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Limited Submission Deadline: NIH Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratories for Aging Research
June 15, 2020 @ 5:00 pm
Limited Submissions: Internal Call for Proposals
National Institute of Health
Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratories for Aging Research (P30 – Clinical Trial Optional)
UNC Internal deadline: 11:59PM, Monday, June 15, 2020
*Please distribute to relevant faculty*
Key Dates
UNC Internal Deadline: 11:59PM, Monday, June 15, 2020
NIH LOI Deadline: September 1, 2020
NIH Application Deadline: October 1, 2020
Important Information
- Number of Applications per Institution: Organizations may only submit one nomination.
To Apply
Submit the following (in ONE .pdf) to the Office of Research Development limited submissions inbox Limited_Submissions@unc.edu by 11:59PM, Monday, June 15, 2020.
- PI/Proposed team member’s CV/NIH formatted biosketch (five-page maximum)
- Project Summary (no more than 4 pages)
- List of potential/committed collaborators (internal and external to UNC)
- Names of three internal (to UNC) experts who could speak knowledgeably about the candidate’s research and who could potentially serve on an internal review panel.
- Please do not include the names of faculty named on the project, chairs, deans, directors, direct reports, or others who have a conflict of interest.
- Please notify all potential internal reviewers before submitting the pre-proposal packet to ORD.
Award Information
Award Budget: Application budgets are limited to $2.5 million in direct costs per year.
Award Project Period: The maximum project period is 5 years.
Cost Sharing: Not required.
Program Overview
The AITC program will serve as a national resource to promote the development and implementation of artificial intelligence approaches and technology through demonstration projects to improve care and health outcomes for older Americans, including persons with dementia (PWD) and their caregivers.
The specific objectives of the AITC program are as follows:
1) Serve as a national resource to promote the development and implementation of artificial intelligence approaches and technology through demonstration projects to improve care and health outcomes for older Americans, including persons with dementia (PWD) and their caregivers.
2) Support pilot studies to develop and implement artificial intelligence approaches and technology across the country.
3) Develop and disseminate technical and policy guidelines and best practices for effectively incorporating artificial intelligence approaches and technology for older Americans, in partnership with private industry, angel investors, venture capital firms, and healthcare systems.
4) Work collaboratively with researchers across private industry, venture capital firms, the healthcare sector, and the NIA Office of Small Business Research to provide technical support for scaling up pilot studies; and 5) disseminate best practices for engaging stakeholders in research by:
(a) Incorporating stakeholders into the research and development process.
(b) Conducting ethical research on how to incorporate artificial intelligence approaches and technology development in the special circumstances of individuals experiencing cognitive decline/impairment.
Core Components
The AITC program will build technology for older Americans, with a focus on technology to support PWD, as well as maintain a resource and knowledge base for technology in coordination with a designated Artificial Intelligence and Technology Coordinating Center (AITCC). Each Collaboratory will consist of in-house scientific and technological expertise and the clinical and industry partnerships necessary to facilitate the identification, application, and integration of artificial intelligence approaches and enabling technologies into devices that address the aging research priorities highlighted in this FOA. Specifically, each Collaboratory will be comprised of seven core components and one optional component:
(A) Administrative Core: This Core will provide administrative support for the Collaboratory.
(B) Stakeholder Engagement Core: The Stakeholder Engagement Core (SEC) will be responsible for ensuring that the artificial intelligence approaches and technologies developed by the AITC will be maximally adoptable by and accessible to their end users by soliciting stakeholder input and involving key relevant parties throughout all phases of the development process.
(C) Technology Identification and Training Core: The Technology Identification and Training Core will use evidence from the extant literature and stakeholder input to identify the technology needs of older Americans, as well as develop training activities for artificial intelligence and technology for scientists, engineers, clinicians and other medical professionals, patients, policy makers, and investors.
(D) Clinical Translation and Validation Core: AITC are expected to validate prototypes and undertake rigorous feasibility testing for the artificial intelligence algorithms and technology devices in both clinical and “real-world” settings. Examples of settings include, but are not limited to, the integration of algorithms into clinical decision support tools and clinical workflow within low-resource settings and among the intended users and/or caregivers.
(E) Networking and Mentoring Core: The Networking and Mentoring Core supports activities intended to advance the goals of the AITC by facilitating integration across studies, disciplines, and institutions to catalyze development of artificial intelligence approaches which can be incorporated into products or development of technologies to improve health.
(F) Pilot Core (AD/ADRD Focus): Artificial Intelligence and Technology Development and Refinement: Pilot projects should be designed to lead to the development of technology or integration of artificial intelligence with big data to improve the health and well-being of older Americans affected by AD/ADRD and/or their caregivers. The objectives of pilot projects can vary. For example, pilot studies can focus on such topics as the application of artificial intelligence to detect cognitive impairment or the development of an application to coordinate care.
(G) Pilot Core (Aging Focus): Artificial Intelligence and Technology Development and Refinement: Pilot projects should be designed to lead to (or inform) the design of technology or integration of artificial intelligence with big data or technology to improve the health and well-being of older Americans.
(H) Optional Core: Applicants have an option to propose one investigator-initiated Core designed to address AITC objectives not addressed in cores (A) through (G).
Please see full solicitation for additional Core details:
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-21-009.html
Applications will be deemed incomplete if they do not include an Administrative Core, Stakeholder Engagement Core, Technology Identification and Training Core, Clinical Translation and Validation Core, Networking and Mentoring Core, Pilot Core (AD/ADRD Focus), and Pilot Core (Aging Focus).
It is recommended that each applicant provide detailed milestones for each Core for 5 years of proposed activities.
Additional Information
Full Solicitation: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-21-009.html
For additional information, please contact the Limited Submissions Team with questions at Limited_Submissions@unc.edu.
Limited Submissions Team
Office of Research Development
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
308 Bynum Hall
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(919) 962-7503