Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration: AFTD Holloway Fellowships

If you are interested in the following opportunity, please contact Carole King at [email protected].

• LOI Due: September 2, 2026
• Amount: $130,000 (no indirects)
• Project Period: Two years

AFTD Holloway Postdoctoral Fellowships support projects across the full spectrum of FTD disorders (behavioral variant FTD, primary progressive aphasia, progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal degeneration, and FTD-ALS).

Specific areas of need include the following; however, projects may address any area of basic, translational, or clinical FTD research as well as projects focused on FTD-related outcomes research and public health.

• Cellular and molecular mechanisms implicated in FTD pathogenesis;
• Novel models that recapitulate the pathology and/or clinical phenotype of FTD, with consideration of ethological validity;
• Emergent technologies to (1) improve diagnosis, (2) monitor disease progression, (3) treat symptoms and/or underlying disease, (4) support caregivers;
• Bioinformatic or other computational biology approaches;
• Fluid, imaging, or digital biomarker discovery/development; and
• Understanding and addressing health disparities and the needs of populations underrepresented in FTD research.

Applicants must hold a PhD, MD, or equivalent doctoral degree and be engaged in postdoctoral research. Both U.S. and international applicants are eligible, including current PhD candidates who will begin a qualifying postdoctoral appointment by July 1, 2027, provided their appointment extends through the full two-year funding period; applicants may be in the first, second, or third year of their postdoctoral training at the start of the fellowship, but staff scientists in temporary or permanent positions are not eligible. Funds should be used to cover a recipient’s stipend/salary and benefits.