# Research Education Component

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · 2024 · $96,999

## Abstract

ABSTRACT – RESEARCH EDUCATION COMPONENT
Effective research in Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders (ADRD) requires interdisciplinary integration of
knowledge and expertise across the translational spectrum. The goal of the MADRC Research Education
Component (MADRC-REC) is to foster the emergence of a new and diverse generation of investigators with
domain-specific expertise, multi-disciplinary knowledge of ADRD, and orientation towards interdisciplinary
work. Utilizing the resources of our three universities and the MADRC Cores, the MADRC-REC developed a
model inter-institutional enhanced mentoring program for early-career investigators who were entering ADRD
research. To complement our regional mentoring program, the MADRC-REC developed an on-line curriculum
to broadly educate early-career investigators about key aspects of ADRD. Over the last cycle, the very diverse
MADRC-REC mentees made excellent career progress. The MADRC-REC curriculum is widely used. In the
next cycle, the MADRC-REC will build on existing strengths to: 1) Recruit talented early-career investigators
into ADRD research; 2) Enhance early-career investigator research skills; 3) Increase the diversity of the
ADRD research community; 4) Provide practical training in important career skills; 5) Implement a certificate
granting Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) on the spectrum of ADRD research; and 6) Evaluate our
teaching and mentoring activities. In the next cycle, the MADRC-REC will draw on the resources of the
MADRC Cores, the large pool of eligible early-career investigators, exceptional number of capable mentors,
and complementary career development resources of our three universities to expand our inter-institutional
enhanced mentoring program. We will deepen our joint mentoring activities with other NIA sponsored
programs such as the U-M Claude Pepper Older American Independence Center, the Michigan Center for
Urban African American Aging Research, and the Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer’s
Disease. The inter-institutional nature of the MADRC-REC program increases linkages and collaborations
across the ADRD research community at our three universities, and enhances our mentoring of the next
generation of ADRD-focused scientists and clinician-scientists.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10883746
- **Project number:** 5P30AG072931-04
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR
- **Principal Investigator:** Roger L Albin
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $96,999
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2021-09-01 → 2026-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10883746

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10883746, Research Education Component (5P30AG072931-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10883746. Licensed CC0.

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