The NIA IMPACT Collaboratory is seeking letters of intent from interested applicants for Cycle 3B of its Pilot Grants Program.

More information is available on the IMPACT Collaboratory website.

The 1-year pilot grant awards will likely be eligible for funding of up to $175,000 in direct costs. 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 IMPACT Collaboratory will give preference to applications that address care for traditionally marginalized or underrepresented populations in clinical research and those that promote health equity.

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 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.

The NIA IMPACT Collaboratory is supported by a grant from the National Institute on Aging.