# Core F: Research Education Component (RL5)

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · 2020 · $141,731

## Abstract

ABSTRACT: RESEARCH EDUCATION COMPONENT
 During our first funding cycle, the University of Kansas Alzheimer's Disease Center (KU ADC) established
programs for students and early-career investigators that enhance collaboration and expose trainees to sound
scientific methods. These resources and programs provide trainees with skills needed to pursue a research
career in aging and dementia. In response to the RFA's call for a Research Education Component (REC,
“Core F”), we will formalize and expand our research training and define a new career development pipeline,
the Kansas Dementia and Aging Research Training (KDART) program.
 The long-term goal of the KDART is to provide research training and professional networks that support
and propel aspiring researchers through each level of career development. The KDART will leverage and
extend ongoing educational and training opportunities at the University of Kansas Medical Center to increase
the reach and impact of our training program. The KDART will provide a comprehensive training environment,
research experiences, support, and opportunities appropriate to career stage. The KDART will facilitate
engagement with KU ADC at each stage of career development, helping to match trainees with resources,
collaborators, and educational opportunities.
 The immediate goal of the KDART is to directly address the need for clinical and translational researchers
ready to push the field forward in the next 5 years. The AD and brain aging field must train a new generation of
investigators who will accelerate aging and dementia research efforts. To address this need, we will create the
Kansas Dementia Fellowships (KDF) program, which will constitute a formal KDART post-doctoral training
program. The goal of the KDF is to deliver an immediate impact on the research landscape regionally and
nationally by providing advanced research training to its early-career investigators.
 A national shortage of well-trained researchers with the ability to integrate clinical insights with advances in
the basic sciences slows the development of clinical interventions. The KDART will play a critical role in
supporting and expanding AD research training in the Midwest. Through the KDART, our ongoing programs
and those proposed in the next cycle position us to train the next generation of AD researchers. REC funds
will support and extend the existing research training environment by establishing an administrative structure
for the KDART, and by supporting research fellowships (the KDF) that can have near-term impact on our
regional research environment.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9978601
- **Project number:** 5P30AG035982-10
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** RUSSELL H. SWERDLOW
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $141,731
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9978601

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9978601, Core F: Research Education Component (RL5) (5P30AG035982-10). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9978601. Licensed CC0.

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