Extramural Coordinated Funding

UM Submission Instructions: Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers (P30 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) 2025

Sponsor:	Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS),National Institutes of Health (NIH),National Institute of Aging (NIA)
Award Title:	Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers (P30 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Amount:	$2.925M Applications may request a budget of up to $2.925 million in direct costs per year.
UM Deadline:	01/31/2025
Sponsor Deadline:	08/27/2025
Description:	NOTE: Letter of Intent due 30 days before Application Due Date. The Application Due Date is 9/26/2025 This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications from institutions proposing to establish, or renew, an Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC). NIA-designated ADRCs serve as a national resource for research on the nature of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and AD-related dementias (ADRD) and the development of more effective approaches to prevention, diagnosis, care, and therapy. They create shared resources that support dementia-relevant research, and they collaborate and coordinate their research efforts with other NIH-funded programs and investigators. This FOA invites applications from institutions proposing to establish, or renew, an ADRC. NIA's support of ADRCs is intended to foster excellence in research across a broad spectrum of scientific and medical concerns relevant to dementia. To facilitate discovery and its translation into direct benefit to people with dementia and the general public, NIA awards ADRCs to major medical institutions across the U.S that have a significant level of excellent dementia-relevant scientific research and share the resulting research resources widely in order to have the greatest impact. NIA-funded ADRCs serve as a national resource for research related to AD/ADRD. Additionally, the ADRCs work to translate research advances into improved diagnosis and care, as well as find ways to treat, and possibly prevent, AD/ADRD. Lastly, the ADRCs collaborate and coordinate their research efforts with other programs and investigators funded by NIH. The objective of NIA's ADRC Program is to foster highly interactive, cutting-edge AD/ADRD research through core services that seek to accomplish the following: --Create an environment that supports innovative multidisciplinary, inclusive research that has a significant impact on the field of dementia research and treatment; --Foster interdisciplinary collaborations, especially in emerging areas of research, to catalyze new ideas and scientific approaches; --Attract, educate and/or train, and retain a group of early stage investigators and investigators new to dementia research that is richly diverse in backgrounds, and academic and technical disciplines; --Translate scientific discoveries from bench to bedside to community that improve public health and include validation and effectiveness measures; --Provide rapid and broad sharing of analytic and research tools, as well as data, as appropriate and as consistent with achieving the goals of the program; and --Enhance dementia-related research education opportunities for people living with dementia, their care partners, students, scientists, and clinicians.
Number of Applicants University is Allowed to submit:	1
Additional Requirements:	None
Sponsor Guidelines:	https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-24-001.html#_Section_III._Eligibility
UM Nominations Process:	Anyone interested in applying should submit the following preproposal items as a single pdf document to collabor@umn.edu no later than 4pm on 1/31/2025: 1. Cover page including PI name, department, contact information, project title, any co-PI's name and department, and one paragraph project abstract. 2. Project summary - to include solicitation specific information. (not more than three pages) - 3. Biosketch of PI and any co-PI's (2 - 5 pages, NSF or NIH format). 4. 2-3 names of possible reviewers (with no Conflicts of Interest) plus 5 keywords to be used as search terms for possible reviewers (can be added to Cover Page) Email collabor@umn.edu with questions.
Peer Review Coordination:	Research and Innovation Office contact email
Status:	Open
Please note:	To be considered for peer review and internal selection, faculty must follow the above submission guidelines and meet the UM deadline as set by the office coordinating the peer review for this opportunity.

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