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Advisory Council April 2017 Meeting Presentation: Research Budget and FOAs

Monday, April 17, 2017

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Alzheimer's and Related Dementias Research: Budget and FOAs

Richard J. Hodes, M.D.
Director
National Institute on Aging

Budget Status

  • FY16 - $32B increase for NIH, including $1.6B for NIA (including $350M for AD/ADRD)
  • FY17 Draft Appropriations bills included additional NIH funds for AD ($350-400M)
  • CR running through April 28th
  • President's Budget for FY18 -- $5.8B decrease for NIH, no specifics for ICs

     

CR Initial Pay Lines

CSR-reviewed Research Applications
  General Pay line, <$500k General Pay line, =>$500k ADRD pay line, <$500k ADRD pay line, =>$500k
All applications except N.I. or E.S.I. R01s 11% 8% 18% 15%
N.I. R01s 14% 11% 21% 18%
E.S.I. R01s 16% 13% 23% 20%
* Investigator initiated projects only. Pay lines for applications in response to PARs will be set in the near future

 

NIA-reviewed Applications
  General Pay line ADRD pay line
Program projects (PO1) 28 31
Other NIA-reviewed research 22 30
* Investigator initiated projects only. Pay lines for applications in response to PARs will be set in the near future

 

Training-related Applications
  General pay line ADRD pay line
Training grant (T32, T35) 19 27
Career awards 16 27
Fellowships 26 33

Alzheimer's FOAs

  • Resource Leverage- 6 active
  • Caregiving and Clinical Care- 4 active
  • Translation- 3 active
  • Basic research- 9 active
  • Training- 2 active

     

New NINDS Funding Opportunity Announcement in partnership with NIA:

  • Detecting Cognitive Impairment, Including Dementia, in Primary Care and Other Everyday Clinical Settings for the General Public and in Health Disparities Populations (UG3/UH3) RFA-NS-17-012
    • The purpose is to address the unmet need to detect cognitive impairment / dementia when a patient, a relative, or a caregiver voices a concern. Proposed clinical paradigms should utilize easy-to-use tools that are standardized and take less than 5 minutes to administer in a primary care setting.
    • Applications are due May 9, 2017

       

MarkVCID: National Consortium to develop clinical trial-ready VCID biomarkers

  • Established through FY 2016 FOA -- 7 project sites across the US & 1 coordinating center
  • Consortium Kickoff meeting was Feb 20-21, 2017

     

Research Planning and Initiatives

AHRQ-National Academies Study

Two-part assessment of the science of prevention strategies for AD-type dementia, amnestic MCI, and age-related cognitive decline- the process will be complete in June 2017

Save the Dates!

  • AD Care and Services Research Summit, October 16-17, 2017, Bethesda, MD
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research Summit (III), March 1-2, 2018, Bethesda, MD

     

Most Recent AD/ADRD FOAs

Resource Leverage (6)

  • Leveraging Existing Cohort Studies to Clarify Risk and Protective Factors for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias
  • Revision Requests for Active Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers
  • Revision Requests for Active Alzheimer's Disease Core Centers
  • NIA Research Centers Coordinating Network
  • NIA Late Onset of Alzheimer's Disease (LOAD) Family-Based Study
  • NIA Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease Data Storage Site

     

Caregiving and Clinical Care (4)

  • Development of Socially-Assistive Robots to Engage Persons with ADRD and their Caregivers (2 mechanisms)
  • Improving Quality of Care and Quality of Life for Persons with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia at the End of Life (2 mechanisms)
  • Tools for Clinical Care and Management of Alzheimer's disease and its Comorbidities (2 mechanisms)
  • Clarifying the Relationship between Delirium and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (2 mechanisms)

     

Translation (3)

  • Translational Bioinformatics Approaches to Advance Drug Repositioning and Combination Therapy Development for Alzheimer's Disease
  • Advancing Research on Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and Alzheimer's Disease-Related Dementias (ADRD) (2 mechanisms)
  • Translational Research on Aging: Small Business Innovation Awards (2 mechanisms)

     

Basic Research (9)

  • Integrative Research to Understand the Impact of Sex Differences on the Molecular Determinants of AD Risk and Responsiveness to Treatment
  • Mechanisms and Interactions Among Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Comparative Biology of Neurodegeneration
  • Dynamic Interactions between Systemic or Non-Neuronal Systems and the Brain in Aging and in Alzheimer's Disease
  • Basic and Translational Research on Decision Making in Aging (2 mechanisms)
  • Selective Cell and Network Vulnerability in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease
  • Role of Age-Associated Metabolic Changes in Alzheimer's Disease
  • Limited Competition: Additional Sequencing for the Alzheimer's Disease Sequencing Project
  • Phenotypic and Functional Characterization of ApoE2 to Inform Translation Strategies for Aging-Related Conditions (2 mechanisms)

     

Training (2)

  • Revision Awards to Institutional Training Programs to Advance Translational Research for Alzheimer's Disease and AD Related Dementias
  • Research Career Enhancement Award to Advance Therapy Development for AD and Related Dementias and Alzheimer's Disease

April 17, 2017 -- Advisory Council Meeting #24

The meeting was held on Monday, April 17, 2017, in Washington, DC. The Advisory Council spent the majority of the April meeting considering recommendations made by each of the three subcommittees for updates to the 2017 National Plan. Afternoon presentations included a presentation on results from a research project on dementia care components, planning progress towards a Care and Services Summit, and federal workgroup updates. Material available from this meeting is listed below and is also available at https://aspe.hhs.gov/advisory-council-alzheimers-research-care-and-services-meetings#Apr2017.

Comments and questions, or alerts to broken links, should be sent to napa@hhs.gov.

 

General Information

 

Handouts

 

Presentation Slides

 

Videos

  • Welcome, LTSS, and Clinical Care Recommendations -- [Video]

  • Research Recommendations, Council Discussion/Vote, Overview of Legislative Processes -- [Video]

  • Public Comments and Examining Models of Dementia Care -- [Video]

  • Care Summit Update and Federal Workgroup Updates -- [Video]