The NIA IMPACT Collaboratory announced 2 new funding opportunities for researchers at all levels who are interested in pragmatic clinical trials embedded in healthcare systems (ePCTs). They include career development awards for early-stage researchers and a scholars program for midlevel and senior researchers.

• Career Development Award: The IMPACT Collaboratory will fund 2-year career development awards to support the development of early-stage researchers who are seeking careers conducting ePCTs for people living with Alzheimer disease or related dementias and their care partners. Applications are due March 18. An optional informational webinar will be held on February 1.
• Health Care System Scholars Program – The IMPACT Collaboratory’s Health Care System Scholars Program offers midlevel and senior investigators an opportunity to develop ePCTs with healthcare systems interested in improving the care provided to people living with Alzheimer disease or related dementias and their care partners. Letters of intent are due February 8. An optional informational webinar will be held on January 20.

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