From charness at psy.fsu.edu Thu Jun 6 15:07:58 2019 From: charness at psy.fsu.edu (Neil Charness) Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2019 19:07:58 +0000 Subject: [Isl] FW: August 23: Advances in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Symposium In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Folks: ISL is a co-sponsor of this event. Please pass the information on to relevant folks. Best, Neil Neil Charness, Ph.D., William G. Chase Professor of Psychology Director, Institute for Successful Longevity www.isl.fsu.edu Department of Psychology, Florida State University 1107 West Call Street, Tallahassee, Florida, USA 32306-4301 Phone (office): 850-644-6686; Fax: 850-644-7739 E-mail: charness at psy.fsu.edu; http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~charness/ Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written business communications to or from FSU staff and/or any public college or university employee are public records, available to the public and media upon request. Therefore, this e-mail communication may be subject to public disclosure. From: English, Sarah Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2019 3:03 PM To: Neil Charness Subject: August 23: Advances in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Symposium Good afternoon Dr. Charness, I hope you are well! We are excited to get the word out about our excellent lineup of speakers for this year's Advances in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Symposium. The symposium will have a great group of presenters from a variety of backgrounds in post-acute and long-term care: * Keynote: Wendy Lustbader, MSW - Living as Prescribed: Ways to Motivate Improved Self-Care * Andrew Costa, PhD - The Influence of Physician Practice on Overall Long-Term Care Quality and Patient Outcomes - Evidence from Canada * David Nace, MD, MPH - New Guidelines on Urinary Tract Infection Management * Naushira Pandya, MD, CMD - Navigating Diabetes in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care * Roger Wong, MD - Preventing Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults I have attached our brochure with more detailed information on our speakers in hopes that ISL can help with dissemination as well. Please forward or include this information on your outreach as you see appropriate. If you need copy text for a newsletter or email, I'd be happy to provide that as well. Also, if you have a new assistant I should forward this info to, please let me know. Once our registration and continuing education information is finalized, I'll send out an updated version. Thanks so much for your help and support, it is much appreciated! If you have any questions for me, please let me know. Thanks again, Sarah --- Sarah English Grants Compliance Analyst Department of Geriatrics Florida State University College of Medicine 1115 W. Call Street, 4225 Tallahassee, FL 32306-4300 P: 850-644-1507 F: 850-645-8441 Please note: Florida has very broad public records laws. Most written communications to or from state/university employees and students are public records and available to the public and media upon request. Your e-mail communications may therefore be subject to public disclosure. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The results of his study will be used as preliminary data for a grant proposal to be submitted to the National Institutes of Health. His co-PI is Teng Ma, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering in the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. * Julia Sheffler, Ph.D., of the College of Medicine?s Center for Translational Behavioral Research, whose project aims to translate findings on ketogenic diet and Alzheimer?s disease into a new behavioral intervention to prevent Alzheimer?s using the NIH ORBIT model for early phase translational behavioral studies. Dr. Sheffler will work with co-PI Greg Hajcak, Ph.D., of the departments of Biomedical Sciences, Neuroscience, and Psychology, and with co-investigators Sylvie Naar, Ph.D., of the College of Medicine; Bahram Arjmandi, Ph.D., of the College of Human Sciences; Cynthia Vied, Ph.D., of the College of Medicine; Jamie Quinn, Ph.D., of the Florida Center for Reading Research; and Neda Akhavan, a doctoral student in the College of Human Sciences. * Yanshuo Sun, Ph.D., of the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, who will research employing emerging technologies (e.g., mobile computing) and service innovations (e.g., integrating peer-to-peer ridesharing) to lift transportation barriers faced by seniors and other transportation-disadvantaged individuals. His co-PI on the project is Jie Yang, Ph.D., of the Department of Computer Science. As with all ISL Planning Grant competitions, the researchers are all Faculty Affiliates of the Institute for Successful Longevity. Each researcher receives $15,500 to support their winning project. The ISL Planning Grants are designed to promote collaboration among FSU research faculty, so the winning proposals include researchers from different disciplines. In addition, the program is modeled on the FSU Council on Research and Creativity?s planning grant program and is seen as a first step toward collecting data leading to federal funding. Bill Edmonds, Ph.D. Institute for Successful Longevity Florida State University 850-933-7960 btedmond at fsu.edu [cid:image001.png at 01D47128.6CBD68D0] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 698937 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The 2019 ISL Planning Grants are awarded to: * Jingjiao Guan, Ph.D., of the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, for his proposal on developing a new therapy for treating solid cancer tumors. The results of his study will be used as preliminary data for a grant proposal to be submitted to the National Institutes of Health. His co-PI was the late Teng Ma, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering in the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. * Julia Sheffler, Ph.D., of the College of Medicine's Center for Translational Behavioral Research, whose project aims to translate findings on ketogenic diet and Alzheimer's disease into a new behavioral intervention to prevent Alzheimer's using the NIH ORBIT model for early phase translational behavioral studies. Dr. Sheffler will work with co-PI Greg Hajcak, Ph.D., of the departments of Biomedical Sciences, Neuroscience, and Psychology. * Yanshuo Sun, Ph.D., of the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, who will research employing emerging technologies (e.g., mobile computing) and service innovations (e.g., integrating peer-to-peer ridesharing) to lift transportation barriers faced by seniors and other transportation-disadvantaged individuals. His co-PI on the project is Jie Yang, Ph.D., of the Department of Computer Science. As with all ISL Planning Grant competitions, the researchers are all Faculty Affiliates of the Institute for Successful Longevity. Each researcher receives $15,500 to support their winning project. The ISL Planning Grants are designed to promote collaboration among FSU research faculty. In addition, the program is seen as a first step toward collecting pilot data leading to federal funding. 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Message-ID: <709EFB70-7123-4C90-8FE9-7EE4451FEC2B@fsu.edu> [cid:image001.jpg at 01D51D24.66EEC590] Professor Walter Boot of the Department of Psychology and a Faculty Affiliate of the Institute for Successful Longevity has contributed an article on brain-training programs to The Conversation. In the article, Dr. Boot lays out the division among scientists and mental health practitioners on the effectiveness of these programs and offers his assessment. ?I?m a cognitive scientist and member of Florida State University?s Institute for Successful Longevity. I have studied cognition, human performance and the effects of different types of training for nearly two decades. I?ve conducted laboratory studies that have directly put to the test the ideas that are the foundation of the claims made by brain training companies. ?Based on these experiences, my optimistic answer to the question of whether brain training is worth it would be ?we just don?t know.? But the actual answer may very well be ?no.? You can read the article here: https://theconversation.com/are-brain-games-mostly-bs-113881 Dr. Boot?s is the third article ISL Faculty Affiliates have contributed to The Conversation this year. In May, The Conversation published an article by Eren Erman Osguven of the FAMU-FSU College of Education, ?How rural areas like Florida?s Panhandle can become more hurricane-ready.? https://theconversation.com/how-rural-areas-like-floridas-panhandle-can-become-more-hurricane-ready-116500 In February, The Conversation published a piece by Alice Pomidor of the College of Medicine, ?How old is too old to drive?? https://theconversation.com/how-old-is-too-old-to-drive-111596 Bill Edmonds, Ph.D. Institute for Successful Longevity Florida State University 850-933-7960 btedmond at fsu.edu [cid:image001.png at 01D47128.6CBD68D0] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Chase Professor of Psychology Director, Institute for Successful Longevity www.isl.fsu.edu Department of Psychology, Florida State University 1107 West Call Street, Tallahassee, Florida, USA 32306-4301 Phone (office): 850-644-6686; Fax: 850-644-7739 E-mail: charness at psy.fsu.edu; http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~charness/ Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written business communications to or from FSU staff and/or any public college or university employee are public records, available to the public and media upon request. Therefore, this e-mail communication may be subject to public disclosure. From: Office of Proposal Development Announcements Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2019 12:02 PM To: Neil Charness Cc: Rachel Goff-Albritton ; Ana-Marie Seiple Subject: Funding Opportunity ~ Alzheimer's Research Aggregation Greetings, Below are some funding opportunities that may be of interest to you or your faculty. If this is not in your specific area, but you have colleagues who may be interested, please pass along. We look forward to helping you fund and grow your research and creativity! _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health SCAN: Standardized Centralized Alzheimer's and Related Dementias Neuroimaging (U24 Clinical Trials Not Allowed) This funding opportunity will support a new, centralized infrastructure (U24) to aggregate, harmonize, manage, and share existing and future neuroimaging data collected in NIA- supported Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers (ADRCs). Letter of Intent Due Date: Jun 22, 2019 https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.grants.gov_web_grants_view-2Dopportunity.html-3FoppId-3D316275&d=DwIFaQ&c=HPMtquzZjKY31rtkyGRFnQ&r=5vmtJSGT525Hq4ToZvrUdA&m=oFhxDjPm76IYRNNrrfEUGaJbsV0jsTp82-v2vpglVzI&s=pdG8ubSpt4yw9Da4ga0rpRJn0Hpztq2H4er4pnKn50c&e= _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Interested in this opportunity? The Office of Proposal Development provides FSU faculty with grants consulting services including: * Proposal Editing * Collaborator Identification * Proposal Team Coordination * Examples of Successful Proposals * Strategic Planning For more information visit us at http://opd.fsu.edu Sincerely, Belton Morgan Student Assistant Office of Proposal Development 20022 Westcott North Annex Tallahassee, FL 32306-1330 Florida State University bmorgan2 at fsu.edu https://www.research.fsu.edu/research-offices/opd/ [cid:image001.png at 01D52116.A12F33C0] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Therefore, this e-mail communication may be subject to public disclosure. From: Office of Proposal Development Announcements Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2019 1:24 PM To: Neil Charness Cc: Rachel Goff-Albritton ; Ana-Marie Seiple Subject: Funding Opportunity ~ Brain Aging and Alzheimer's Greetings, Below are some funding opportunities that may be of interest to you or your faculty. If this is not in your specific area, but you have colleagues who may be interested, please pass along. We look forward to helping you fund and grow your research and creativity! _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Understanding Senescence in Brain Aging and Alzheimer's Disease (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) The goal of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support research focused on understanding the role of senescence in brain aging and in Alzheimer's disease (AD). This FOA encourages research projects addressing critical knowledge gaps in our understanding of the neurobiology of senescence through cutting-edge techniques, cross-disciplinary collaborations, and/or conceptual innovation, leveraging what is known about senescence in peripheral tissues to learn more about brain aging. Developing a clear understanding of the mechanisms driving aging processes in the brain, including senescence, is essential for combating age-related neurodegenerative diseases. Letter of Intent Due Date: Sep 17, 2019 https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.grants.gov_web_grants_view-2Dopportunity.html-3FoppId-3D316345&d=DwICaQ&c=HPMtquzZjKY31rtkyGRFnQ&r=5vmtJSGT525Hq4ToZvrUdA&m=qtkFc1b2JCBAaSdrZXD9Ja-FDt8ueLHckE8S0-pVuCI&s=9C1yJQHxDgVkMPoDLQ5AWGs-o5CtMYWjsFqv3--vIKQ&e= _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Interested in this opportunity? The Office of Proposal Development provides FSU faculty with grants consulting services including: * Proposal Editing * Collaborator Identification * Proposal Team Coordination * Examples of Successful Proposals * Strategic Planning For more information visit us at http://opd.fsu.edu Sincerely, Belton Morgan Student Assistant Office of Proposal Development 20022 Westcott North Annex Tallahassee, FL 32306-1330 Florida State University bmorgan2 at fsu.edu https://www.research.fsu.edu/research-offices/opd/ [cid:image003.png at 01D52122.11D93570] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Chase Professor of Psychology Director, Institute for Successful Longevity www.isl.fsu.edu Department of Psychology, Florida State University 1107 West Call Street, Tallahassee, Florida, USA 32306-4301 Phone (office): 850-644-6686; Fax: 850-644-7739 E-mail: charness at psy.fsu.edu; http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~charness/ Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written business communications to or from FSU staff and/or any public college or university employee are public records, available to the public and media upon request. Therefore, this e-mail communication may be subject to public disclosure. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From charness at psy.fsu.edu Mon Jun 17 14:05:51 2019 From: charness at psy.fsu.edu (Neil Charness) Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 18:05:51 +0000 Subject: [Isl] Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers (P30) Message-ID: Hi Folks: Below is the OAIC announcement, with a deadline of 10/2/2019. Cognitive and Behavioral and Social Science themes are NOT acceptable as a focus, though researchers from those areas can be involved. Please read the FOA (below) carefully for eligibility issues. If there is interest in forming a team to go after this FOA, please reply to me and I'll try to organize a meeting. Best, Neil Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers (P30 Clinical Trial Optional) NIH/National Institute on Aging RFA-AG-20-109 $4.75 million 5 years posted 06/05/19 application 10/02/19 expires 10/03/19 https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-20-019.html Research Objectives The Claude D. Pepper Older American Independence Centers (OAIC) program was established in honor of the late Representative to establish centers of excellence in research and research education to increase scientific knowledge leading to better ways to maintain or restore independence in older persons. The OAIC awards are designed to develop or strengthen awardee institutions' programs that focus on and sustain progress in a key area of aging research. Applicants should identify an area of focus in which progress could contribute to greater independence for substantial populations of older persons and offer opportunities for education in aging research. This area of focus should be a common theme around which all proposed OAIC activities are organized. NIA's expectation is that an OAIC, in a given area of focus, will: * Provide intellectual leadership and innovation; * Facilitate and develop novel multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research strategies; * Stimulate incorporation of emerging technologies, methods, and scientific advances into research designs, as appropriate; * Provide research education for future leaders in geriatric research; * Stimulate translation between basic and clinical research (e.g., research to develop or test interventions or diagnostic tests based on new findings from basic aging research or other basic research or studies to improve understanding of mechanisms contributing to clinical or functional findings); * Promote translation of clinical research findings into practice in relevant healthcare settings (see also "Health Services Research as an Area of Focus" below); * Collaborate substantially with other OAICs on multi-center projects such as integrating data systems, supporting multi-center observational studies, and providing infrastructure to support multi-site clinical trials, including pragmatic trials; * Interface where possible with the NIA Research Centers Collaborative Network (RCCN) and other NIA-funded programs and centers (e.g., Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research (RCMARs), Centers on the Demography and Economics of Aging, Edward R. Roybal Centers for Translation Research in the Behavioral and Social Sciences of Aging, Alzheimer's Disease Centers (ADCs), Nathan Shock Centers); * Leverage institutional resources, including other NIH-supported programs and centers, to achieve the OAIC's aims with efficiency; and * Serve as a source of advice and collaboration to other investigators locally and on a large scale regarding technology, methodology, analysis, or other expertise. Area of Focus To achieve the objectives listed above, each OAIC should promote a sustained research program in an area of focus through which the Center will accomplish the innovation, leadership, collaboration, and research education functions described above. It is crucial to the design of an OAIC to identify an important research area to be addressed, to specify the goals to be achieved within the five-year OAIC award period, to provide a plan to reach these goals, and to outline a method to evaluate progress toward these goals during the course of the OAIC award. The selection of core activities (see below) should follow from these considerations. An OAIC may select an area of research focus from a broad range of topics, including but not limited to: * Aging-related issues concerning a specific condition contributing to loss of independence in older persons (e.g., role of aging changes in the etiology of the condition; special issues in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of the condition in old age; complications, disability, or symptoms from the condition found principally in older persons). * Causes, assessment, prevention, and treatment (including rehabilitation) of a specific type of disability in older persons. * Causes, prevention, and treatment of geriatric syndromes (e.g., sarcopenia, falls, incontinence) that are related to multiple pathologies and/or disabilities. * Specific aging-related physiologic changes, other risk factors, and/or interventions (e.g., physical activity) that affect risk for multiple conditions or disabilities in old age. * Interactions of multiple diseases, disabilities, and interventions (e.g., medications) in older persons and their relationship to risk of morbidity, progression of disability, and efficacy of prevention or treatment strategies. * Factors contributing to amelioration or delay of multiple deleterious aging changes by modulating risk factors or fundamental aging mechanisms. In general, each research focus described above has the potential for a wide range of developmental and infrastructural activities that are likely to be interdependent and synergistic. Thus, an OAIC strategy of selecting several key activities that address its area of focus may have unique benefits. As the level of funding for individual OAICs is unlikely to allow such a set of activities for more than one focus area, applicants are strongly encouraged to select an area in which their strengths allow their OAIC to fulfill NIA's goal for the OAIC program and to direct their proposed OAIC activities toward that research area, while also ensuring that opportunities exist for collaboration among other OAICs and other NIA programs and centers. The total impact of an OAIC's activities on progress in the selected field(s) should be a major criterion in selection of the focus area and will be a major criterion in peer review and program evaluation. To capitalize on important new research opportunities within their institutions, OAICs may also support a limited amount of activity in their cores on topics other than those in their area of focus (see below). Applicants who anticipate providing such support should propose a system for identifying these opportunities and needs and for selecting core activities to address them. Cognitive and Behavioral/Social Research as an Area of Focus. Cognitive or behavioral/social research should not be the major focus of an OAIC, as these areas are more appropriate for other NIA programs that also use the Center mechanism. However, where appropriate, OAICs are encouraged to support a multidisciplinary approach that includes research in these areas as they relate to the theme or focus of the OAIC. Health Services Research as an Area of Focus. Research to determine effects of organizational or operational patterns of health practices or services, or the use of new or different types of healthcare providers, is generally appropriate for an OAIC or a component of an OAIC if it meets the following two criteria, in addition to the criteria above that exclude the major focus on cognitive and behavioral/social research: 1. The research is designed to obtain new knowledge about a) the effects of interventions or healthcare practices that clearly specify what will be done for, or by, the individuals treated by these interventions or practices; or b) the validity or predictive value of diagnostic or assessment techniques that clearly specify what will be measured in individuals. Examples of interventions or diagnostic strategies that may meet this criterion include: * New drug or hormonal intervention protocols that may require a new organizational strategy to deliver them * Disability prevention strategies based on application of treatment algorithms * Structured physical activity programs * New diagnostic measures for an age-related condition (e.g., tests for diastolic dysfunction) * Determining validity or predictive value of a functional assessment algorithm 2. The research is designed to determine health or risk-factor effects relating to outcomes that are primarily clinical or functional (other than cognitive) in the individuals treated by the intervention or practice. Examples of outcomes include: * Disease and risk-factor outcomes, including diet and physical activity * Functional outcomes * Physiologic outcomes Research to determine effects of organizational or operational patterns of health practices or services, or the use of new or different types of healthcare providers, would generally not be appropriate as a principal focus of an OAIC or OAIC component if either of the following two criteria were met: 1. The research is neither designed to obtain new knowledge about a) the effects of interventions that clearly specify what will be done for, or by, the individuals treated by the intervention or practice, nor b) the validity or predictive value of diagnostic or assessment techniques that specify what will be measured in individuals. Examples of diagnostic or intervention research that would generally be considered inappropriate as a principal focus for an OAIC or component of an OAIC include: * Testing effects of a geriatric assessment unit or other new health care service, without both a) specification of the assessment protocol, criteria for deciding on appropriate treatment, a protocol for implementing treatment, and an adequate design to evaluate effects of these specific elements; and b) a design adequate to determine the effects of these specific components. * Testing the effects of adding a new type of health professional (e.g., pharmacist) to a hospital service without both a) specification of the change in specific diagnostic or intervention procedures that would be implemented, and b) a design adequate to determine the effects of these specific changes. 2. The research is not adequately designed to determine health or risk-factor effects relating to outcomes that are primarily clinical or functional (other than cognitive) in the individuals treated by the intervention or practice; for example: * Research designed to determine effects only on healthcare providers' behavior (e g., time spent per patient or number of diagnostic tests performed). * Research designed to determine effects only on patients' behavior (e.g., adherence to a set of dietary guidelines). Additional Guidance Applicants are strongly encouraged to visit the NIA OAIC webpage for additional guidance, recommended page formats, and answers to frequently asked questions. Neil Charness, Ph.D., William G. Chase Professor of Psychology Director, Institute for Successful Longevity www.isl.fsu.edu Department of Psychology, Florida State University 1107 West Call Street, Tallahassee, Florida, USA 32306-4301 Phone (office): 850-644-6686; Fax: 850-644-7739 E-mail: charness at psy.fsu.edu; http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~charness/ Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written business communications to or from FSU staff and/or any public college or university employee are public records, available to the public and media upon request. Therefore, this e-mail communication may be subject to public disclosure. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Chase Professor of Psychology Director, Institute for Successful Longevity www.isl.fsu.edu Department of Psychology, Florida State University 1107 West Call Street, Tallahassee, Florida, USA 32306-4301 Phone (office): 850-644-6686; Fax: 850-644-7739 E-mail: charness at psy.fsu.edu; http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~charness/ Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written business communications to or from FSU staff and/or any public college or university employee are public records, available to the public and media upon request. Therefore, this e-mail communication may be subject to public disclosure. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From charness at psy.fsu.edu Tue Jun 18 10:46:26 2019 From: charness at psy.fsu.edu (Neil Charness) Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 14:46:26 +0000 Subject: [Isl] FW: ENGAGE 2.0 funding opportunity: NIH Aging, Driving and Early Detection of Dementia, $2.5 million, 5 yrs, deadline 10/22/19 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Folks: This call requires a multidisciplinary team approach. If you have an interest, let me know and I?ll schedule a meeting to discuss this further. It also is a nice fit with the University Transportation Center, ASAP, here at FSU. Best, Neil Neil Charness, Ph.D., William G. Chase Professor of Psychology Director, Institute for Successful Longevity www.isl.fsu.edu Department of Psychology, Florida State University 1107 West Call Street, Tallahassee, Florida, USA 32306-4301 Phone (office): 850-644-6686; Fax: 850-644-7739 E-mail: charness at psy.fsu.edu; http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~charness/ Please Note: Due to Florida?s very broad public records law, most written business communications to or from FSU staff and/or any public college or university employee are public records, available to the public and media upon request. Therefore, this e-mail communication may be subject to public disclosure. Aging, Driving and Early Detection of Dementia (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) NIH/NIA RFA-AG-20-022 $2.5 million 5 years posted 06/11/19 application 10/22/19 expires 10/23/19 https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-20-022.html Driving is vital to the everyday functioning of many older adults and, whereas the percentage of age-eligible licensed drivers has decreased over the past decade among young adults (16-24 years of age), that percentage has increased for adults over age 60, with the increase being most prominent among elderly women. Thus, older adults constitute an increasingly larger proportion of licensed drivers, and this is troubling in the face of age decrements in driving performance as revealed in both naturalistic and simulated driving. Recent research has shown that older adults with high amyloid/tau burden, but without measurable cognitive decline, exhibit deficits in driving performance compared with older adults without such burden. This raises the question of whether aspects of driving behavior might be monitored to detect early signs of cognitive impairment/dementia. The challenge of ascertaining ?fitness to drive? is complex, and families and health professionals who provide services to elderly drivers are often tasked with difficult conversations about driving cessation. The criteria for age-related driving cessation have been extensively debated, but a recent report by the Veterans Administration Workgroup on Driving Safety for Veterans with Dementia advocates that persons with moderate to severe dementia should not drive due to safety concerns (December 2017). The policies and procedures for driving cessation remain unspecified and controversial, but conversations focused on this topic will benefit from objective data as envisaged in the proposed concept. It is noted that driving licensure is state-based rather than federal; thus, states differ in the criteria used for ascertaining fitness-to-drive, and this has practical implications for the findings that may arise from the research supported in this initiative. If successful, this concept will promote basic research into the use of currently-available automobile technology as a passive-detection system for flagging potential age- and/or disease-related aberrant driving that may signal cognitive impairment even before standard clinical tests do so. Ultimately, this information could inform decisions about an individual?s fitness to drive, especially when coupled with other relevant information about the driver?s functional status such as mobility, co-morbid conditions, and health. This initiative will support new research on automobile technology for signaling early signs of cognitive impairment in older drivers. Specifically, applications are invited for research on using automobile technology, coupled with other modes of assessing an individual?s health/functional status, to detect early signs of cognitive impairment. Two general kinds of research are envisioned: 1. Basic research on identifying unobtrusive technology for monitoring driving performance and integrating it with other data to detect cognitive decline, and 2. Methodological research on integrating driving-related data (and databases) with data on an individual?s health and functional status to detect cognitive impairment. Integrative and multidisciplinary science is solicited with this funding opportunity. To be responsive, applications must include interdisciplinary research teams (e.g., data scientists, human factors engineers, computer scientists, psychologists, and/or physicians) that focus on data integration, age-related driving performance, and dementia. This initiative addresses NIA?s goal to ?understand the basic behavioral, social and psychological aspects of aging and well-being? as well as NIA?s AD/ADRD milestone 9.H: Launch research programs to develop and validate sensitive neuropsychological and behavioral assessment measures to detect and track the earliest clinical manifestations of AD and AD-related dementias. [2012 AD Summit: 3D; 2017 Dementia Care Summit: 2.3, 2.5] A recent NIA workshop entitled, ?Cost-effective Early Detection of Cognitive Decline? (October 2017) did not explicitly address driving as a potential candidate but emphasized the importance of sampling everyday activities as a basis for signaling potential cognitive impairment related to Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease-related dementias (AD/ADRD). Properly instrumented vehicles provide the opportunity for passively monitoring aberrant driving activity that may signal cognitive impairment. Technological advances in driving and driver safety have ushered in new opportunities for monitoring in vivo driving behavior. A properly equipped automobile provides extensive data about driving performance that can be gathered via the automobile?s under-dash computer port. Recent research has shown that such technology can be used in conjunction with other in-car technology, such as Global Positioning Systems (GPS), to pinpoint the exact location of driving-related incidents such as accidents, near collisions, etc., but the algorithms needed to harness the myriad data streams associated with this kind of technology are complex and costly. This initiative is intended to promote research that exploits the data provided by these systems and combines it with other information about an individual?s health and functional status to yield early-warning signs of cognitive impairment. Examples of the kind of research anticipated include, but are not limited to, the following: ? Studies that utilize already-existing information (including ongoing longitudinal studies, archival data from motor vehicle administrations, and other sources of driver records) in conjunction with information about an individual?s functional cognitive status ? Studies that propose new data collection for addressing the goals of this funding opportunity ? Studies that propose new data integration/analysis methods for attaining the goals of this initiative ? Studies comparing driving in older adults who are cognitively normal versus older drivers with cognitive impairment (e.g., mild cognitive impairment or pre-clinical AD/ADRD) It is important to emphasize that the current initiative is focused on age-related impairment in automobile driving. Thus, although normal age-related cognitive decline is associated with changes in driving performance that are material, possibly remediable, and certainly important, this particular initiative is focused on detecting aberrant age-related changes in driving that may signal cognitive impairment, meaning a state that is likely the result of some kind of abnormal or pathological process. In older adults, AD/ADRD (but also possibly mild cognitive impairment) is associated with deterioration in driving skill, and, perhaps because driving is so difficult, it might be one of the earliest domains where functionally significant changes may be detected. Within the context of the current initiative, any assessment of a driver?s performance will be released only to the study participant unless there is consent on the part of that individual to release driving performance findings to others. 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Once we have nailed down the exact number of CE hours we will be offering, I'll send you that information. Thanks again, Sarah --- Sarah English Grants Compliance Analyst Department of Geriatrics Florida State University College of Medicine 1115 W. Call Street, 4225 Tallahassee, FL 32306-4300 P: 850-644-1507 F: 850-645-8441 Neil Charness, Ph.D., William G. Chase Professor of Psychology Director, Institute for Successful Longevity www.isl.fsu.edu Department of Psychology, Florida State University 1107 West Call Street, Tallahassee, Florida, USA 32306-4301 Phone (office): 850-644-6686; Fax: 850-644-7739 E-mail: charness at psy.fsu.edu; http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~charness/ Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written business communications to or from FSU staff and/or any public college or university employee are public records, available to the public and media upon request. 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Chase Professor of Psychology Director, Institute for Successful Longevity www.isl.fsu.edu Department of Psychology, Florida State University 1107 West Call Street, Tallahassee, Florida, USA 32306-4301 Phone (office): 850-644-6686; Fax: 850-644-7739 E-mail: charness at psy.fsu.edu; http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~charness/ Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written business communications to or from FSU staff and/or any public college or university employee are public records, available to the public and media upon request. Therefore, this e-mail communication may be subject to public disclosure. From: Office of Proposal Development Announcements Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2019 2:13 PM To: Neil Charness ; Antonio Terracciano Cc: Rachel Goff-Albritton ; Ana-Marie Seiple Subject: Funding Opportunity ~ Alzheimer's Greetings, Below are some funding opportunities that may be of interest to you or your faculty. If this is not in your specific area, but you have colleagues who may be interested, please pass along. We look forward to helping you fund and grow your research and creativity! _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Oscillatory Patterns of Gene Expression in Aging and Alzheimers Disease (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications that seek to enhance existing transcriptome and proteome data sets by revealing oscillatory patterns of gene expression in aging and in Alzheimer's disease (AD), by uncovering their molecular significance, and by identifying rhythmic gene and/or protein profiles associated with the risk for AD. Letter of Intent Due Date: Sep 23, 2019 https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.grants.gov_web_grants_view-2Dopportunity.html-3FoppId-3D316555&d=DwIFaQ&c=HPMtquzZjKY31rtkyGRFnQ&r=5vmtJSGT525Hq4ToZvrUdA&m=54RlP27V660aG4En2tw0EYFFrKmnpPAk9KWma1_ECGs&s=gDJPWUNp5wuSILcjAJFJfMaRXjb5nX5TSVumpf1fAcE&e= -- Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation Innovative Dementia Pharmacologic Interventions The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation seeks to increase the number of innovative pharmacologic interventions tested in clinical studies for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. To that end, grants of up to $5 million will be awarded in support of research on innovative pharmacologic interventions for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, including clinical trials, regulatory studies for novel drugs (small molecules and biologics, including antibodies, peptides, gene therapies), repurposed drugs (existing drugs that are approved for other diseases and conditions), repositioned drugs (existing drugs that have entered clinical trials for other indications and have not yet been approved), and natural products. Letter of Intent Due Date: Jul 12 2019 https://www.alzdiscovery.org/research-and-grants/funding-opportunities/pact -- Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation Clinical Trials, Epidemiological Studies The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) is inviting applications to its Prevention Beyond the Pipeline program. Through the program, awards will be made in support of comparative effectiveness research, prevention clinical trials, and epidemiological studies that probe whether the use or choice of drugs alters the risk for dementia or cognitive decline. Grants of up to $100,000 over one year will be awarded for epidemiological analysis and grants of up to $3 million over a variable number of years will be awarded for clinical trials. Letter of Intent Due Date: Jul 12 2019 https://www.alzdiscovery.org/research-and-grants/funding-opportunities/prevention-beyond-the-pipeline _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Why were you selected to receive this email? You or your faculty were identified based on your strategic position OR by keywords in the Faculty Expertise and Advancement System (FEAS) Profile. Thank you for keeping your FEAS Profile updated. Interested in this opportunity? The Office of Proposal Development provides FSU faculty with grants consulting services including: * Proposal Editing * Collaborator Identification * Proposal Team Coordination * Examples of Successful Proposals * Strategic Planning For more information visit us at http://opd.fsu.edu Sincerely, Belton Morgan Student Assistant Office of Proposal Development 20022 Westcott North Annex Tallahassee, FL 32306-1330 Florida State University bmorgan2 at fsu.edu https://www.research.fsu.edu/research-offices/opd/ [cid:image001.png at 01D525DF.F1CE46E0] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Chase Professor of Psychology Director, Institute for Successful Longevity www.isl.fsu.edu Department of Psychology, Florida State University 1107 West Call Street, Tallahassee, Florida, USA 32306-4301 Phone (office): 850-644-6686; Fax: 850-644-7739 E-mail: charness at psy.fsu.edu; http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~charness/ Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written business communications to or from FSU staff and/or any public college or university employee are public records, available to the public and media upon request. Therefore, this e-mail communication may be subject to public disclosure. From: Feldman, Jean I. <0000004ab0529922-dmarc-request at LSW.NAS.EDU> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2019 3:56 PM To: FDPMAIN-L at LSW.NAS.EDU Subject: NSF Email and Possible Impacts from Required Email Configuration This message may be of interest to your membership. Please share as you deem appropriate. Best, Jean >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dear Colleagues, Domain-based Messaging and Reporting Compliance (DMARC) was implemented at NSF in October 2018. DMARC is a series of email authentication and reporting checks that improve email security within Federal agencies by improving email fraud defenses. This Department of Homeland Security (DHS) required protocol may result in some external email recipients not receiving some NSF email if organization email is not configured to meet DMARC requirements or if people are auto-forwarding email to another account, such as a personal email account. DMARC enables organizations like NSF to verify that email was sent from a trusted source rather than from bad actors such as spammers, hackers or phishers. Since NSF's implementation of DMARC, NSF has observed that some external organizations use email routing practices such as email auto-forwarding from organization to personal email accounts or using third-party email distribution services (e.g., Constant Contact, GovDelivery, Amazon SES) that cause messages to be blocked from distribution because they are flagged as potentially fraudulent by DMARC security checks. This means some recipients of NSF email may not be receiving some important NSF communications related to research funding actions, deadlines, and/or other important messages. NSF, as all other federal agencies, is required to implement this standard. In response, some universities communicated to their staff about DMARC and specifically about not auto-forwarding email. (Just a few of the examples include the University of Illinois, Northwestern University, Cornell University and the University of Minnesota. Click on the name of the organization to view their public communications.) If you are hearing about or believe you or researchers at your organization are experiencing email delivery issues with NSF email, please contact your organization's IT division. After contacting them, if you still have questions, please contact NSF's IT Help Central. IT Help Central (ITHC) can be contacted by phone at 703-292-HELP (x4357) or 800-711-8084. ITHC hours of operation are 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., ET. You may also contact ITHC by email at ITHelpCentral at nsf.gov. More information about NSF's experience with DMARC can be found on NSF's website at https://www.nsf.gov/policies/dmarc.jsp. 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Chase Professor of Psychology Director, Institute for Successful Longevity www.isl.fsu.edu Department of Psychology, Florida State University 1107 West Call Street, Tallahassee, Florida, USA 32306-4301 Phone (office): 850-644-6686; Fax: 850-644-7739 E-mail: charness at psy.fsu.edu; http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~charness/ Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written business communications to or from FSU staff and/or any public college or university employee are public records, available to the public and media upon request. Therefore, this e-mail communication may be subject to public disclosure. From: Feldman, Jean I. <0000004ab0529922-dmarc-request at LSW.NAS.EDU> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2019 11:39 AM To: FDPMAIN-L at LSW.NAS.EDU Subject: NSF-approved Biographical Sketch format The following message will be of interest to your membership. We encourage you to disseminate this information as soon as possible. Best, Jean >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dear Colleagues: Please be advised that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has designated the National Institutes of Health's SciENcv (Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae) as an NSF-approved format for submission of biographical sketch(es) and is encouraging its use to prepare a biographical sketch for inclusion in proposals to NSF. In accordance with the current Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 19-1), a biographical sketch (limited to two pages) is required for each individual identified as senior personnel on a proposal, and a separate biographical sketch PDF file, or other NSF-approved format, must be uploaded in FastLane for each designated individual (see PAPPG Chapter II.C.2.f.). The biographical sketch and file format requirements also apply to NSF proposals submitted through Research.gov and Grants.gov. Use of an NSF-approved format aims to reduce administrative burden and improve efficiencies by providing proposers with a compliant and reusable way to maintain this information for subsequent proposal submissions to NSF, while also ensuring that the information is submitted in a searchable composition. Beginning with the next iteration of the PAPPG (anticipated effective date, January 2020), NSF will only accept PDFs for biographical sketches that are generated through use of an NSF-approved format. A description of NSF-approved format(s) will be posted on the NSF website when the PAPPG is issued. A draft version of the PAPPG was published in the Federal Register for public comment. The deadline for submission of comments is COB July 29, 2019. Multiple training resources are available on the SciENcv website. The following website resources may be of assistance to proposers preparing a biographical sketch using the SciENcv format: * SciENcv Background * YouTube Video: SciENcv Tutorial * YouTube Video: Integrating with ORCID * SciENcv Help We encourage you to share this information with your colleagues. If you have IT system-related questions, please contact the NSF Help Desk at 1-800-381-1532 or rgov at nsf.gov. Policy-related questions should be directed to policy at nsf.gov. Regards, Jean Jean Feldman Head, Policy Office Division of Institution and Award Support Office of Budget, Finance & Award Management voice: 703-292-4573 email: jfeldman at nsf.gov ############################ To unsubscribe from the FDPMAIN-L list, click the following link: http://forums.nas.edu/scripts/wa.exe?TICKET=NzM3MjY0IENoYXJuZXNzQFBTWS5GU1UuRURVIEZEUE1BSU4tTDpnKVlNzjCS&c=SIGNOFF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From charness at psy.fsu.edu Tue Jun 25 10:19:40 2019 From: charness at psy.fsu.edu (Neil Charness) Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 14:19:40 +0000 Subject: [Isl] FW: Now Available in Research.gov: Support for Collaborative Proposals with Subawards In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Folks: Research.gov is now live for NSF as the preferred alternative to FastLane. See below. Neil Neil Charness, Ph.D., William G. Chase Professor of Psychology Director, Institute for Successful Longevity www.isl.fsu.edu Department of Psychology, Florida State University 1107 West Call Street, Tallahassee, Florida, USA 32306-4301 Phone (office): 850-644-6686; Fax: 850-644-7739 E-mail: charness at psy.fsu.edu; http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~charness/ Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written business communications to or from FSU staff and/or any public college or university employee are public records, available to the public and media upon request. Therefore, this e-mail communication may be subject to public disclosure. From: Feldman, Jean I. <0000004ab0529922-dmarc-request at LSW.NAS.EDU> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2019 6:52 AM To: FDPMAIN-L at LSW.NAS.EDU Subject: Now Available in Research.gov: Support for Collaborative Proposals with Subawards We would greatly appreciate your sharing this information with your membership as rapidly and as widely as possible. Thanks much Jean >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dear Colleagues: We are very pleased to announce that as of June 24, 2019, the research community can prepare and submit full, research collaborative proposals with subawards in Research.gov. This is in addition to the existing capability (since April 2018) to prepare and submit full, research non-collaborative proposals in Research.gov. Since that initial release just over a year ago, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has implemented several enhancements to the site, including additional flexibilities for PDF uploads, support for PDFs generated from LaTeX source documents, and compliance checks for fonts and font sizes. Future enhancements to the Research.gov proposal system will allow the preparation and submission of separately submitted collaborative proposals from multiple organizations. Compared to FastLane, our grants management system launched in 1994, the Research.gov proposal system is much easier to use and provides proposers with faster document uploads and the ability to quickly create and update documents. We encourage you to try the new system, and we are confident that you will agree that this next generation grants management system is more efficient and less burdensome than FastLane. Also, as of June 24, 2019, a new email notification functionality was implemented to generate Sponsored Project Office (SPO)/Authorized Organizational Representative (AOR) email notifications when Principal Investigators (PIs) enable proposal access to SPOs/AORs. A similar email notification is available in FastLane, and we are excited to add the capability in Research.gov. Modernizing Proposal Preparation and Submission NSF's modernization of its FastLane system continues with the goal of improving the user experience to prepare and submit NSF proposals, while also reducing administrative burden for both proposers and NSF staff. As capabilities are migrated from FastLane to Research.gov, the system features will expand until it eventually replaces FastLane for proposal preparation and submission. While proposers can still prepare and submit collaborative proposals with subawards as well as full, research non-collaborative proposals in FastLane, we encourage the research community to use the new Research.gov proposal system because as NSF continues to enhance the new system incrementally, your vital feedback is being incorporated during the development process. Preparing and Submitting Proposals in Research.gov Here's some of the current Research.gov features that proposers are enjoying: * Integrated compliance checks for fonts, margins, and line spacing; * Real-time compliance feedback and alerts, so proposers know a proposal section is compliant before moving on to another section; * Specific checks on the budget screens and for Collaborators and Other Affiliations (COA) uploads; * A few seconds to upload documents versus 30-90 seconds for each document upload in FastLane; and * Embedded relevant sections of the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) and video job aids, so proposers don't have to go to multiple sites to access guidance and tools. Initiating a Proposal in Research.gov By answering a few questions in the five-step proposal wizard, Research.gov customizes the set-up process and compliance rules for the proposal being created. In addition, the proposal wizard dynamically drives the proposal sections that are required on subsequent screens. If you have not done so already, we invite you to initiate a proposal in Research.gov by following the steps outlined below: * Open Research.gov and click "Sign In" located at the top right of the screen; * Enter your NSF ID and password and click "Sign In;" * From the Research.gov "My Desktop" page, click "New! Prepare Proposals (Limited proposal types)" in the "Prepare & Submit Proposals tile" or go to this option from the top navigation bar by selecting the "Prepare & Submit Proposals" tab and clicking on "New! Prepare Proposals (Limited proposal types);" * Select the "Prepare Proposal" option in the "Prepare New Proposal" tile on the left side of the Proposal Preparation page; and * Follow the five-step proposal wizard to set up the proposal. After completing the initiation steps, you are ready to complete all required and optional sections of your proposal and then submit it to NSF. Submitting Feedback NSF wants to hear from you! To submit feedback about the new Research.gov Proposal Preparation and Submission Site: * Go to the Research.gov Feedback page; * Choose "Other" under the Site Area dropdown menu; * Include your feedback in the Comments or Suggestions field; and * Click Submit when you are ready to send your feedback to NSF. Training Resources and Additional Information * Research.gov About Proposal Preparation and Submission webpage - This webpage includes links to FAQs and video job aids (Initiating a Proposal, How to Manage Personnel & Senior Personnel Documents, How to Work on a Proposal Budget, How to Upload a Collaborators and Other Affiliations Document, and How to Submit a Research Proposal in Research.gov). Note: If a video does not automatically play in your browser, please try viewing the video using a different browser. * Automated Proposal Compliance Checks for Proposals Submitted via Research.gov - This checklist presents all of the current Research.gov automated proposal compliance checks, together with the associated non-compliant errors or warnings. * Additional information about proposal preparation and submission in Research.gov, including FAQs, is available on the Electronic Research Administration (ERA) Forum website. Please share this information with your colleagues. If you have IT system-related questions, please contact the NSF Help Desk at 1-800-381-1532 or rgov at nsf.gov. Policy-related questions should be directed to policy at nsf.gov. 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Chase Professor of Psychology Director, Institute for Successful Longevity www.isl.fsu.edu Department of Psychology, Florida State University 1107 West Call Street, Tallahassee, Florida, USA 32306-4301 Phone (office): 850-644-6686; Fax: 850-644-7739 E-mail: charness at psy.fsu.edu; http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~charness/ Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written business communications to or from FSU staff and/or any public college or university employee are public records, available to the public and media upon request. Therefore, this e-mail communication may be subject to public disclosure. From: Office of Proposal Development Announcements Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2019 1:35 PM To: Alice Pomidor ; Fred Gloth ; Robert Glueckauf ; Neil Charness Cc: Rachel Goff-Albritton ; Ana-Marie Seiple Subject: Funding Opportunity ~ Interpersonal Processes in Alzheimer's and Related Dementias Greetings, Below are some funding opportunities that may be of interest to you or your faculty. If this is not in your specific area, but you have colleagues who may be interested, please pass along. We look forward to helping you fund and grow your research and creativity! _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Interpersonal Processes in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Clinical Interactions and Care Partnerships (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) The goal of this initiative is to support research that can lead to the development of interventions for optimizing communication among patients, caregivers, and health care practitioners, and for preserving strong and supportive caregiving relationships throughout disease progression along the continuum of care for people with AD/ADRD. To these ends, basic research and translational research is solicited in two high-priority areas: (1) effective communications and relationships among patients, healthcare practitioners, and caregivers; and (2) associations between close relationship processes and health in caregiving relationships. Letter of Intent Due Date: Sep 23 2019 https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.grants.gov_web_grants_view-2Dopportunity.html-3FoppId-3D316737&d=DwIFaQ&c=HPMtquzZjKY31rtkyGRFnQ&r=5vmtJSGT525Hq4ToZvrUdA&m=yP7d8C4Rod7fNnCjEBoA1Dvzzoku24IYF2P8Tk-6X0E&s=vrXyHT1PN7Sf04TLJeDN2chPM_iTDugijeHKlrUiIuE&e= _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Why were you selected to receive this email? You or your faculty were identified based on your strategic position OR by keywords in the Faculty Expertise and Advancement System (FEAS) Profile. Thank you for keeping your FEAS Profile updated. 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Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 7589 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From charness at psy.fsu.edu Wed Jun 26 13:27:16 2019 From: charness at psy.fsu.edu (Neil Charness) Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 17:27:16 +0000 Subject: [Isl] FW: Funding Opportunity ~ Aging & Alzheimer's In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: If interested in the funding opportunities below, let me know and I'll schedule a meeting. Best, Neil Neil Charness, Ph.D., William G. Chase Professor of Psychology Director, Institute for Successful Longevity www.isl.fsu.edu Department of Psychology, Florida State University 1107 West Call Street, Tallahassee, Florida, USA 32306-4301 Phone (office): 850-644-6686; Fax: 850-644-7739 E-mail: charness at psy.fsu.edu; http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~charness/ Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written business communications to or from FSU staff and/or any public college or university employee are public records, available to the public and media upon request. Therefore, this e-mail communication may be subject to public disclosure. From: Office of Proposal Development Announcements Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2019 1:23 PM To: Neil Charness Cc: Rachel Goff-Albritton ; Ana-Marie Seiple Subject: Funding Opportunity ~ Aging & Alzheimer's Greetings, Below are some funding opportunities that may be of interest to you or your colleagues at the Institute for Successful Longevity. If this is not in your specific area, but you have colleagues who may be interested, please pass along. We look forward to helping you fund and grow your research and creativity! _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Mechanistic Basis of Diffuse White Matter Disease in Vascular Contributions to Cognitive Impairment and Dementia (VCID)(R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) The purpose of this FOA is to address some of the many gaps in knowledge of the biologic mechanisms of the commonly occurring, cerebrovascular disease and age-related diffuse white matter disease at the molecular, cellular, tissue and brain circuit level. The ultimate goal of this fundamental research is to inform future efforts to reduce the burden of illness due to age-related vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia. Letter of Intent Due Date: Jul 14 2019 https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.grants.gov_web_grants_view-2Dopportunity.html-3FoppId-3D317012&d=DwICaQ&c=HPMtquzZjKY31rtkyGRFnQ&r=5vmtJSGT525Hq4ToZvrUdA&m=gb0xV_csd0IZr3J3RZ-PuwnKcsGyx3-j60JfOzaBf-0&s=6gu3kOjJDaPFqRD3YLG4TEkptA-aeu8zk7cSuhSSz5k&e= -- Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Characterization of Marmosets as Models of Aging and Age-Related Diseases (U34 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) The primary aim of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to facilitate the characterization of the marmoset as a laboratory animal for research on aging and age-related diseases. Due Date: Oct 22 2019 https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.grants.gov_web_grants_view-2Dopportunity.html-3FoppId-3D317045&d=DwICaQ&c=HPMtquzZjKY31rtkyGRFnQ&r=5vmtJSGT525Hq4ToZvrUdA&m=gb0xV_csd0IZr3J3RZ-PuwnKcsGyx3-j60JfOzaBf-0&s=MRwaOcDG5FylqTOPOZC8dsMbZmH3Qa3CW9WRTw3Gn2U&e= --Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Non-Invasive Neurostimulation in AD/ADRD (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) The goal of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage applications for studies using non-invasive neurostimulation/neuromodulation in the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) or Alzheimer's disease-related dementias (ADRD). The goal of this FOA is to establish initial efficacy of neurostimulation/neuromodulation in the treatment of AD/ADRD or to refine these interventions for AD/ADRD patients. Multimodal or combination interventions are allowed, provided the focus and innovative component is neurostimulation. Letter of Intent Due Date: Sep 5 2019 https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.grants.gov_web_grants_view-2Dopportunity.html-3FoppId-3D317055&d=DwICaQ&c=HPMtquzZjKY31rtkyGRFnQ&r=5vmtJSGT525Hq4ToZvrUdA&m=gb0xV_csd0IZr3J3RZ-PuwnKcsGyx3-j60JfOzaBf-0&s=G4_3eGhC8ffpNYfhmCdDTmmRn0YO-lQZ_OSJV4K6Myw&e= _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Why were you selected to receive this email? We were not sure if there would be anyone in your group, Institute for Successful Longevity (ISL), that would possibly be interested in these opportunities if you would care to share it with them. Interested in this opportunity? The Office of Proposal Development provides FSU faculty with grants consulting services including: * Proposal Editing * Collaborator Identification * Proposal Team Coordination * Examples of Successful Proposals * Strategic Planning For more information visit us at http://opd.fsu.edu Sincerely, Belton Morgan Student Assistant Office of Proposal Development 20022 Westcott North Annex Tallahassee, FL 32306-1330 Florida State University bmorgan2 at fsu.edu https://www.research.fsu.edu/research-offices/opd/ [cid:image001.png at 01D52C22.37AAAC60] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Therefore, this e-mail communication may be subject to public disclosure. From: Office of Proposal Development Announcements Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2019 1:29 PM To: Neil Charness Cc: Rachel Goff-Albritton ; Ana-Marie Seiple Subject: Funding Opportunity ~ PACT Greetings, Below are some funding opportunities that may be of interest to you or your faculty. If this is not in your specific area, but you have colleagues who may be interested, please pass along. We look forward to helping you fund and grow your research and creativity! _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation Program to Accelerate Clinical Trials (PACT) The goal of the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation's PACT program is to increase the number of innovative pharmacologic interventions tested in the clinic for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The PACT RFP supports clinical trials, experimental medicine, and regulatory studies for novel drugs, repurposed drugs, repositioned drugs, and natural products. Specifically, the program will fund early stage human clinical trials and regulatory studies. Letter of Intent Due Date: Jul 12 2019 https://www.alzdiscovery.org/research-and-grants/funding-opportunities/pact _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Interested in this opportunity? The Office of Proposal Development provides FSU faculty with grants consulting services including: * Proposal Editing * Collaborator Identification * Proposal Team Coordination * Examples of Successful Proposals * Strategic Planning For more information visit us at http://opd.fsu.edu Sincerely, Belton Morgan Student Assistant Office of Proposal Development 20022 Westcott North Annex Tallahassee, FL 32306-1330 Florida State University bmorgan2 at fsu.edu https://www.research.fsu.edu/research-offices/opd/ [cid:image001.png at 01D52C23.283A6210] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 7589 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From charness at psy.fsu.edu Sun Jun 30 09:11:41 2019 From: charness at psy.fsu.edu (Neil Charness) Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 13:11:41 +0000 Subject: [Isl] FW: Pivot Funding Alert for Neil Charness In-Reply-To: <201906300626.x5U6QsSe012761@pivot-be2.proquest.com> References: <201906300626.x5U6QsSe012761@pivot-be2.proquest.com> Message-ID: Hi Folks: Emotional function in normal aging and/or MCI has a Feb. deadline for an R01 or R21. See below. Let me know if you have an interest and I can put together a team meeting. Best, Neil Neil Charness, Ph.D., William G. Chase Professor of Psychology Director, Institute for Successful Longevity www.isl.fsu.edu Department of Psychology, Florida State University 1107 West Call Street, Tallahassee, Florida, USA 32306-4301 Phone (office): 850-644-6686; Fax: 850-644-7739 E-mail: charness at psy.fsu.edu; http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~charness/ Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written business communications to or from FSU staff and/or any public college or university employee are public records, available to the public and media upon request. Therefore, this e-mail communication may be subject to public disclosure. From: pivot-no-reply at proquest.com Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2019 2:27 AM To: Neil Charness Subject: Pivot Funding Alert for Neil Charness [Pivot]Florida State University Funding Alerts for June 30, 2019 Advisor Advisor Personal funding matches (2) Deadline Amount Emotional Function in Normal Aging and/or MCI and AD/ADRD (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute on Aging (NIA) February 7, 2020 Application Confirmed see record Emotional Function in Normal Aging and/or MCI and AD/ADRD (R21 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute on Aging (NIA) February 20, 2020 Application Confirmed $275,000 See More Funding Matches Unsubscribe/manage your email preferences [http://www.google-analytics.com/collect?v=1&tid=UA-81887331-1&cid=1859425&t=event&ec=email&ea=EmailOpen&cs=WFA&cm=email&el=WFA] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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