Yes. You may include sites within the same healthcare organization. However, you must provide a clear rationale for site selection. Your application should also describe how sites within a single organization will inform and support scalability and sustainability of the intervention across multiple organizations or health care systems in the future.

Settings that provide care to people living with dementia and/or their care partners are permissible within this funding mechanism. Most often this will be a health care setting, but residential (e.g., senior housing) or other settings (e.g., recreational day program) are also acceptable.

The entire process generally takes approximately 6-8 months from the LOI deadline. The time from submission of the full proposal application and notification is typically 3-4 months.

The Demonstration Project Grants are funded through the NIA IMPACT Collaboratory. Brown University, which houses the Collaboratory’s grants administration team, serves as the institution responsible for issuing subawards for these grants.

Any organization (including for-profit organizations) that has a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) and processes for following federal guidelines/regulations for using research funds meet eligibility criteria for this grant.  The UEI Number has replaced the DUNS Number as the primary means of entity identification for federal awards government-wide.

Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States. All research activities must be conducted within the U.S.; no work may be performed outside the U.S.

Yes. Applications for the Demonstration Projects Program allow for multiple principal investigators (MPI). A MPI Leadership Plan is required for applications with MPIs.

Applicants must have a professional appointment and level of independence sufficient to serve as a Principal Investigator, as determined by their institution’s policies.  Trainees (e.g., postdoctoral fellows, residents) are not eligible to serve as Principal Investigators for this grant mechanism.

No. Research cannot be performed in study sites outside of the U.S.
Non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities (foreign institutions) are not eligible to apply.
Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. organizations are not eligible to apply.

Applicants who are invited for a full proposal will be immediately connected to the IMPACT Collaboratory Investigator Navigator Team. The Navigator will actively facilitate connections to relevant cores, resources, and experts to support the development of a high-quality full proposal.