Funding

Agency:

Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation

Category: Project funding

Focus: Supports non-clinical studies and early-phase clinical trials that test promising pharmacological interventions and devices for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. 

Amount: Up to 5'000'000$

Eligibility: Universities, start ups, companies, nonprofit organisation

Deadline: 15.09.2025

Agency:

Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation

Category: Project funding

Focus: Support for advancing and validating established biomarkers to address clear clinical needs in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.

Amount: Up to 600'000$

Eligibility: Universities, start ups, companies, nonprofit organisation

Deadline: 15.09.2025

Agency:

Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation

Category: Project funding

Focus: Supports studies on cognitive symptoms linked to health conditions, comparative effectiveness research, and epidemiological investigations examining how drug use or choice influences the risk of dementia or cognitive decline.

Amount: Up to 5'000'000$

Eligibility: Universities, start ups, companies, nonprofit organisation

Deadline: 15.09.2025

Agency:

Swiss National Science Foundation and Innosuisse

Category: Project funding

Focus: The BRIDGE Proof of Concept program supports young researchers in Switzerland who wish to turn their research findings into innovative products or services.

Amount: 130'000 CHF for a year

Eligibility: Young researchers (Bsc, Msc, PhD before 4 years)

Deadline: 15.09.2025

Agency:

European Research Council

Category: Project funding

Focus: Supports the validation and development of innovative ideas stemming from ERC-funded projects, extending their impact beyond the original research scope.

Amount: 150'000€ for 18 months

Eligibility: All Principal Investigators holding an ERC Frontier Research Grant (Starting, Consolidator, Advanced, or Synergy).

Deadline: 18.09.2025

Agency:

Smarter Medicine

Category: Project funding

Focus: Supports research projects that aim to identify, analyze and reduce medical overuse and misuse in Switzerland.

Amount: 40'000 CHF

Eligibility: Individuals, research groups, or organizations based in Switzerland.

Deadline: 26.09.2025

Agency:

Swiss Brain League

Category: Award

Focus: The award supports Swiss research groups for outstanding scientific achievements in clinical or translational neuroscience, with a focus on research involving patient studies. The research must be published or accepted for publication in an internationally recognized journal within the last two years.

Amount: 40'000 CHF

Eligibility: Swiss research groups

Deadline: 30.09.2025

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Swiss National Science Foundation

Category: Project funding

Focus: Supports independent research projects in Switzerland, offering substaintial funding for one to four years. It enables researchers to explore both disciplinary and interdisciplinary topics, whether individually or through collaborative efforts.

Amount: Up to 250'000 CHF per year per applicant.

Eligibility: Researchers (4 years after PhD) working at Swiss universities or other eligible institutions.

Deadline: 01.10.2025

Agency:

European Research Council

Category: Project funding

Focus: Supports early-career researchers in establishing independent research across all disciplines.

Amount: €1.5 million for a period of 5 years

Eligibility: ealry career researcher, 2–7 years post-PhD

Deadline: 14.10.2025

Agency:

Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI)

Category: Award

Focus: The award recognizes outstanding achievements in biochemistry.

Amount: 20'000 CHF

Eligibility: Young scientists under 40 who have conducted independent biochemistry research in Switzerland or are Swiss scientists abroad, excluding health care professionals.

Deadline: 31.10.2025

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Agency:

Swiss National Science Foundation

Category: Fellowship

Focus: Ambizione grants support early-career researchers who want to lead independent projects at a Swiss institution. Eligible candidates must have completed a PhD within the last four years or medical studies (with some clinical experience) within nine years. Researchers from both Switzerland and abroad are welcome. Grants cover salary and project funds, lasting up to four years.

Amount: Covers the grantee's salary and project costs up to 4 years.

Eligibility: Early career researchers

Deadline: 04.11.2025

Agency:

Swiss National Science Foundation

Category: Project funding

Focus: The SPIRIT program aims to foster international cooperation in research by supporting teams from Switzerland and low to middle-income countries. The program encourages the submission of research proposals in any scientific field, focusing on innovative projects that require global partnerships

Amount: 50'000 - 500'000 CHF up to 2- 4 years

Eligibility: Researchers

Deadline: 04.11.2025

Agency:

European Research Council

Category: Project funding

Focus: Supports 2-4 researchers working together and bringing different skills and resources to tackle research problems in any field of research.

Amount: € 10 million up to 6 years

Eligibility: Principal Investigators

Deadline: 05.11.2025

Agency:

Michael J. Fox Foundation

Category: Fellowship

Focus: Funds academic centers to train a new movement disorder clinician-researcher over a two-year period.

Amount: $180,000

Eligibility: Academic centers

Deadline: 04.12.2025

Age Stiftung supports projects focused on practical solutions for improving housing, care and quality of life for elderly.

Dementia Research Switzerland - Synapsis Foundation supports research on neurodegenerative diseases and related fields, including basic, translational and clinical research.

Innosuisse supports the development and commercialization of innovative ideas by providing funding, coaching and networking opportunities.

Smarter medicine supports research that identifies and reduces the overuse of medical interventions in Switzerland.

Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences supports various research initiatives in the medical field.

Vontobel Stiftung supports researchers by funding social, scientific and dialogue-enhancing projects that focus on social welfare, nature and science, medical research and cultural initiatives. The foundation aims to support early-career researchers working at established research institutions. Funding covers salaries for PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers, as well as justified material and laboratory costs. Projects initiated by other foundations are not supported.

Alzheimer Association supports research worldwide on Alzheimer's disease and other dementia.

Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation supports global research on novel drugs for Alzheimer's prevention, treatment and cure.

Chan Zuckerberger Initiative funds projects focused on neurodegeneration mechanisms, cellular neuroscience, sleep biology and circuit mechanisms underlying learning, memory and cognition.

Cure Alzheimer's Fund support research with the potential to accelerate a cure or disease-modifying treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.

European Research Council funds researchers to run projects based across Europe.

Federation of European Neuroscience Societies offers grants and stipends in a wide range of activities: to attend scientific meetings, for higher education or for outreach activities.

Michael J. Fox Foundation funds promising research with a goal to significantly improve the lives of people with Parkinson's.

National Institute on Aging supports basic, clinical, social and behavioral research on aging and the special problems and needs of older adults.