State Alzheimer's Care Support Center (StARS)
Research Core- The State Alzheimer's Research Support Center (StARS)
This center will fund short pilot projects to improve how states organize and coordinate care and services for people living with Alzheimer's and their caregivers.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | University of Minnesota NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Minneapolis, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11189622 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
If you or a family member has Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia, this center will support one-year pilot projects that try new ways to organize care and services at the state level. Projects can come from state partnerships or from independent research teams and may include policy changes, service coordination efforts, or data-driven programs. Each selected pilot can receive up to $110,000 and the center plans to run up to 16 pilots over four years, guiding project selection, monitoring, and sharing promising results. The goal is to learn what works across different states and spread successful approaches more widely.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal participants are people living with Alzheimer’s disease or related dementias and their caregivers who live in states where a funded pilot project is active or who take part in pilot services or evaluations.
Not a fit: People who live outside participating states or whose needs are purely clinical (for example, drug trials unrelated to care coordination) may not see direct benefits from these state-focused pilots.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this work could lead to better coordinated services, easier access to supports, and state policies that make care more reliable for people with dementia and their caregivers.
How similar studies have performed: Some prior state or regional care-coordination efforts have shown improvements in access or caregiver support, but using a coordinated multi-state pilot program to compare and scale approaches is relatively novel.
Where this research is happening
Minneapolis, United States
- University of Minnesota — Minneapolis, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Sloane, Philip D — University of Minnesota
- Study coordinator: Sloane, Philip D
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.