Structure and process of federal funding for AD research

This paper outlines the structure of the National Institute on Aging (NIA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) agency that funds a majority of Al zheimer disease (AD) research, and the process of submitting a federal gran t application. The multiple steps of the grant application process, both fo r the investigator preparing the application and the review process at NIH, are described. The importance of speaking with a program officer from an i nstitute and incorporating reviewers' comments into grant applications to s trengthen the proposal is stressed.