Research into Alzheimer’s disease spurring local entrepreneurship
Alzheimer’s disease research is driving entrepreneurship in the Capital Region.
Not only are Capital Region biotech firms receiving millions of dollars in funding for Alzheimer’s research and development, local colleges and universities are also launching initiatives to spur Alzheimer’s disease research and startup creation, according to the Center for Economic Growth.
Between 2019 and 2023, Capital Region for-profit, private firms received more than $8 million in National Institutes of Health awards for Alzheimer’s-related research.
That was the third-largest sum among New York’s 10 economic development regions, according to an analysis by the Center for Economic Growth.
RPI also recently received from the National Institute on Aging a five-year, $1.3 million grant for the new Rensselaer Alzheimer’s Fellows to Accelerate Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences program.