Dementia Research Progress Reports and Bypass Budget Proposals

Each year, NIH issues an annual progress report featuring highlights of NIH-funded Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias research advances. The report provides a comprehensive overview of meaningful prevention, diagnostic, treatment, and care discoveries scientists have made toward addressing the enormous challenges of these devastating diseases.

Additionally, NIH annually submits to the President and then Congress a Professional Judgment Budget that estimates additional future funding needed to most effectively leverage promising scientific opportunities in dementia research. This estimate is often referred to as a "bypass budget" because it is presented without modification through the traditional federal budget process.

Current Reports

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  NIH Scientific Progress Report 2023

  Read the 2023 NIH report on scientific progress, which provides an overview of the meaningful progress researchers made between April 2022 and early 2023 in areas including drug development, lifestyle interventions, biomarker research, and more.

  View the Progress Report (PDF, 10M)

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  Bypass Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2025

  This budget proposal outlines the additional funding needed in FY 2025 to advance NIH-supported research toward achieving the goals outlined by the National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease.

  View the Bypass Budget Proposal (PDF, 14K)