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1 Research Directions and Update from the NIA Basil Eldadah Division of Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology NIA

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3 NIA FY16 Funding Policy at present

4 NIA FY16 Funding Policy at present (continued) Pay non-competing commitments without cuts Career development awards through a score of 13 Fellowship awards through a score of 30 Short-term high-priority (R56) awards to R01’s likely Alzheimer’s

5 Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Funding – Bypass budget Is it Alzheimer’s? – RCDC – Discrete application unit

6 Pepper Center workshop opportunity: Research Opportunities Related to Alzheimer’s Disease as a Systemic Disease of Aging Major focus: – Systemic and specific non-neuronal risk factors and physiologic contributors (e.g., vascular) including human studies on the role of aging mechanisms. – Role of interactions with other chronic conditions on risk, progression, or symptomatology of Alzheimer’s disease. $35k set-aside for 1 administrative supplement award to the OAIC Coordinating Center in FY16

7 Alzheimer’s-focused Administrative Supplements for NIA grants not focused on Alzheimer’s Disease $3M set-aside in FY16 for the initial stages of research or training related to Alzheimer’s disease Must be within the scope of research or training already supported by parent grant Center awards and resource awards are most likely able to justify supplements given potentially broad scope – Some research grants may also qualify if on related topic (e.g., on cognitive decline in aging) Budget limit: $100,000 direct costs for 1 year Eligibility – Active NIA awards with project end dates in FY2017 or later – Not necessarily limited to one per award; however, substantial additional funding considered beyond scope of the funded award Receipt date: July 1, 2016

8 Alzheimer’s-focused Administrative Supplements for NIA grants not focused on Alzheimer’s Disease (continued) Submission – Use parent PA for administrative supplements (PA-14-077) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-14-077.html http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-14-077.html – Project Summary/Abstract: describe the Alzheimer’s relevance of the supplement request – One-page specific aims, 6-page research strategy Review – Is the work proposed within the scope of the active award? – Is the work proposed focused on Alzheimer’s disease or related dementias? – Is the work likely to stimulate additional activity leading to progress on Alzheimer’s disease?

9 “Good news for Career Award applicants” https://www.nia.nih.gov/research/blog/2016/04/good-news-career-award-applicants https://www.nia.nih.gov/research/blog/2016/04/good-news-career-award-applicants New K08 and K23 applications. Applicants who submitted on February 12, 2016, and since can: Request up to $100,000 (at a maximum) plus fringe benefits for your percentage effort, which must be at least 75 percent or nine person- months of your full-time effort at your institution Request $25,000 in research costs with a maximum of $50,000 to support patient accrual costs Current K08 and K23 awardees can: Request up to $100,000 (at a maximum) plus fringe benefits for your percentage effort, which must be 75 percent of your full-time effort or greater. If you receive a federal research award in the final two years of the career award, you are permitted to maintain 75 percent total research effort while maintaining a minimum of 50 percent effort on the career award. Request $25,000 in research costs with a maximum of $50,000 to support patient accrual costs This new salary structure is a $25,000 increase in NIA’s salary of $75,000 salary cap, which had been in place since 1997!

10 Research Career Development and Education Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award (K76) GEMSSTAR OAIC Research Education Component (RL5) Butler-Williams Scholars program (July 25-29, 2016)

11 PAR-16-143: Complex Integrated Multi-Component Projects in Aging Research (U19) For large-scale, complex research projects with multiple highly integrated components focused on a common aging research question; e.g.: – Large-scale longitudinal observational studies – Multi-site intervention studies – Pre-clinical-to-clinical or clinical-to-practice translation Structured according to study needs; e.g., – One or more coordinating centers – Clinical or study sites – Specialized cores, such as data management/analysis, measurement/phenotyping, animal models, etc.

12 Resilience NIA Workshop: “Measures of physiologic resiliencies and vulnerabilities in human aging” August 26-27, 2015 Bethesda, MD

13 Other NIA Centers Programs Alzheimer’s Disease Centers “…translate research advances into improved diagnosis and care for people with Alzheimer’s disease while focusing on the program’s long- term goal—finding a way to cure and possibly prevent Alzheimer’s.” Nathan Shock Centers of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging “…provide leadership in the pursuit of basic research into the biology of aging.” Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research (RCMARs) “…decrease health disparities by increasing the number of researchers…, enhancing the diversity in the professional workforce…, improving recruitment and retention…, creating culturally sensitive health measures…, and increasing the effectiveness of interventions….”

14 Other NIA Centers Programs, continued Edward R. Roybal Centers for Translation Research in the Behavioral and Social Sciences of Aging “…develop and pilot innovative ideas for translation of basic behavioral and social research findings into programs and practices that will improve the lives of older people and the capacity of institutions to adapt to societal aging.” Centers on the Demography and Economics of Aging “…conducting research and training in the demography, economics, and epidemiology of aging.”

15 Claude D. Pepper OAICs

16 All NIA Centers

17 Thank you

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19 Alzheimer’s Research Centers

20 Nathan Shock Centers

21 Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research (RCMARs)

22 Roybal Centers

23 Centers on the Demography and Economics of Aging


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