Celebrating the impact of Dementia Fellowships - DEM-COMM

The dementia fellows celebration

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and Alzheimer's Society invested £11.8 million to create a team of post-doctoral researchers focussed on applied dementia research across England.

The programme was coordinated by NIHR ARC Wessex and grew from an initial concept to a successful and thriving community of DEM-COMM fellows.

In total the DEM-COMM programme helped develop more than 70 dementia applied researchers.

You can read more about the talented and dedicated researchers in a new report published this month (February 2026) and see more on the programme here