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RFA-AG-24-011 - Research Coordinating Center on the Exposome and Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias (ADRD): Elucidating the Role of Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health in AD/ADRD Etiology and Disparities (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Issued by

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Purpose

The purpose of this Notice is to inform potential applicants that the National Institute on Aging (NIA) will hold a pre-application technical assistance live webinar regarding applications for Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA)  RFA-AG-24-011 on April 20, 2023 at 2:00 pm Eastern Time.

RFA-AG-24-011 invites applications that propose to 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 projects funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and NIA. The aim of the initiative is to foster collaboration and accelerate life course research on the social, behavioral, psychological, and economic exposures that shape Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and AD-related dementias (ADRD) outcomes and inequities. 

Applications to establish the AD/ADRD Exposome Coordinating Center must identify five to seven social, behavioral, psychological, and economic exposome domains relevant to AD/ADRD, and describe activities related to the domains that will achieve the following objectives of the FOA: 

1. To develop an organizational and governance structure to support the administration, innovation, and dissemination functions of the center. 
2. To propose activities to establish guidance and practices for the use and harmonization of exposure data across NIA-supported infrastructure projects, as well as other longitudinal studies of aging. Additionally, to propose and support activities for the development of innovative and novel exposure measures and data. 
3. To disseminate resources and products developed by the center to the broader AD/ADRD research community to expand the use of social and behavioral data and harmonized measures in a wide range of studies.

The live webinar will address questions submitted by participants prior to and during the webinar. Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to submit questions prior to the webinar to Dr. Emerald Nguyen. Please indicate "RFA-AG-24-011 Webinar" in the subject line of the email. Questions posted during the live session can be submitted through the chat feature.

Potential applicants interested in participating in the webinar should register using this link. Webinar connection information will be provided to registered participants.

The webinar is optional and is not required for submission to the FOA.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Emerald T. Nguyen, Ph.D.
Division of Behavioral and Social Research (DBSR)
National Institute on Aging (NIA)  
Telephone: 301-496-3136 
Email: Emerald.nguyen@mail.nih.gov