# Roybal Resource and Coordinating Center to Accelerate Translational Aging Research

> **NIH NIH R24** · FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH · 2020 · $153,817

## Abstract

Project Summary/ Abstract:
This administrative supplement to the Roybal Coordinating Center is a demonstration project to
develop a special online authoring tool to support the writing of NIH Stage pilot research reports
in the field of Alzheimer’s disease and its related dementias (AD/ADRD). This new electronic
tool will facilitate the efficiency, accuracy, and timeliness of creating public protocols and results
manuscripts for pilot studies, in the face of barriers to open and transparent reporting of pilot
studies often cited by researchers. A paper authoring tool (PAT) originally created for the field
of addictions research for 2-arm randomized controlled trials will be adapted for NIH Stages AD/
ADRD pilot designs. The currently functioning PAT will be adapted and tested to include
research designs from the NIH Stages IA and IB pilot designs (e.g., feasibility, acceptability,
refinement, and modification designs).
The new online tool will prompt authors for design and study quality information required to
transparently and openly report their Stage design, hypothesis, measures, and outcomes. It
provides guidance and structure to ensure that the information provided in the manuscript is
clear, consistent, comprehensive and structured. This tool allows deposit of the design meta-
data, and so can be searched by future pilot investigators to determine which Stage design is
optimal for their planned pilot study.
The research team, including authoring tool experts, will (a) Adapt P.A.T. to AD/ADRD research
and to multiple research designs, consistent with the NIH Stage Model Phase IA and IB study
designs; (b) Conduct beta-testing with the modified tool to inform improvement; (c) Release the
Paper Authoring Tool as an online version with an online manual.
In summary, this administrative supplement seeks to support Open Science movement and
Roybal AD/ADRD center by creating and hosting an electronic Paper Authoring Tool that
enables more transparent, open, efficient, and timely dissemination of pilot protocols, reports,
and results manuscripts from these crucial pilot studies.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10112377
- **Project number:** 3R24AG064191-02S1
- **Recipient organization:** FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH
- **Principal Investigator:** Karina W. Davidson
- **Activity code:** R24 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $153,817
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2019-09-01 → 2024-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10112377

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10112377, Roybal Resource and Coordinating Center to Accelerate Translational Aging Research (3R24AG064191-02S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10112377. Licensed CC0.

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