This funding opportunity supports collaborative research networks organized as Centers without Walls to investigate mechanisms of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease-related dementias (ADRD). It encourages interdisciplinary teams combining state-of-the-art technologies, disease-relevant models, clinical science, and human specimens to identify novel disease mechanisms, therapeutic targets, and biomarkers. A coordinating center will facilitate collaboration, data harmonization, and reproducibility across awardees. The program aims to break down silos and provide a mechanistic foundation fo
Eligible applicants include state, county, city, and special district governments; tribal governments and organizations; public and private institutions of higher education; nonprofits; for-profit organizations including small businesses; federal agencies; U.S. territories; faith-based and community
