Advanced Research Institute in Geriatric Mental Health

描述(申请人提供)：这项竞争性续签申请要求额外五年的支持，以继续和扩大“老年精神健康高级研究所(ARI)”的努力。ARI是一个国家计划，职业生涯中期和高级调查人员共同努力，通过帮助新调查人员获得独立研究资金来促进他们的职业发展，长期目标是扩大该领域的能力，以解决快速增长的老年人口中与精神疾病相关的重大但复杂的问题。老年精神健康高级研究所的目标是为老年精神健康的使命做出贡献，以减轻老年精神障碍的负担。具体地说，ARI的目标是通过增加以下人员的数量来提高老年精神健康研究领域进行创新和重大研究的能力：1.独立科学家(例如，R01级调查人员)在与晚年精神健康相关的领域进行翻译、干预和服务研究；2.高级领导人通过帮助发展独立调查人员和承担学术公民的其他责任，对该领域的长期增长和发展负责；到目前为止，结果表明，ARI在实现这些目标方面是有效的，这体现在：1.新调查人员获得R级资助的可能性增加了两倍(通过几个指数)；2.职业发展奖与R级资助之间存在一年或更长时间差距的可能性降低了两倍；3.该领域职业生涯中期的研究人员更多地参与指导和领导活动，并提高了他们的技能。我们通过实施一项提供有重点的指导和咨询的教育计划取得了这些成果。该计划每年支持16名ARI新研究员(称为学者)；每名学者的正式参与时间长达两年。在这份续签申请中，我们提出了一些计划上的改变，以便将教育活动集中在那些影响最大的部分，包括：1.由计划教员持续指导；2.有组织的个性化指导和咨询机会，包括：由学者、导师、方法学家和计划官员参加的为期3天的强化年度ARI春季务虚会；小组、基于网络的进行中的工作研讨会；以及咨询NIH计划官员；3.高级专家就实质性和方法论问题进行有针对性的咨询；4.指导培训。老年精神卫生高级研究院(ARI)是一个国家计划，在这个计划中，职业生涯中期和高级研究人员共同努力，促进新的研究人员的职业发展。该计划的目的是增加从事老年心理健康研究的独立科学家的数量，长期目标是减轻晚年精神障碍的负担。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This competitive renewal application requests five additional years of support to continue and extend the efforts of the "Advanced Research Institute (ARI) in Geriatric Mental Health". ARI is a national program in which mid-career and senior investigators work together to promote the career advancement of new investigators through helping them achieve independent research funding, with the longer term goal of expanding the field's capacity to address the significant, but complex, problems related to mental illness in the fast growing elderly population. The goals of the Advanced Research Institute in Geriatric Mental Health are designed to contribute to Geriatric Mental Health's mission to reduce the burden of mental disorders in late life. Specifically, the ARI's goals are to increase the capacity of the field of Geriatric Mental Health research to conduct innovative and significant research by increasing the number of: 1. Independent scientists (e.g., R01-level investigators) conducting translational, intervention, and services research in areas related to late-life mental health; 2. Senior leaders taking responsibility for the long term growth and development of the field through helping to develop independent investigators and assuming other responsibilities of academic citizenship; Outcomes, to date, suggest that ARI has been effective in meeting these aims, as evidenced by: 1. Two-fold increases (through several indices) in the likelihood of new investigators achieving R-level funding; 2. Two-fold decrease in the likelihood of a year or more gap between career development award and R-level funding; and 3. Increased involvement and skill development of the field's midcareer researchers in mentoring and leadership activities. We have achieved these results by implementing an educational program that provides focused mentoring and consultation. The program supports 16 ARI new investigators (called Scholars) annually; each Scholar's formal involvement lasts up to two years. In this renewal application we propose some programmatic changes in order to focus the educational activities on those components having the greatest impact, including: 1. Sustained mentoring by a member of the program faculty; 2. Structured opportunities for individualized mentoring and consultation including: an intensive annual 3-day ARI Spring Retreat attended by Scholars, mentors, methodologists, and program officers; small group, web-based works-in-progress seminars; and consultation with NIH program officers; 3. Targeted consultation on substantive and methodological issues from senior experts; 4. Mentor training. "Advanced Research Institute (ARI) in Geriatric Mental Health" is a national program in which mid-career and senior investigators work together to promote the career advancement of new investigators. The aim of the program is to increase the number of independent scientists conducting research in geriatric mental health, with the long range goal of reducing the burden of mental disorders in late life.