The IMPACT Collaboratory is pleased to announce plans to publish new Requests for Applications (RFA) for Pilot Grants and Demonstration Projects on August 1, 2022*. Letters of Intent for both opportunities are due mid-September 2022.
*August 1st is the new RFA release date. This date has been modified from the original date, which was August 15th.
Pilot Grants Program
IMPACT funds one-year awards of pilot pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs) that test non-pharmacological interventions embedded in health care system(s) for people living with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and AD-related dementias (ADRD) and their care partners. The goal of these pilot studies is to generate the preliminary data necessary to design and conduct a future full-scale Stage IV effectiveness ePCT (based on the NIH Stage Model). Learn more about previous awardees at this link.
In this cycle, priority will be given to applications for interventions in this population that aim to:
• Reduce inequities in health care
• Reduce potentially inappropriate medications through de-prescribing
• Improve care in the emergency department
Demonstration Projects Program
IMPACT funds 18-month Demonstration Projects designed as full-scale, Stage IV effectiveness ePCTs (based on the NIH Stage Model) that test, measure and evaluate the effect of a care delivery intervention program in health care systems for people living with ADRD and their care partners. The goal of these Demonstration Projects is to generate evidence on effective care delivery practices that can be expanded and/or implemented in other systems. The intervention will typically encompass relatively simple system changes or direct patient outreach, or successfully piloted programs ready for testing at scale. Demonstration Projects allow health care systems and investigators to gain real-world experience integrating pragmatic non-pharmacologic interventions into usual clinical workflow and health care delivery practices in a controlled manner that provides clear information on the impact of the intervention program. Learn more about previous awardees at this link.
Updates on these two RFAs will be posted on the Grants and Training Programs page.