{"links":{"self":"http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/FT250100206"},"data":{"type":"grant-details","id":"FT250100206","attributes":{"code":"FT250100206","administering-organisation":"Monash University","announcement-administering-organisation":"Monash University","scheme-name":"ARC Future Fellowships","grant-status":"Active","funding-commencement-year":2025,"years-funded":4,"project-start-date":"2026-01-01","anticipated-end-date":"2029-12-31","grant-summary":"Total Body Neuroscience . This Fellowship aims to create foundational new knowledge about how the brain and body interact to drive cognition in young and older adulthood. To do this, a new sub-field of neuroscience will be developed, total body neuroscience, enabled by two breakthrough innovations in biomedical imaging. The outcomes will be a paradigm shift in the understanding of how cognition emerges from the brain across the lifespan, and a new technical framework for measuring brain and body interactions. This Fellowship will provide significant benefits by identifying mechanisms that can be developed in the future to help Australians maintain their cognitive function and quality of life into advanced age.","funding-current":1155356.00,"funding-at-announcement":1130885,"investigators-current":[{"title":"A/Prof","firstName":"Sharna","familyName":"Jamadar","roleName":"Future Fellowship","roleCode":"FT","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0001-7222-7181 "}],"investigators-at-announcement":[{"title":"A/Prof","firstName":"Sharna","familyName":"Jamadar","roleName":"Future Fellowship","roleCode":"FT","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0001-7222-7181 "}],"organisations-current":[{"organisationName":"Monash University","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"VIC"}],"organisations-at-announcement":[{"organisationName":"Monash University","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"VIC"}],"field-of-research":[{"isPrimary":true,"code":"5202","name":"Biological Psychology","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"520203","name":"Cognitive Neuroscience","type":"FOR20"}],"socio-economic-objective":[{"code":"230102","name":"Ageing and Older People","type":"SEO20"}],"international-collaboration":["Austria","Germany","Italy","United States of America"],"lief-register":[],"achievement-summary":null,"national-interest-test-statement":"Australia has a rapidly ageing population, and over 50% of older Australians will experience cognitive decline in their later years. A fundamental problem we face in addressing the burden of age-related cognitive decline is that we do not understand the biological underpinnings of cognition. Cognition is usually considered to be related to the structure and function of the brain, but the brain does not operate in isolation from the rest of the body. The brain is reliant on the effective functioning of the body, which declines during ageing. Here, I will develop a new understanding of brain-body relationships, and how changes in brain-body relationships in older age manifests as age-related cognitive decline. The technical advances in this Fellowship will position Australia at the international forefront of frontier biomedical imaging technology. The new understanding developed during this Fellowship will be the launchpad for future research to develop interventions to help people maintain their cognitive function into old age. By understanding how cognition is linked to interactions between brain and body, this research will benefit Australians by accelerating the development of new precision interventions: tailored not only to the person, but specific organ systems within the person. The research outcomes will be communicated to the community to help people understand how maintaining their bodies - not just their brains - contributes to their cognition in their later years."}}}