Research

The mission of the Byrd Alzheimer's Research Center is to collaborate with researchers throughout the State of Florida and the wider global research community to develop treatments to cure and prevent this devastating disease.

In the fight against Alzheimer's disease, good ideas often need help to grow. Therefore, the Byrd Alzheimer's Institute provides seed money for research projects of great promise.

The Byrd Institute, functioning as a Center of Excellence, dedicated to encouraging and supporting collaborative research. Collaboration and partnership is the research model that will most quickly lead to new treatments. The expectation is that the results generated from the Institute's initial support will lead to further funding from national agencies such as the National Institutes of Health. Already, Florida scientists have received almost $11 million in new grants because of the seed program.