Key dates:
Deadline for Application Submission: May 1, 2025, by 11:59 PM EST
Anticipated Award Date: October 2025 (after NIH approval)
Overview and goals
Significant brain health disparities exist among Asian and Pacific American older adults, including disparities in risk factors, clinical detection, stigma and linguistically/culturally appropriate care for the person with the illness and his/her family caregivers. The Resource Center for Alzheimer’s and Dementia Research in Asian and Pacific Americans (RCASIA) is funded by the NIH to generate sharable resources for studies of Asian and Pacific Americans on the diagnosis and care of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia (AD/ADRD), and to help train the next generation of Early Career Investigators (ESIs) in AD/ADRD-related Behavioral, Social, and Economic Research (see Application Instructions for details):
Pilot Project Awards (up to $50,000 each) will support collaborative projects conducting innovative research that focuses on the intersection of AD/ADRD-related psychosocial risk factors, detection, and health outcomes involving older Asian Americans (research comparing Asian and non-Asian older adults also qualifies). This research can span the social science disciplines of cohort studies, health services research, development and pilot studies of culturally appropriate interventions.
Projects can focus on primary data collection or secondary data analyses. This year, RCASIA will focus on projects including Southeast Asian subgroups. We especially encourage comparative study between Southeast Asian and non-Southeast Asian (Asian or non-Asian) populations. Projects which focus purely on biological mechanisms and outcomes (e.g., GWAS, protein biomarkers, cellular/animal models) will not be eligible.
Eligibility
Application Deadline: May 1, 2025 by 11:59 PM EST
