USC AD/ADRD RCMAR Scientist Pilot Awards
Selects three RCMAR Scientists a year for one-year pilot projects on cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, framed around the health and economic wellbeing of minority elder populations. The centre states plainly that it encourages non-USC applicants, so an early-career social work researcher elsewhere can hold a pilot plus the mentoring structure that goes with it.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (total award)The announcement does not publish a dollar figure for the one-year pilot awards; contact the center for the budget cap.
- Timing
- Annual cycleNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.The 2026/2027 application cycle is described as currently open, but the announcement publishes no submission deadline. Three scientists are selected annually.
- Who can apply
- Postdoctoral, Early-career faculty, Any faculty rank
- Eligibility
- Postdoctoral fellows and tenure-track or research-track faculty in the early stages of their research careers. Both USC and non-USC applicants are explicitly encouraged. Priority goes to new investigators who are underrepresented in their fields. Selection weighs research quality, investigator credentials, mission alignment, and potential to generate future NIA proposals.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- alzheimer's disease · dementia · minority aging · economic wellbeing
- Apply at
- https://schaeffer.usc.edu/research/applications-are-open-for-rcmar-scientists/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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