# Research Education Component

> **NIH NIH P30** · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · 2020 · $171,032

## Abstract

Project Summary – Research Education Component (REC)
Alzheimer's disease (AD) research has been at the forefront of neuroscience due to its substantive innovations
in molecular biology, genetics, neuropathology, and imaging technologies. Nevertheless, a critical need exists
for professionals with specialized training to bring basic and clinical neuroscience of AD into the next
generation. Therefore, it is vital for the IADC to develop and implement a new Research Education Core
(REC). The REC's goal is to develop new researchers specifically trained to discover innovative approaches to
improve understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of AD and other dementias. REC's significance is fostering
the mission of the IADC to stimulate education, information, and training; coordinate across laboratories; and
evaluate success in research education. REC's resources and expertise will stimulate synergy among IADC
components and improve faculty development and research in neurodegeneration. REC's objective is to
promote and disseminate concepts and functions of IADC cores to students and trainees, facilitate
coordination among established faculty, and guide junior faculty in obtaining funding and facilitate their career
stability. REC's impact is to develop translational skills to move basic findings to clinical interventions and
clinical findings to mechanistic studies. REC's critical innovation is to improve upon current practices by adding
rational, methodical training, and mentoring specifically devoted to critical skills underlying publication and
successful grant preparation. REC's five Specific Aims are: (1) Provide organizational infrastructure within
IADC for research education. REC leadership will define and coordinate training logistics and assemble a team
of senior NIH-sponsored mentors for students/trainees. (2) Instill integrated fundamental knowledge of brain
health and dementing illnesses via a) didactic courses related to AD, brain aging, neuropathology, and
neurodegeneration linked with behavioral, cellular, genetic, imaging, and biostatistical approaches, b) biweekly
seminar series and annual Research Symposium for AD and dementia; c) a Behavioral Neurology and
Neuropsychiatry Fellowship program; and, d) Continuing the Neurobehavioral Rotation for psychiatry and
neurology residents. (3) Recruit, retain, and assist students and faculty at multiple career levels, including
historically underrepresented groups. Trainees will get structured guidance in writing, reviewing, and submitting
scientific communication and successful grant applications. (4) Define specific metrics to assess REC's service
to students, trainees, fellows, including rates and quality of conference participation, peer-reviewed publication,
and grants submitted, funded, and rate of success. REC will monitor career progression, post-training
employment, promotion in employment, and satisfaction from participants. (5) Foster active cross-disciplinary
interaction and collaborat...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9977808
- **Project number:** 5P30AG010133-30
- **Recipient organization:** INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS
- **Principal Investigator:** DEBOMOY K LAHIRI
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $171,032
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9977808

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9977808, Research Education Component (5P30AG010133-30). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9977808. Licensed CC0.

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