Race Against Dementia

Who we are

Founded by Formula 1 racing legend Sir Jackie Stewart, Race Against Dementia raises and allocates funds to accelerate global research and development in the race to find a prevention or treatment for dementia.

Our vision is a breakthrough in the prevention or treatment of dementia with the greatest of urgency.

We do this through our 4 key tenets:

• NEW TALENT. Identifying and financially backing the most talented early-career researchers.
• INNOVATION. We provide catalyst funding, enabling researchers to pursue higher risk, innovative ideas that might not get funded by the mainstream.
• SPEED. We aim to instil a ‘Formula 1 attitude’ in attention to detail and urgency, to accelerate the pace of solutions development.
• GLOBAL. We form strong alliances with research centres of excellence on a global basis

Our culture and values

Our vision is to win the race against dementia by accelerating global research towards a breakthrough cure with the utmost urgency.

WE ECHO THE PACE, PRECISION AND LATERAL THINKING OF FORMULA 1, OPERATING ON FIVE PRINCIPLES:

NEW TALENT

We identify and financially support the most gifted early-career dementia research scientists.

ESTABLISHED TEAMS

We back the best teams – ones making tangible progress in dementia research.

INNOVATION

We provide catalyst funding, enabling research fellows to pursue groundbreaking ideas – ideas less likely to receive mainstream funding.

SPEED

We instil a Formula 1 attitude of accuracy and urgency to hasten the pace of development.

REACH

We form strong alliances with research centres of excellence worldwide.