Major funding awarded to college in Lake Forest area

  • 2025-07-24
The University of California, Irvine (UCI) has received a renewable grant of $21m from the National Institute on Aging.

This award is for five years and will support the work of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) of UCI MIND, which has been engaging with the community and advancing understanding of memory impairments for over 40 years. This funding may directly benefit residents of nearby Lake Forest. Such news and its benefits for residents in the area can be made known with flyer printing.

The co-director of the ADRC and director of UCI MIND, Joshua Grill, Ph.D., said this funding comes at a time of great importance for the center’s research efforts.

The ADRC was the first to discover powerful tools that can be used to study mechanisms of disease and special populations. Its impact also extends beyond the lab and the clinic. Thousands of residents of Orange County benefit each year from free in-person events, as well as digital educational and outreach resources, making the center a trusted hub for the latest information on how aging affects brain health.

The grant will fund both cutting-edge science and initiatives to train the next generation of dementia clinicians and researchers. It will also increase the ties of the center to the Orange County community through education programs for the public, outreach, and recruitment.