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Centers on the Demography and Economics of Aging
The NIA’s Division of Behavioral and Social Research currently supports sixteen Centers on the Demography and Economics of Aging (P30s), funded from RFA-AG-25-007 and one Coordinating Center (R24) from RFA-AG-25-008 . This Research and Development Center (P30) Program is designed primarily to support the infrastructure and pilot data necessary for research and program development by investigators within an institution, and/or across domestic institutions, in the areas of demography and economics of aging, including health services research relevant to Alzheimer’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD).
Edward R. Roybal Centers for Translational Research in the Behavioral and Social Sciences of Aging
The NIA’s Division of Behavioral and Social Research currently supports fifteen Roybal Centers, funded through RFA-AG-19-006 and RFA-AG-19-007 , as well as a Coordinating Center, funded through RFA-AG-19-008 . The goal of the Roybal Center program is the translation and integration of basic behavioral and social research findings into interventions to improve the lives of older people and the capacity of institutions to adapt to societal aging. Roybal Centers are structured within the conceptual framework of the multidirectional, translational NIH Stage Model to produce potent and implementable principle-driven behavioral interventions.
NIA IMPACT Collaboratory
The NIA AD/ADRD Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory, established as the National Institute on Aging (NIA) Imbedded Pragmatic Alzheimer's disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) Clinical Trials (IMPACT) Collaboratory in fall 2019, serves as a national resource to improve the care and health outcomes of people living with dementia (PLWD) and their care partners in partnership with various health care systems. The IMPACT Collaboratory’s mission is to build the nation’s capacity to conduct pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs) of interventions embedded within health care systems for PLWD and their care partners. The IMPACT Collaboratory actively develops and disseminates knowledge, promotes research development, builds investigator capacity, and engages stakeholders to establish and strengthen an infrastructure to improve the health of persons living with dementia and their care partners.
Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratories for Aging Research
The NIA supports the Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratories (AITC) for Aging Research program through RFA-AG-21-009 (P30s) and RFA-AG-21-018 (R24). The AITC program serves as a national resource to promote the development and implementation of artificial intelligence approaches and technology through demonstration projects to improve care and health outcomes for older Americans, including persons with dementia (PWD) and their caregivers.
AD/ADRD Exposome Coordinating Center
The NIA’s Division of Behavioral and Social Research currently supports the Gateway Exposome Coordinating Center (GECC) for AD/ADRD Research (U24), funded through RFA-AG-24-011 . The GECC will establish a national coordinating center that will serve as a centralized hub for accessing, harmonizing, linking, and sharing environmental contextual data and individual exposure data with NIA/NIH-funded projects. The aim of this initiative is to foster collaboration and accelerate life course research on the social, behavioral, psychological, and economic exposures that shape risk profiles for AD/ADRD.
Consortium for Palliative Care Research Across the Lifespan
Established in 2025, with funding from multiple NIH institutes (NIA, NCI, NINDS, NINR, NICHD, and NIMH) the Advancing the Science of Palliative Care Research Across the Lifespan (ASCENT) Consortium ( U54AG093230 ) aims to develop a national scientific infrastructure to advance innovative, high-quality palliative care research for those living with serious illness and those who care for them. Its goals are to create new research knowledge and develop research methodologies; foster the career development and impact of the palliative care research workforce through small research project awards, training, mentorship, and access to methodological consultations; disseminate palliative care research findings; and facilitate implementation in real world settings.
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