Project Grant R03AG091267
- The National Institute on Aging awarded the University of Texas at Austin $650,447 on September 1, 2026, under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to develop a profile-based framework for matching transitional care services to distinct patient-caregiver groups among persons living with dementia (PLWDs). The award funds research to identify patient-caregiver profiles and co-develop provider and system implementation tools that enable tailored, evidence-based transitional care delivery across...
- The National Institute on Aging awarded Texas A&M University $640,059 on September 1, 2026, under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to investigate cerebellar changes in aging and cognitive decline through longitudinal neuroimaging and functional analysis. The project examines how cerebellar structure, white matter circuits, and task-based functional activation change over time in older adults, with particular focus on individuals experiencing subjective cognitive decline—self-reported...
- The National Institute on Aging awarded $1.669 million to American Institutes For Research In The Behavioral Sciences on September 15, 2025, under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to develop a comprehensive residential address history for Project Talent participants and geocode addresses to support research on neighborhood characteristics and cognitive health outcomes related to Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The project will identify Project Talent participants in the...
- The National Institute on Aging awarded The Washington University $427,625 under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) on February 1, 2026, to conduct a two-year study examining age differences in the acquisition and retention of flexible navigation behaviors in novel environments. The research tests a model that attributes age-related navigation deficits to limitations in processing speed, attentional control, and associative processes. The study involves study-test trials conducted across...
- The National Institute on Aging awarded Drexel University $1,306,728 under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) on August 1, 2026, to conduct a longitudinal, multi-site study examining how individual lifestyle, social circumstances, and neighborhood-level factors influence physical functioning trajectories in older adults across population subgroups and U.S. regions. The research leverages over 30 years of longitudinal data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) cohort and...
- The National Institute on Aging awarded the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $642,030 through the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) on September 1, 2026, to conduct a multi-site, blinded, randomized controlled trial evaluating a wearable ankle power training intervention with push-off biofeedback to improve gait performance and walking function in older adults. The award funds a four-year project (through August 31, 2030) examining the efficacy of smart passive ankle resistance...
- The National Institute on Aging awarded The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio $2,147,145 on September 15, 2026, under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to conduct the Rural Microvascular Contributions to Neurocognitive Decline (RURAL-MIND) study. The study deploys portable MRI neuroimaging, AI-driven image analytics, repeated plasma biomarker profiling, and longitudinal cognitive assessments across 4,000 rural residents in high- and lower-risk counties to...
- The National Institute on Aging awarded the University of Memphis $146,000 on September 4, 2026, under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to investigate longitudinal patterns of multiple behavioral risk factors and their joint effects on cognitive aging. The recipient will analyze 24 years of data from the Health and Retirement Study, a nationally representative longitudinal survey of U.S. adults age 51 and older, linked with neighborhood contextual data, to examine how physical...
- The National Institute on Aging, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, awarded $437,250 to the University of Texas at Dallas on September 1, 2026, under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to investigate affective forecasting as a strategy for reducing temporal discounting across adulthood. The research addresses a critical gap in interventions for temporal discounting—the tendency to devalue delayed rewards in favor of immediate ones—which has serious implications for health...
- The National Institute on Aging awarded the University of Washington $777,500 on September 15, 2025, under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to conduct quantitative and qualitative research on interfacility transfers of older adults from emergency departments to other hospitals. The project will characterize outcomes and adverse events among transferred older adults using statewide administrative claims data, explore the experiences of older adults and care partners during transfer, and...
The National Institute on Aging awarded the University of Texas at Arlington $142,835 on September 1, 2026, under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to conduct a data-driven mixed-method study examining walkability and safety risk factors affecting older adults' street engagement. The project, titled "Data-Driven Discovery of Walkability: Safety Risk Factors and Responsive Behaviors of Older Adults," addresses gaps in age-friendly built infrastructure and current roadway design guidelines that overlook older adults' distinct safety and mobility needs. The recipient will implement a survey of 60 older adults, semi-structured interviews, spatial analysis, and a field experiment to examine three key risk attributes—physical, functional, and emotional—corresponding to crash risk, fall risk, and perceived safety. The study will triangulate perceived risk factors from survey and interview data against street-level walkability measures through spatial analysis to reveal how older adults' perceived risk factors differ from conventional walkability measures and to identify the most influential factors affecting perceived values versus actual walking behaviors. Place of performance is Arlington, Texas. The period of performance runs from September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2028. The assistance type is a Project Grant, classified within NIH's exploratory and developmental grant programs.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $142.8k | 8/14/26 |