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Overview

WAM Research Grant

Funder: Women's Alzheimer's Movement (WAM) at Cleveland Clinic

Geographic Scope: United States (48 studies funded across 17 leading institutions as of 2024)

Focus Areas:

  • Sex-specific research on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias

  • Women-focused brain health research

  • Studies examining why women are twice as likely as men to develop Alzheimer's disease

  • Research on immune mechanisms, sleep disruption, genetic risk factors, lifestyle interventions, and other factors affecting women's Alzheimer's risk

    • Key Details:

  • Total Funding Awarded (as of 2024): $5.35 million to 48 studies

  • Impact: Grantees have secured an additional $83 million in government and foundation funding

  • Founded: 2016

  • Institution: Cleveland Clinic

  • Founder: Maria Shriver

    • Eligibility:

  • Researchers at leading academic institutions studying women and Alzheimer's disease

  • Multiple award categories including Young Investigator Award, Established Investigator Award, and MOSH Award

    • What They Fund:

  • Seed grants for early-stage research

  • Comprehensive lifestyle intervention studies

  • Biomarker discovery research

  • Sex-specific genetic and mechanistic studies

  • AI and data science approaches to understanding Alzheimer's disease

  • Sleep and circadian rhythm research

  • Immune response research

  • Microbial metabolite research

    • Contact Information:

  • Website: thewomensalzheimersmovement.org

  • Affiliated with: Cleveland Clinic

    • Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    womenalzheimersscience-research

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