A2 Pilot Awards for AI/Tech and Aging

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The A2 Collective and National Institute on Aging are offering funding for promising technology demonstration projects with a clear path to commercialization, translational milestones, or technology transfer at the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI), healthy aging, and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD).

Broad areas of interest include:

• Computational biology and multi-scale data analysis for insights into aging- and AD/ADRD-related vulnerability, resilience, and progression
• Sensors, smart devices, and software to promote safe, independent aging in place and improve access to care and resources
• Analytic approaches to identify disparities, detect risk, and predict needs at both population and individual levels, including through electronic health record integration
• Tools for clinicians and caregivers to enhance decision making, diagnosis, and workflows
• Integrated platforms to enhance care coordination and communication
• Data analytic and visualization solutions to distill large volumes of multi-modal data into interpretable and actionable information for older adults, caregivers, and clinicians
• User-facing devices and platforms to promote physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and financial well-being for older adults and their caregivers

Focus areas:

• Employ advanced AI, machine learning, and computational modeling techniques to study aging and AD/ADRD
• Integrate multi-scale data analysis, from genomic to phenotypic levels, to uncover novel insights into the aging process and AD/ADRD disease progression
• Propose innovative methods for analyzing datasets that contain molecular and longitudinal phenotypical data to identify patterns of age-related vulnerability and resilience
• Aim to validate computational models through rigorous hypothesis testing and real- world data correlation

Priority areas of consideration include:

• Go-to-market strategy
• Regulatory and reimbursement pathways
• Plans for managing human subjects and data privacy risks
• Mitigation of health disparities across the United States, including improving access to and delivery of care in rural areas
• Projects that leverage an Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratories' (AITC) resources or facilities or generate datasets, software, or hardware that might benefit the AITC research community at large

Eligible applicants include:

• For-profit corporations and startups
• Colleges and universities
• Medical and nursing schools
• Healthcare systems or settings
• Nonprofit organizations
• Government entities within the United States

Award ceiling: Most funded project budgets will not exceed $100,000, but higher levels of funding will be considered with appropriate justification
Project period: 1 year

Links to additional guidance, application instructions, and the online application portal are available on the program website.

Submit a brief project proposal by January 15, 2025. Selected applicants will be invited to submit a full application, with a deadline of March 31, 2025.