Notice of Special Interest (NOSI, similar to a PA), Research to Address Vaccine Hesitancy, Uptake, and Implementation among Populations that Experience Health Disparities. NOT-MD-21-008, R01. Note that this is not specific to aging populations, but they are an appropriate population focus.
New NIH-funded faculty development program, Leading the Advancement of Underrepresented Neuroscientists for Change (LAUNCH). The goal of LAUNCH is to enhance early faculty career success and success in obtaining NIH or equivalent funding. It begins with a Summer Institute from July 12-23, 2021, followed by a 2-day Mid-Year Meeting and second Summer Institute in 2022. The deadline…
Early stage investigators are eligible for a new program to fund their innovative projects that represent a change in research direction and for which no preliminary data exist. For a full description, see https://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2020/11/09/introducing-the-stephen-i-katz-early-stage-investigator-research-grant-program/. The official grant description is at https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-21-038.html.
The Center for Sociodemographic and Economic Study of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (CeASES ADRD) is pleased to announce their 2021/22 pilot program application is now open. CeASES ADRD is an interdisciplinary, NIA-funded research center launched in 2020 by USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, University of Texas Population Research Center and Stanford Health…
Funding opportunity: Research to Improve Native American Health (R21 Clinical Trials Optional). PAR-20-214. Applications due May 17 annually. https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-214.html
Grant opportunity: Fundamental and Translational Research on Decision Making in Aging and/or Alzheimer’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD). NOT-AG-20-039. https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-AG-20-039.html
The NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) has posted a Protocol Template for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research for communicating the science, methods, and operations of a clinical trial that is testing a behavioral or social intervention or experimental manipulation. Use of the protocol template is encouraged but not required in NIH grant…
Small grants: for up to five projects that address scientific gaps in relation to telomere length (YL) as it applies to epidemiological research. The projects can include secondary analyses of large samples (>300) that examine TL as a sentinel of environmental exposures, psychosocial stress and disease susceptibility. This is targeted for postdocs or Early…