Introduction

BRACE is one of a small number of charities solely dedicated to raising funds for vital research and, just as importantly, raising public awareness of the disease and the need for medical and scientific research in four main areas:

• How the brain works, in order to understand more clearly what has gone wrong in someone with dementia.
• Development of effective and accurate means of diagnosing the condition as early as possible
• Finding new treatments and assessing their effectiveness in clinical trials
• Investigating the potential link between certain genes in our DNA (the information we carry in each cell in our body) and the chances of developing dementia.

BRACE is committed to funding high quality research projects that ultimately contribute to the knowledge of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. These projects may be in any discipline but must have as the basis of the project, an intention to generate results that will bring further understanding of the risk factors/causes, effective diagnosis or treatment of dementia. All researchers must have the intention of publishing the findings of their studies.

Applications will be considered from individuals or groups in the South West (in particular Bristol and the former County of Avon) and Cardiff University.

Applicants must be based within appropriate academic/research institutions, preferably one where there is clear evidence of existing studies in dementia. No application will be considered without a letter from the institution to confirm that facilities will be made available for the proposed research project, for the duration of the grant and that the financial elements of the application have been checked.

Any project requiring ethical approval will only be awarded once such approval has been granted. Studies involving the use of animals are actively discouraged by the BRACE Trustees unless such studies are required by law for clinical drug development.

You can read about our current research projects here.

Grant Applications

Phd Applications

To make an application for PhD studentship, please download the documents below and return to the BRACE Appeal Office.

Equipment Applications

To make an application for equipment, please download the documents below and return to the BRACE Appeal Office.

Other Applications

For all other applications, please download the documents below and return to the BRACE Appeal Office.