A special budget for Alzheimer ’s and related dementias
Just last week, I had the honor of presenting, on behalf of NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins, the first-ever NIH Professional Judgment Budget for Alzheimer & rsquo;s disease and related dementias. Outlined at the July 27 meeting of the HHS Secretary & rsquo;s Advisory Council on Alzheimer & rsquo;s Research, Care, and Services, the proposal & mdash;commonly referred to as a Bypass Budget & mdash;lays out NIH & rsquo;s plan to speed discovery into these devastating disorders, aimed at meeting the research goal of the National Plan to Address Alzheimer & rsquo;s Disease & mdash;to prevent and effectively treat Alzheimer & rs...
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - August 5, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Richard Hodes, Director, National Institute on Aging Source Type: blogs
A special budget for Alzheimer’s and related dementias
Just last week, I had the honor of presenting, on behalf of NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins, the first-ever NIH Professional Judgment Budget for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Outlined at the July 27 meeting of the HHS Secretary’s Advisory Council on Alzheimer’s Research, Care, and Services, the proposal—commonly referred to as a Bypass Budget—lays out NIH’s plan to speed discovery into these devastating disorders, aimed at meeting the research goal of the National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease—to prevent and effectively treat Alzheimer’s disease by 2...
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - August 5, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Richard Hodes, Director, National Institute on Aging Source Type: blogs
Opportunities for new investigators
This year’s Butler-Williams Scholars Program will take place next week on the NIH campus. Recently, NIA Director Dr. Richard Hodes described to the Friends of the NIA why it’s so important to encourage new and early-stage investigators’ interests in aging research and explained some of the opportunities that we are providing new investigators. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - July 22, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carl V. Hill, Director, Office of Special Populations Source Type: blogs
New pay line for Alzheimer ’s awards
We will be posting a new pay line for Alzheimer & rsquo;s research, and I want to alert you to two important facts around it. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - July 8, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Robin Barr, Director of the Division of Extramural Activities Source Type: blogs
New pay line for Alzheimer’s awards
We will be posting a new pay line for Alzheimer’s research, and I want to alert you to two important facts around it. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - July 8, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Robin Barr, Director of the Division of Extramural Activities Source Type: blogs
Making community connections is key for recruitment
If you’re struggling to recruit enough participants for your study, you are not alone. When time, staff, and other recruitment resources are limited, this can be a tough problem. How can you get a diverse group of study participants through your doors? One answer is likely right in your own backyard: connecting with local organizations who are already working with older adults in racially and economically diverse communities. Volunteers may spread information about your study on your behalf. Get involved and explain what you are doing and why. Then ask for their help. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - June 24, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Nina Silverberg, Assistant Director, Alzheimer’s Disease Centers Program, Division of Neuroscience Source Type: blogs
Access international data from HRS “family of studies”
NIA is supporting a unique new website—the Gateway to Global Aging Data—that enables cross-national comparisons of the health, social, and economic status of older people. If you haven’t looked at what’s available, or you haven’t looked recently, I encourage you to check it out. Do you need to know if people in Estonia smoke more than people in Germany? What might be behind why people in Japan live longer than people in other developed countries? The Gateway makes it easy to create interactive graphs and tables to immediately examine population estimates of various countries over time. You can...
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - June 10, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: John W. R. Phillips, Chief, Population and Social Processes Branch, Division of Behavioral and Social Research Source Type: blogs
Balance in grant peer review: recruiting reviewers from diverse backgrounds
I am a Scientific Review Officer (SRO) and currently lead the NIA-N Review committee. I’m constantly recruiting grant application reviewers: I mean, All The Time! During the course of each year, I also run a multitude of meetings to review grants responding to Requests for Applications, Program Project Grants (PPG), and Institutional/Individual Training Grant opportunities. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - June 3, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Jeannette Johnson, Deputy Chief, Scientific Review Branch, Division of Extramural Activities Source Type: blogs
Making the scientific case for your research aims: it ’s vital!
For scientists writing NIH grant applications, the aims are THE THING.
The applicant calls the program officer: “What do you think of these aims?”
The program officer listens and senses the enthusiasm. Later, however, when the aims get stated in the language of the grant application, the enthusiasm has been drained away, and the importance of the aims has been obscured by a wordy style of writing and a la ck of focus. The program officer tries to be helpful by suggesting that it is important to make the reviewers enthusiastic about the proposed work. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - May 27, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Dallas Anderson, Program Administrator, Dementias of Aging Branch, Division of Neuroscience Source Type: blogs
Making the scientific case for your research aims: it’s vital!
For scientists writing NIH grant applications, the aims are THE THING.
The applicant calls the program officer: “What do you think of these aims?”
The program officer listens and senses the enthusiasm. Later, however, when the aims get stated in the language of the grant application, the enthusiasm has been drained away, and the importance of the aims has been obscured by a wordy style of writing and a lack of focus. The program officer tries to be helpful by suggesting that it is important to make the reviewers enthusiastic about the proposed work. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - May 27, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Dallas Anderson, Program Administrator, Dementias of Aging Branch, Division of Neuroscience Source Type: blogs
Meet NIA ’s Director of Management
Every NIH institute has an executive responsible for managing its business organization. This is someone who keeps computer systems, buildings, human resources, contracts, and budget operations running, someone who makes or administers policies. If I was on your campus, I might be called the Chief Business Officer. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - May 20, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Patrick Shirdon, Director of Management, National Institute on Aging Source Type: blogs
Meet NIA’s Director of Management
Every NIH institute has an executive responsible for managing its business organization. This is someone who keeps computer systems, buildings, human resources, contracts, and budget operations running, someone who makes or administers policies. If I was on your campus, I might be called the Chief Business Officer. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - May 20, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Patrick Shirdon, Director of Management, National Institute on Aging Source Type: blogs
What can the Pepper Centers do for you?
Pepper Centers—a chain of spice shops?! Maybe. But at NIA, when we talk about Pepper Centers, we mean our prized centers of excellence in geriatrics research. They support biomedical research leading to maintenance of functional independence into older age. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - May 13, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Basil Eldadah, Chief of the Geriatrics Branch, Division of Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology Source Type: blogs
Find NIA at AGS!
We’re excited about participating in the upcoming annual meeting of the American Geriatrics Society May 14–17 at National Harbor, just outside of Washington, DC. And, we’re hoping to see many of you at the sessions featuring NIA staff, who will be talking about research funded and conducted by NIA, as well as funding opportunities and applying for grants. Please add these sessions to your schedule in the conference app. Or, print this out to bring with to you the meeting. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - May 6, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Marie A. Bernard, Deputy Director, National Institute on Aging Source Type: blogs
Our not-yet-quite-final funding policy for fiscal year 2015
We posted an update to our funding policy on Friday. The sobering news is that for most areas of research within NIA’s mission the payline will be at the 8th percentile, with 5th percentile for applications requesting $500,000 and over, and 12th and 14th percentiles, respectively, for new and early stage investigator R01s. So, though we have raised it a little from our interim payline, this funding line has fallen a lot from where we held it in the four prior years. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - April 29, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Robin Barr, Director of the Division of Extramural Activities Source Type: blogs
