Improving Quality of Care and Quality of Life for Persons with Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementias at the End of Life (R03) | PAS 17 026

Opportunity Information: Apply for PAS 17 026

The NIH funding opportunity "Improving Quality of Care and Quality of Life for Persons with Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementias at the End of Life (R03)" (Funding Opportunity Number PAS-17-026) is a small research grant program focused on strengthening what is known about end-of-life care for people living with Alzheimers disease and related dementias (ADRD), as well as the experiences and needs of their families and caregivers. The central aim is to close important clinical and translational gaps, meaning the program is looking for research that can more directly inform real-world care decisions, service delivery, and policies affecting patients with ADRD near the end of life. Rather than funding new, large-scale data collection, this announcement is specifically oriented toward well-designed studies that make strong use of data that already exist.

A defining feature of the opportunity is its emphasis on secondary data analysis. Applicants are invited to use existing datasets to examine end-of-life care needs, patterns of care, quality outcomes, and factors that shape quality of life for individuals with ADRD in the final stage of illness. The FOA particularly encourages secondary analysis of data from longitudinal cohort studies (datasets that follow individuals over time, which can help clarify trajectories of decline, care transitions, and timing of interventions) and from administrative records (such as claims, health system records, or other service-use datasets that can reveal utilization patterns, costs, and the impact of care settings). In practical terms, this mechanism is best suited for projects that can answer focused questions using established datasets, produce findings relatively quickly, and provide evidence that can be translated into improvements in care quality and patient and caregiver outcomes.

This opportunity is offered as a discretionary grant under the NIH R03 mechanism, which is designed for smaller, targeted research projects. The listed award ceiling is $50,000, reflecting the smaller scale typical of R03 awards and the expectation that the project scope is feasible without extensive new infrastructure or large primary data collection. The funding activity category is listed under Education and Health, and the associated CFDA numbers are 93.361 and 93.866, indicating alignment with NIH programs that include aging-related and neurological or dementia-related research priorities.

Eligibility is broad and includes a wide range of public, private, and nonprofit entities. Eligible applicants include state, county, city or township, and special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; tribal organizations that are not federally recognized; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status; for-profit organizations other than small businesses; small businesses; and other eligible entities. The FOA also explicitly highlights additional eligible applicant categories, including Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs), Hispanic-serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), faith-based or community-based organizations, eligible federal agencies, regional organizations, U.S. territories or possessions, and even non-U.S. entities (foreign organizations). Taken together, this reflects a clear intent to encourage diverse institutional participation and to support research that may be grounded in a variety of communities, care systems, and service contexts.

Administratively, the agency is the National Institutes of Health, and the opportunity was created on 2016-10-21, with an original closing date listed as 2020-01-07. While those dates suggest the specific cycle referenced here has closed, the summary still captures what the FOA was designed to support: careful, impactful analyses of existing longitudinal or administrative datasets to improve end-of-life care for people with ADRD and to better support families during a period that often involves complex symptoms, difficult care transitions, and high caregiver burden.

• The National Institutes of Health in the education, health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Improving Quality of Care and Quality of Life for Persons with Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementias at the End of Life (R03)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.361, 93.866.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2016-10-21.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2020-01-07. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $50,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: 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.

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