Programs

Pilot Awards

Supporting researchers testing high-risk, high-reward hypotheses that require rapid investigation and could lead to groundbreaking discoveries in brain resilience and cognitive aging.

  1. Our Pilot Awards support exploratory research projects with a fast-paced approach, offering researchers the resources to pursue bold ideas with the potential for transformative impact. These awards provide up to $250,000 in direct costs over two years. 

  2. hippocampal cells

“This pilot award will allow me to take advantage of a very high-risk, but also extremely high-reward, opportunity to potentially demonstrate protective effects [of dementia] with data collected as part of a true clinical trial.”

Pascal Geldsetzer

Funded Pilot Award projects