# Research Education Component

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · 2021 · $217,832

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY – RESEARCH EDUCATION COMPONENT (REC)
The goal of the Research Education Component (REC) of the Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research
Center (ADRC) is to support educational activities that complement and enhance the training of a workforce to
meet the nation's biomedical, behavioral, and clinical needs in Alzheimer's Disease (AD)-related research. The
Wisconsin ADRC REC will achieve this goal by providing a program of training to all ADRC-affiliated trainees in
addition to identifying exceptional junior investigators who will be specifically supported in their development
into independent Alzheimer's researchers (ADRC REC Scholars). The REC will provide trainees with
individualized career coaching and mentorship to support their growth and training to achieve proficiency in
core research competencies and eight Wisconsin ADRC content areas (Basic Science & Neuropathology,
Neuroimaging, Community Based Outreach, Clinical and Biomarker Research, Neuropsychology, Data
Analytics, Care Research, and Omics). Training will occur through seminars, degree and certificate programs,
workshops, and mentored research experiences. To develop the next generation of research leaders, we must
attract trainees and junior faculty to this field. Accordingly, we will work with training programs across the
University of Wisconsin (UW)-Madison campus to infuse AD-related research concepts into predoctoral,
postdoctoral, and junior faculty training programs. By exposing early stage investigators to these topics, we will
increase the interest in and understanding of aging research and enlarge an already robust pipeline of future
researchers. The REC will evaluate the effectiveness of the research training program through a collaboration
with the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, a national leader in education evaluation. We will use
mixed methods approaches to assess the quality and value of the REC. Collaboration with education experts
will allow us to educate trainees using innovative best practices. We will achieve these goals by leveraging the
vast resources available at UW, one of the academically most productive institutions in the country.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10124270
- **Project number:** 5P30AG062715-03
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
- **Principal Investigator:** Barbara Brigitta Bendlin
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $217,832
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-05-01 → 2024-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10124270

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10124270, Research Education Component (5P30AG062715-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10124270. Licensed CC0.

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