# Understanding Mediating and Moderating Factors that Determine Transfer of Working Memory Training

> **NIH NIH R01** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE · 2021 · $130,620

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
 We are requesting a supplement to the currently funded NIMH grant 5R01MH111742, “Understanding
Mediating and Moderating Factors that Determine Transfer of Working Memory Training”. The purpose of this
administrative supplement is to request additional funds to expand recruitment efforts needed to reach target
enrollment due to unanticipated circumstances related to the current public health and economic crises. The
online study was launched in second quarter 2020 with the target of recruiting 30,000 participants to each
conduct twenty, 20-minute working memory training sessions, budgeted with around $0.40 per participant for
completion incentives (in the form of give-aways). The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a substantial barrier
to recruitment. The pandemic has negatively impacted the physical and mental health of millions of individuals
and has substantially restructured the way people live and work. These factors, along with mass proliferation of
competing online studies (almost all of which require less time and pay more per hour than ours) as human
subject research has moved online to address in-person human subject research being closed down around the
world, and the unceasing wall of press associated with the pandemic and political events, are unanticipated
obstacles that have challenged outreach, recruitment and retention of the 30,000 participants that we plan to
enroll in working memory training. To overcome these recruitment barriers, we are requesting additional funds
that can be used to pay a publicist, recruit social media influencers, pay participant recruitment services, and
increase incentives for participants. This 4-pronged approach will allow us to grow and maintain visibility for our
study, reach additional audiences, benefit from professional platforms designed to connect researchers with
interested volunteers, and provide incentives to motivate participation. We note that with increases of mental
health problems throughout the world, and people seeking solutions without knowledge of which may be
effective, our study is timely and important. It has taken years to build the technology and conduct the preliminary
research to launch our online study. This supplement is critical to assuring the success of this project that can
lead to effective, low-cost interventions to ameliorate cognitive impairments could be life-altering for millions of
people worldwide.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10360288
- **Project number:** 3R01MH111742-05S1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE
- **Principal Investigator:** Susanne M Jaeggi
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $130,620
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2021-07-19 → 2021-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10360288

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10360288, Understanding Mediating and Moderating Factors that Determine Transfer of Working Memory Training (3R01MH111742-05S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10360288. Licensed CC0.

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