DOD Alzheimer’s Research Program (AZRP) Awards – Application
Well-being, Health and Biomedical Discovery
Deadlines
Academic Unit: Inquire with unit
Memorial Deadline: Monday 21st, September 2026
External Deadline: Thursday 24th, September 2026
Description
Transforming Care Award
The FY26 TrCA intends to support well-designed non-incremental clinical research/trials in
dementia care that provide significant impact and solutions for the AD/ADRD field, Community,
and military health. Funded research will support the evaluation of interventions,
innovations, and solutions in critical areas in dementia care. Applications may address
knowledge gaps, interventions, strategies, technologies and/or tools. Research should lead to
improved quality of life, reduced caregiver burden and stress, and increased support for those
living with dementia diagnoses. Applications are encouraged to prioritize both the individual
living with an AD/ADRD diagnosis and their care partner(s).
Transforming Diagnosis Award
The FY26 AZRP TrDA intends to support non-incremental, solutions-oriented research that
reduces or overcomes important barriers to obtaining a diagnosis, meaningful disease
monitoring and accurate prognosis. Barriers could include, but are not limited to,
technologies, cost, patient access to diagnosis/prognosis technology, diagnosis management,
applicability, clinical implementation, relationship to clinical outcome measures, biomarker
validation, and lack of longitudinal data to inform prediction/prognosis.
Transforming Research Award
The FY26 AZRP TrRA intends to support non-incremental, robust, well-designed research that
drives transformative advancements in reducing risk and preventing the development of
AD/ADRD. The AZRP challenges investigators to appreciably accelerate efforts in AD/ADRD
risk and prevention research and to demonstrate tangible impact toward improving patient care
and/or quality of life. To meet the intent of the funding opportunity, applications must address an important problem or a critical challenge in risk reduction and/or prevention for AD/ADRD. Risk reduction
considering TBI, similar brain health exposures, and/or military service is of particular interest to
the program.
To view the AZRP funding opportunity announcements and submit a pre-application, visit https://ebrap.org/eBRAP/public/ProgramFY.htm?programFYId=719106
Pre-Application Due: June 22, 2026
Application Due: September 24, 2026