Dementia Grant Application

The Minnesota Board on Aging administers a competitive grant program focusing on dementia and its impact on caregivers. Grants are intended to:

• Increase awareness of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
• Promote the benefits of screening for early identification of dementias
• Increase the rate of cognitive testing in the population at risk for dementias, and/or
• Connect family and friends who are caregiving with education, support and resources

Program Information: FY21 Dementia Grant Request for Proposal (RFP)

• Application Due Date: Application is closed. (total received - 29)
• Grant term: Anticipated to last for 12 months (July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021)
• Maximum request: $150,000
• Responders Conference PowerPoint Presentation (pdf)
• Frequently asked questions: FY21 MBA Dementia RFP FAQs (pdf)

Application Portal Closed

• April 17, 2020: Application process closed
• April/May 2020: Review and scoring applications
• June 2020: Negotiate contracts
• July 1, 2020: FY2021 grantee anticipated start date

Grant Contact: Aaron Cotter – aaron.cotter@state.mn.us

• Local area agencies on aging - Eldercare Development Partnership
• State program staff
• MBA Cultural Consultants can help implement projects that propose to target cultural or ethnically diverse populations

• Budget (XLSX)
• Dementia Knowledge Capture Form (XLSX)
• Knowledge Capture Instructions (PDF)

• Responder Information and Declarations (PDF)
• Exceptions to Terms and Conditions (PDF)
• Affidavit of Noncollusion (PDF)
• Disclosure of Funding Form (PDF)
• Affirmative Action Data Page (PDF)
• Certification of Restriction on Lobbying (PDF)