Dementia Australia Research Foundation grants
2025 Dementia Grants Program - OUTCOMES ANNOUNCED
The Dementia Australia Research Foundation is pleased to announce the outcomes of the 2025 Dementia Grants Program, supporting talented new, early and mid-career researchers.
- Seven capacity building Project Grants for early-career researchers.
- Five Post-doctoral Fellowships, providing early-career researchers the opportunity to fast-track their progress towards becoming an independent researcher.
- One Mid-Career Research Fellowship, for a researcher establishing their career in dementia research.
- Four Travel Grants, to assist Australian dementia researchers to travel nationally or internationally, to learn new techniques and/or build networks with well-known research teams.
- Two Clinical Practice Post-graduate Stipends, to enable health professionals to embark on a career in dementia research.
- Two Research Translation Grants to accelerate the adoption of best practice approaches to dementia care.
In 2025, the Dementia Australia Research Foundation also supported the next stage of research for five of our previously funded researchers through our Getting Real about Research initiative. The initiative provides researchers with the opportunity to present their ideas to potential donors. We also partnered with the Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG) Research Trust to fund research that aims to improve the lives of people living with dementia, their families and carers (further information available at AAG website).
Read our recent press release or find out more about the successful 2025 Dementia Grants Program recipients here.
Meet our previously funded researchers and their projects.
Webinars
Online grant information sessions
Grant overview session
This webinar, presented by the Sydney Dementia Network, provides an outline of the grants available in 2025 as well as insights and useful tips on preparing your grant application from reviewers, previous grant recipients and people with a living experience of dementia.
Involving people with a living experience of dementia in your research
This webinar is equips researchers with knowledge and practical tips about involving people with a living experience of dementia in their research and how to write about this in their grant applications. The focus is on common areas for improvement based on feedback from Dementia Advocates who are involved in the review of grant applications each year.
To request to work with a Dementia Advocate, please complete our 'work with a Dementia Advocate' form.
2025 Dementia Grants Program Key Dates
OPENS: Tuesday 3 June 2025, 9:00am AEST
CLOSES: Tuesday 29 July 2025, 5:00pm AEST
Outcomes announced: Early 2026
Funding commences: January - March 2026 or by arrangement
Further information
For more information, please visit our information for applicants page and be sure to check the eligibility requirements contained in the Information for Applicants Booklets.
You can join our mailing list by completing the subscription form or contacting us at Foundation@dementia.org.au.
