The AIM-AHEAD & NCATS Training Program, through a partnership with the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), is designed to reduce barriers for AIM-AHEAD researchers to access and analyze real-world clinical data.
Donor Name: AIM-AHEAD Consortium
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands, Northern Mariana Islands
Type of Grant: Program
Deadline: 09/26/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
This program provides trainees with the skills and guidance needed to conduct novel research at the intersection of AI/ML and healthcare, using data collected from a broad cross-section of American communities.
The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) is transforming health and health care by dramatically accelerating the pace of scientific discovery, improving the precision of hypothesis testing, and enhancing the development of innovative, data-driven solutions to reduce the burden of disease. With the increasing availability of large, real-world health datasets, AI/ML tools now enable researchers, clinicians, and data scientists to generate actionable insights that can advance research and improve health and health care.
Through this intensive online training program, trainees will build essential competencies in AI/ML, health data analysis, and the responsible application of these tools to large, real-world health datasets. They will also expand their understanding and skills for working effectively in interprofessional, multidisciplinary teams–an essential approach for creating high-impact projects. Equipped with core health data science skills and a toolkit of hands-on experience, program graduates will be prepared to contribute to high-impact research aimed at reducing the burden of chronic disease, enhancing scientific reproducibility, and accelerating health for all Americans.
Program Objectives
Upon completing the program, trainees will be able to demonstrate the following knowledge and skills for using artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) to improve health and health care:
- Objective 1: To describe foundational and core concepts and terminology related to health data science, such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, real-world data, infrastructure, translational science, and good algorithmic practices.
- Objective 2: To use artificial intelligence and machine learning approaches to analyze real-world health data, including creating testable research hypotheses, defining concept sets, identifying appropriate patient cohorts, building AI/ML models, testing robustness, and appropriately interpreting results.
- Objective 3: To describe and demonstrate effective interprofessional team science skills, including defining professional roles, crafting a multidisciplinary project proposal, collaborative project management, effective interprofessional communication, and presenting results to multidisciplinary audiences.
Stipend
$8,000 stipend and $2,000 allowance to attend the AIM-AHEAD 2026 Annual Meeting.
Project Period
8-month training program
Eligibility Criteria
- Higher Education Institutions
- Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education.
- Private Institutions of Higher Education.
- Nonprofits
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) IRS Status.
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) IRS Status.
- For-Profit Businesses/Organizations
- Small Businesses.
- For-Profit Organizations (Other than Small Businesses).
- Local Governments
- State Governments.
- County Governments.
- City or Township Governments.
- Special District Governments.
- Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized).
- Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized).
- Other
- Independent School Districts.
- Public Housing Authorities/Indian Housing Authorities.
- Native American Tribal Organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments).
- Faith-based or Community-based Organizations.
- Regional Organizations.
- The applicant’s organization must be a domestic institution/organization located in the United States and its territories.
For more information, visit AIM-AHEAD Consortium.
