The NIA IMPACT Collaboratory is soliciting letters of intent for several 1-year pilot grant awards of up to $175,000. The awards will support pilot projects that aim to generate preliminary data for the design and conduct of full-scale embedded pragmatic clinical trials of nonpharmacologic interventions in healthcare systems for persons living with Alzheimer disease and related dementias and/or their care partners.

The request for applications is available on the NIA IMPACT Collaboratory website.

More than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer disease and related dementias. They are particularly vulnerable to receiving uncoordinated and poor-quality care, which contributes to adverse health outcomes and misuse of resources. The mission of the NIA IMPACT Collaboratory is to advance care for persons with dementia and their caregivers in real-world settings by building national capacity to conduct pragmatic clinical trials that test interventions embedded in healthcare systems.

Letters of intent to seek the pilot grant funding are due September 18. Optional informational webinars will be offered on August 26 and September 8 to provide additional information and answer questions of potential applicants.