Learn about new funding opportunities, deadlines, frequently asked questions, award information, eligibility, how to apply, requirements, and much more related to the many rich opportunities available from IMPACT collaboratory.
Pilot Grants Program
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One-year award to support pilot studies intended to generate preliminary data necessary to design and conduct future full-scale Stage IV effectiveness ePCTs. RFAs are released twice a year (late summer and early winter).
Demonstration Projects Program
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Two-year award to support large-scale ePCTs that test effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions for people living with AD/ADRD and their care partners embedded in health care systems. RFAs released periodically as funds are available.
Career Development Award Program
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Two-year awards to support development of early-stage MD, PhD, or equivalent researchers establishing careers conducting ePCTs for people living with AD/ADRD and their care partners. RFAs are generally released in January of each year.
Health Care System Scholars Program
One-year support for junior and senior investigators to work directly with health care systems interested in improving care provided to people living with AD/ADRD and their care partners. RFAs are generally released in January of each year.
Real World Data Scholars Program
One-year support for the development of advanced graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and early-career faculty who are interested in developing their expertise and experience in working with electronic health record (EHR) data. Awardees are among the first users of the LTC Data Cooperative’s EHR data and will help characterize the data for future users through validation and analyses.
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Faculty Scholars Program
A one-year enrichment opportunity for investigators to develop expertise in designing and conducting ePCTs for people living with AD/ADRD and their care partners through integration into activities of Cores and Teams.
Training Workshop
Annual virtual one and a half day program provides foundations in practical aspects of designing and conducting ePCTs in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD) through a combination of activities including: panel discussions, small group sessions, and networking opportunities with experts in the field. Event is held in January, with call for applications released in the fall.
Funded Awardees
Pilot Grants
- Julie Lauffenburger, PhD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Deprescribing in Patients Living with Dementia with Caregiver and Provider Nudges
- Peter Serina, MD, MPH
Brown University School of Public Health
PartnerED Care: Coordinated ED Transition for Assisted Living Patients with ADRD
- Veronica Yank, MD
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Primary Care-Based Pilot ePCT of an Online Workshop for Family Caregivers of PLWD
Mindfulness-Based Dementia Care Partner Program to Reduce Depressive Symptoms
Virtual Training for Latino Caregivers to Manage Symptoms of Dementia
Demonstration Projects
- Ariel Green, MD, MPH, PhD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
ALIGN: Aligning Medications with What Matters Most (Demo)
- Alexia Torke MD, MS & Nicole Fowler, PhD, MHSA
Indiana University School of Medicine
The Aging Brain Care Virtual Program
Career Development Awardees
- Erica Frechman, PhD, AGPCNP-BC, ACHPN, NEA-BC, FPCN
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Pragmatic EHR Tool to Identify High-Risk Hospitalized Dementia Patients
- Rebecca Lassell, PhD, MOT
Indiana University School of Public Health – Bloomington
Adapting Green Activity Prescriptions with Black People Living with Dementia
Health Care Systems Scholars
- Alycia Bristol, PhD, RN, AGCNS, BS
University of Utah College of Nursing
Partnering with UHealth and Rural Facilities to Co-Design ePCT Interventions
Real World Data Scholars
- Jinying Chen, PhD
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Validating Free-text Medication Orders by Leveraging Natural Language Processing
- Kenneth Lam, MD, MAS
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Validation of Functional Measures in LTC EHR Data
- Lindsay White, PhD
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Determination of Cognitive Status in NH Residents: The Utility of EHR Data
- Yongkang Zhang, PhD, MS
Weill Cornell Medical College
Evaluating LTC Data Cooperative EHRs to Study T2D among Nursing Home Residents
Grants, Training, & Awardee News
- Focus group study finds that dementia educational materials should be clear and direct
- IMPACT author explores the pros and cons of using digital technologies to assist PLWD
- IMPACT members share pandemic-era nursing home dementia care findings in JAGS article
- CareMobi app developed by IMPACT investigator Tina Sadarangani featured in Spectrum News
- IMPACT awardee quoted in NYT article on mild cognitive impairment