# REC - Research Education Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · 2024 · $252,501

## 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 ensure rigorous comprehensive training in AD and related
dementias (ADRD) research and promote the training of a multifaceted workforce to meet the nation’s
biomedical, behavioral, and clinical needs in ADRD 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
(Wisconsin 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 (Life Course Exposome, Clinical and Neuropsychology, Care Research, Basic
Science and Neuropathology, Data Analytics, Community Based Research, Omics, and Neuroimaging and Fluid
Biomarkers). 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 junior faculty and
trainees—at every level and with a variety of perspectives and backgrounds—to this field. Accordingly, we will
work with training programs across the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus to infuse AD-related research
concepts into predoctoral, postdoctoral, and junior faculty training programs, as well as work with partners
beyond campus, to inspire early career investigators to build research careers in ADRD. Moreover, we will
intentionally recruit and support researchers from populations underrepresented in the ADRD workforce to
cultivate the next generation of ADRD research leaders in our field. In order to ensure our aims are met, 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 efficacy of the REC, to ensure our goals are met. The last four years of the Wisconsin ADRC REC
have been tremendously productive and impactful, and in this renewal application we propose enhanced
activities to carry our mission yet farther.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10866819
- **Project number:** 2P30AG062715-06
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
- **Principal Investigator:** Barbara Brigitta Bendlin
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $252,501
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 2019-05-01 → 2029-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10866819

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10866819, REC - Research Education Core (2P30AG062715-06). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10866819. Licensed CC0.

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