’s Association and the American Brain Foundation, in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology   OPENS JUNE 1

Mal de Débarquement Syndrome

Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Mal de Débarquement Syndrome and Central Vestibular Neurological Disorders, funded by the MdDS Balance Disorder Foundation through the American Brain Foundation, in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology   OPENS JUNE 1

Neuromuscular Disease

Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Neuromuscular Disease, funded by the Neuromuscular Study Group and the American Brain Foundation, in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology   OPENS JUNE 1

Parkinson’s Disease

Clinical Research Training Scholarship in Parkinson’s Disease, funded by the Parkinson’s Foundation and the American Brain Foundation, in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology   OPENS JUNE 1

Stroke

Lawrence M. Brass, MD Stroke Research Award, funded by the American Heart Association and the American Brain Foundation, in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology   OPENS JUNE 1

For more information or questions about the Next Generation Research Grants program, please view the American Academy of Neurology’s Research Program page or contact [email protected].