Research
Up-to-Date Information on Dementia Research in Alberta and Northwest Territories. Help fund research to find a cause and a cure.
Your donations can be designated to research. A gift of $25, $50 or $100 to the Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories may help fund ground-breaking research that will lead to a cure during your lifetime or the lifetime of your children.
Alzheimer Society Research Program
Hope for Tomorrow Research Program
Alzheimer Society Research Program
The Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories also contributes to the Alzheimer Society Research Program. This program helped provide grants and training awards to Canadian researchers in the field of Alzheimer’s disease.
Hope for Tomorrow Dementia Research Catalyst Grant
In 2017 the Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories invested $1 million to dementia research in Alberta through the Hope for Tomorrow Dementia Research Catalyst Grant. The awarded funds were matched by a partner organization, which translated to a $2 million investment. This was a one-time investment and is in addition to funds we have currently committed to dementia research.
The Hope for Tomorrow Dementia Research Catalyst Grant was made possible through the generosity of Alberta’s donors, who have entrusted us to steward their donations appropriately.
Funding was provided to University of Alberta and University of Lethbridge.
University of Alberta
Hope for Tomorrow funding help to establish the New Synergies Today: Enhancing Research in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias at the University of Alberta (SynAD) to advance dementia research in Alberta.
The SynAD program has three initiatives for expanding Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia capacity at the University of Alberta.
- Increase Research Capacity (Equipment)
- Enhance Training Capacity
- Strengthen Incubation Capacity
Learn more about this research here.
University of Lethbridge
Building on the specialized infrastructure already available at the Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience, U of L neuroscientists used funding to track the gradual emergence of Alzheimer’s disease through a state-of-the-art imaging research program that could ultimately lead to earlier diagnoses, prevention strategies and evaluation of new treatments.
Learn more about this research here.
Chat with our philanthropy team today by calling 1-866-950-5465 or emailing giving@alzheimer.ab.ca.
Hope for Tomorrow Research Program
Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories recently forged a partnership with Campus Alberta Neuroscience (CAN). CAN will help the Society invest $5M in new funding for Alberta-based dementia-specific research. The Hope for Tomorrow Grant Competition was announced on September 21, 2022 on World Alzheimer’s Day. Over the next 5 years the Hope for Tomorrow Grants will support research in the following areas:
- Improvement and maintenance of quality of life (theme for inaugural competition)
- Alzheimer’s and dementia prevention
- Innovation in early diagnosis and treatment
- Predicting Alzheimer’s and dementia
More information about CAN and the research competition is available here
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Holli Bjerland, Vice President, External Relations & Chief Development Officer
hbjerland@alzheimer.ab.ca
April Grindheim, Major Gifts and Planned Giving Officer
agrindheim@alzheimer.ab.ca
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