Project Grant P30AG103094

The National Institute on Aging awarded Duke University $4.899 million on August 15, 2026, under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to establish the Duke Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratory for Aging: Governance and Evaluation (DUKE AITC-AIGE), a national initiative bridging the implementation gap between artificial intelligence research and its application in care for older adults and individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.

The collaboratory operates through three integrated cores. The Administrative Core provides national leadership and ethical oversight, manages a national pilot project competition, and liaises with the AITC Coordinating Center to ensure national synergy. The Research Innovation Core serves as a discovery engine by funding and mentoring interdisciplinary pilot projects. The Clinical Implementation and Data Science Core offers specialized consultation for translation and applies the Dynamic Data Reliability framework to quantify data fitness-for-use and ensure datasets are AI-ready.

A central methodological innovation is the Trustworthy AI Implementation and Governance (TRIG) Framework, which operationalizes fairness, accountability, and transparency into reproducible methods mandatory for all projects. TRIG requires concrete actions including fairness audits, continuous monitoring for performance drift, and transparent documentation via model cards.

The initiative addresses five critical barriers: lack of stakeholder input in problem definition, data limitations in training data, inadequate validation of subgroup performance, insufficient monitoring for model drift, and unaccountable governance.

The award period runs through July 31, 2031, with place of performance in Durham, North Carolina.