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Network for Advancing Methodological Research in Longitudinal Studies of Aging

Award Number: U24AG077012
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 06/01/2022
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 03/31/2027

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Network for Advancing Methodological Research in Longitudinal Studies of Aging - Longitudinal studies of the population near, through and after the retirement stage, such as the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), play an important role in aging research because they provide data from a life course perspective, allowing researchers to make population-level causal inference. Because such data collection is a social interaction between researchers and the population, the methods employed to collect data in these studies need to accommodate societal changes. The aging population in the U.S. is experiencing rapid changes. First, its racial, ethnic, and linguistic composition is being shifted by the growing Hispanic and Asian American populations. Second, the reliance of this aging population on new mobile and video technologies has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, the research environment for population-based data collection has also evolved, with an increased availability of administrative records that can be integrated with survey data and the increased use of modern devices for collecting anthropometric and biomarker data that can complement traditional, self-report survey data. Researchers can capitalize on these naturally occurring trends and shape methodological innovations for future longitudinal studies. For example, as the population has become accustomed to communicating via electronic devices during the COVID-19 pandemic, population-based studies have transitioned from using one interview mode to mixing modes, including web-based data collection and virtual interviewing. Unfortunately, the methodological research on optimal data collection approaches for aging populations that has been performed to date has several critical shortcomings: there is a notable lack of data on minority subgroups, optimal approaches to obtaining consent for administrative record linkage and biomarker data collection are unknown, methods for combatting increasing rates of attrition are needed, and there is an absence of methodological research on the use of new technologies for data collection. We propose to form a network of internationally-renowned methodological and substantive experts who are actively researching the benefits of new data collection methodologies in response to these societal developments. The proposed network will meet regularly to shape methodological innovations specifically for the measurement of aging populations and design studies that will produce evidence-based best practices for this type of longitudinal measurement. There are a large number of influential longitudinal studies of aging in the field at present that would stand to benefit from this type of coordinated, rigorous methodological investigation of more efficient approaches to collecting longitudinal measures from (and for) aging populations. Via a coordinated international program of training, consulting, thematic working group meetings, and pilot research projects, we aim to set the agenda for methodological research on longitudinal studies of aging and protect NIA investments in population-representative longitudinal studies.


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 = $388,282 )
2026	2026	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN	1109 GEDDES AVE STE 3300	ANN ARBOR	MI	48109	WASHTENAW	USA	Aging Research	000	5	3/25/2026	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$388,282
														Subtotal = $388,282

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $388,052 )
2025	2025	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN	1109 GEDDES AVE STE 3300	ANN ARBOR	MI	48109	WASHTENAW	USA	Aging Research	001	4	8/7/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2025	2025	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN	1109 GEDDES AVE STE 3300	ANN ARBOR	MI	48109	WASHTENAW	USA	Aging Research	000	4	6/11/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$388,052
														Subtotal = $388,052

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $388,052 )
2024	2024	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN	1109 GEDDES AVE, SUITE 3300	ANN ARBOR	MI	48109	WASHTENAW	USA	Aging Research	000	3	6/12/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$388,052
2024	2024	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN	1109 GEDDES AVE, SUITE 3300	ANN ARBOR	MI	48109	WASHTENAW	USA	Aging Research	001	3	7/24/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $388,052

Grand Total All Awards = $1,164,386

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Network for Advancing Methodological Research in Longitudinal Studies of Aging

Award Number: U24AG077012

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

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

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 06/01/2022

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 03/31/2027

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