Care Research Grant
Since 2025, the Alzheimer Forschung Initiative e.V. has awarded one grant per year for care research.
The grant is for researchers whose work helps to maintain or improve the quality of life of people with dementia and their relatives at home.
The Care Research Grant is open to both early-career and experienced researchers.
- Researchers can apply for up to € 200,000, for a period of three years.
- Funding is provided for projects that advance care research through the active participation of people with dementia and their relatives.
Dr. Anne Pfitzer-Bilsing
Director of Scientific Affairs
Tel.: 0211 - 86 20 66 14
E-Mail
Schedule - Care Research Grant
- Call for Application: closed
- Deadline full application: closed
- Review by Scientific Advisory Board for Care Research and external Reviewers: undergoing
- Notifying applicants of grant awards and denials: June 2026
- Start of the project: July 1, 2026
- Award ceremony: 2027
Please note: If you have not received confirmation of receipt of your application by March 12, please contact us by telephone or via forschung(at)alzheimer-forschung.de.
AFI Scientific Advisory Board for the Evaluation of Care Research
Vorsitzende
Prof. Dr. Martina Roes
Deutsches Zentrum für Neurogenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE) Witten
Mitglieder
Prof. Dr. Wijnand IJsselsteijn
Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences
TU Eindhoven
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hoffmann
Deutsches Zentrum für Neurogenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE) Greifswald
Prof. Dr. Heinrich Wörtche
Department of Electrical Engineering, TU Eindhoven
Hanzehogeschool Groningen
Prof. Dr. Elke Kalbe
Medizinische Psychologie - Neuropsychologie & Gender Studies
Uniklinik Köln
Prof. Dr. Ing. Thomas Kirste
Lehrstuhl Hybride Methoden der Künstlichen Intelligenz und des Maschinellen Lernens
Universität Rostock
Dr. Myrta Kohler
Institut für Implentation Science in Health
Universität Zürich
