# Mechanism-Focused Research to Promote Adherence to Healthful Behaviors to Prevent Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Required)

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/rfa-ag-22-016-mechanism-focused-research-to-promote-adherence-to-healthful/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/332660

> National Institutes of Health offered grants to nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments, tribes, small businesses and businesses. Applications closed on September 15, 2021.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | RFA-AG-22-016 |
| Agency | National Institutes of Health |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | September 15, 2021 |
| Award ceiling | not stated |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | not stated |
| Total funding | not stated |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 93.866 |

## Who can apply

- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Independent school districts
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Other Eligible Applicants include the following: Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions; Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISISs); Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government; Faith-based or Community-based Organizations; Hispanic-serving Institutions; Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized); Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Organizations); Regional Organizations; Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) ; U.S. Territory or Possession.

## What the grant funds

The ultimate goal of this R61/R33 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to identify meaningful (e.g., causal), modifiable factors that promote adherence to lifestyle changes or to other (e.g., cognitive training) behaviors that hold potential for prevention of cognitive decline, MCI, and AD/ADRD. Specifically, this will be done by conducting research to understand how, why, and for whom particular features of behavior change interventions engage specific psychological or interpersonal processes that promote maintenance of (adherence to) health behaviors. Applications in response to this FOA (and to the companion R01 FOA) should be framed within the NIH Stage Model. Additionally, this FOA supports new early- to late- stage (including Stages I-IV) research projects. Projects should create, refine, and test interventions that target individual- and interpersonal-level mechanisms of adherence to healthful behavioral patterns and to other prevention approaches for cognitive decline, MCI, and AD/ADRD (e.g., cognitive training). Additionally, this FOA supports studies that integrate basic science questions of how psychological and interpersonal targets (i.e., processes we can manipulate) and mechanisms may inform the design and development of effective, efficient, and personalized approaches to promote adherence to behavior change for the prevention of AD/ADRD and to help optimize healthy aging over the life course.

## Questions people ask

### Is RFA-AG-22-016 still open?

No. It closed on September 15, 2021.

### Who can apply for Mechanism-Focused Research to Promote Adherence to Healthful Behaviors to Prevent Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Required)?

National Institutes of Health accepted applications from nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments, tribes, small businesses and businesses. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for Mechanism-Focused Research to Promote Adherence to Healthful Behaviors to Prevent Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Required)?

Closed September 15, 2021. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### Who has been funded under RFA-AG-22-016?

NIH RePORTER lists 10 projects funded under RFA-AG-22-016 in fiscal 2022 to 2026, at 5 institutions. The most were at University of Kansas Medical Center, Pennsylvania State Univ Hershey Med Ctr, Arizona State University-Tempe Campus.

### Who has won Aging Research grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco, The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, University of Southern California. The program made 11,026 awards worth $19 billion in that time.