Now Accepting Applications: 2009 Pilot Project

 

2009 Pilot Application due December 1, 2009

 

Congratulations to 2008 Pilot Winners

 

Congratulations to 2006 Pilot Winners

Pilot Grant Program Announcement in

Alzheimer’s Disease Research

The Wisconsin Comprehensive Memory Program (WCMP) of the UW Section of Geriatrics and Gerontology announces the availability of funds to support pilot/feasibility studies targeting Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related disorders research. The major objective of this program is to enhance novel AD-related research throughout the UW campus, and generate pilot data for larger peer-reviewed grants. Under the leadership of Sanjay Asthana, MD, funding for this program is provided by the NIA Funded Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) of the State of Wisconsin and managed by Tamara Markgraf, MBA, Research Manager for the WCMP.

Proposals can target any aspect of AD research including, but not limited to its molecular neurobiology, preclinical biomarkers and diagnosis, neuroimaging, clinical manifestations, treatment, care-givers stress, health services research, end-of-life care and behavioral and social aspects of the disease. Investigators at all levels of seniority are invited to apply; however, preference will be given to junior faculty and senior fellows wishing to pursue an academic career in dementia research. If necessary, applicants can utilize the extensive infrastructure and resources of WCMP in the preparation of their proposal. Detailed information related to these resources can be found at: http://www.wcmp.wisc.edu/
All applicants should have a full-time appointment at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Funds can be requested for up to 1 year, and the total budget should not exceed $30,000.

Application Procedure and Award Date: Applications must be submitted in an electronic format, no later than December 1, 2009. To obtain an application form, please click here,  or contact Tamara Markgraf at (608) 256-1901, ext. 12923 or e-mail tsm@medicine.wisc.edu. For successful applications, funding will start on January 1, 2009.

 

Pilot Project 2008

The Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center would like to commend award recipients for pilot research studies in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related illnesses.

  • Barbara B. Bendlin PhD for her project entitled "Early Detection of White Matter Degeneration in People at Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease: Relationship to Vascular Risk and Memory Function"
  • Bradley Christian PhD for his project entitled "PET Imaging the 5-HT1A System in MCI and AD"
  • Onofre T. DeJesus, PhD for his project entitled "PET Imaging Markers For Tau Protein"
  • Carey Gleason PhD for her project entitled "A Mechanistic Examination of Falls Occurring in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease"
  • Bruce Hermann PhD for his project entitled "Cognitive aging in chronic epilepsy"
  • Luigi Puglielli MD PhD for his project entitled "An aging pathway controls Alzheimer's disease neuropathology"
  • Vikas Singh PhD for his project entitled "Methods and tools for image based AD classification with evaluations on the ADNI dataset"
  • Joshua M. Thorpe PhD MPH for his project entitled "Barriers to Medical Care and Medication Adherence in Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders"
  • Whitney Wharton PhD for her project entitled "The Effect of Centrally Acting Antihypertensives on Individuals at Risk for Alzheimer's disease"

 

Pilot Project 2006

  • Cynthia Carlsson, MD, MS for her project entitled "Impact of Atorvastatin on Cerebral Perfusion and Endothelial Function"
  • Timothy Juergens, MD for his project "Autonomic dysfunction in subjects at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease"
  • Ronald Kalil, PhD for his project "Nestin positive neurons in the cholinergic basal forebrain and related areas"
  • James Malter, MD for his project "Characterization of a novel mouse model for the study of neurological diseases"
  • Michele Ries, PhD for her project "Posterior cingulate connectivity in individuals at risk for Alzheimer's disease"
  • JoAnne Robbins, PhD and Ianessa Humbert, PhD for their project "Swallowing physiology and Neurophysiology in Alzheimer's disease and Lewy Body Disease"
  • Randal Tibbits, PhD for his project entitled "Functional dissection of ATM-CREB signaling pathway in the nervous system"
  • Jerry Yin, PhD for his project "CREB-responsive transcription of APP"

Thank you to everyone who submitted an application. If you have questions about the application or award process, please contact Tamara Markgraf, MBA at (608) 256-1901, ext. 12923 or e-mail tsm@medicine.wisc.edu.