NIA IMPACT Collaboratory Pilot Grants Program
NIA IMPACT Collaboratory (Hebrew SeniorLife / Brown University)
Funds pilot embedded pragmatic clinical trials of non-pharmacological interventions for people living with dementia and their care partners, run inside real health care systems. Awards are large for a pilot mechanism and the design requirement — two or more health care systems or sites — makes this a natural fit for social work researchers who already hold agency or health-system partnerships.
- Indicative award
- up to $300k (total award)Up to $300,000 in total direct costs over 18 months, plus indirect costs at each institution's negotiated rate; no published floor. Up to three pilots funded per cycle.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · Jul, NovPublished deadline: 2026-11-19 — 97 days awayThe required Letter of Intent for this cycle closed July 23, 2026. Full proposals, by invitation only, are due November 19, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET. An informational webinar was held June 11, 2026. New applicants should target the next annual LOI in July.
- Who can apply
- Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank
- Eligibility
- The PI must bring an established health care system partner, with the trial embedded across two or more health care systems or sites. No restriction to a single host institution is published; the application system is open to any applicant with Brown University or Gmail access. One PI per application and one submission per PI per cycle. Awards are non-renewable.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- dementia care · embedded pragmatic clinical trials · health systems · care partners
- Apply at
- https://impactcollaboratory.org/research-grants-overview/pilot-grants-program/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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