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Novel Educational Programs and Tools for Increasing Uptake of the NIH Stage Model in Behavioral Intervention Development

Award Number: R25AG094691
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/20/2025
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2030

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Novel Educational Programs and Tools for Increasing Uptake of the NIH Stage Model in Behavioral Intervention Development - Even though behavioral factors are the largest contributors to healthy aging and premature death in the US, there are currently few evidence-based behavioral interventions that are widely used. One reason for this gap is that all too many behavioral interventions have been developed by individuals who lack rigorous training in mechanism-driven intervention development and behavioral translational models. To address this gap, we propose to create a research education program for scientists at all stages of career who are interested in developing behavioral interventions according to the NIH Stage Model which promotes a rigorous, stepwise approach to developing potent and scalable behavioral interventions. The educational program will be comprised of an asynchronous, continuously available, free online foundations course with 12 hours of learning modules that deliver fundamental knowledge about the NIH Stage Model to an unlimited number of learners. It will also include a free intensive 4-week virtual learning experience that delivers advanced education and training in how to apply the NIH Stage Model to their intervention development activities. The advanced course will be comprised of live webinars interspersed with small group learning (5 fellows and 2 faculty mentors/group) using a flipped classroom format for 30 fellows per year. Fellows will be required to complete the foundations course to be eligible to apply. Innovative course content will include teaching on the use of generative AI and Chatbots to accelerate behavioral intervention development research and identifying funding resources for research at every Stage. We will create an External Advisory Committee comprised of leaders in behavioral medicine research who will advise on course content and format and help disseminate the courses to learners from a broad range of scientific disciplines. We will seek to attract learners by doing outreach to organizations and programs that nurture scientists interested in conducting behavioral intervention development research. While priority will be given to applicants developing interventions focused on NIA priorities (e.g., healthy aging, dementia), all applicants demonstrating a commitment to developing rigorous behavioral interventions will be eligible. In their roles leading the Science of Behavior Change Resource Coordinating Center and the Columbia Roybal Center for Fearless Behavior Change, the faculty leading this program have a wealth of experience teaching mechanism-driven behavioral intervention development and the NIH Stage Model. For continuous program improvement, feedback from formative and summative evaluations will be provided to all faculty throughout the conduct of these courses. Overall, this research education program will increase the number of behavioral scientists who rigorously apply the NIH Stage Model. Therefore, it will contribute to the goal of increasing the uptake of effective behavioral interventions into clinical practice.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2026 ( Subtotal = $371,150 )
2026	2026	THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK	630 W 168TH ST FL 4	NEW YORK	NY	10032	NEW YORK	USA	Aging Research	000	2	6/23/2026	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$371,150
														Subtotal = $371,150

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $377,622 )
2025	2025	THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK	630 W 168TH ST FL 4	NEW YORK	NY	10032	NEW YORK	USA	Aging Research	000	1	9/15/2025	NEW	$377,622
														Subtotal = $377,622

Grand Total All Awards = $748,772

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Novel Educational Programs and Tools for Increasing Uptake of the NIH Stage Model in Behavioral Intervention Development

Award Number: R25AG094691

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/20/2025

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2030

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