Science Communication Awards - The program will confer 24 awards totaling $640,000. These awards will go to individuals who were working at the frontlines of science communication or journalism who have developed creative, original work that addresses issues and advances in science, engineering, or medicine for the general public, and who are in career stages or settings where the recognition could have a significant impact on their future career.
Deadline to apply: March 31, 2025
RCCN Pilot Award - The RCCN seeks to fund at least two collaborative pilot, planning, or meeting grants supporting interdisciplinary research in cross cutting theme areas per grant cycle. Each award will provide up to $65,000 in direct costs. The proposals must include investigators affiliated with at least two different NIA Centers Programs (AITCs, Shock, Roybal, Older American Independence Centers (Pepper), Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research, Centers for Demography and Economics of Aging, and Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers). Find details here.
Please note the RCCN Pilot Award RFA has recently been revised to allow for a wider variety of topics, including those not previously covered by an RCCN Workshop. RCCN has also added a new letter of intent stage for applicants. Review the new RFA here. Please reach out to contact@rccn-aging.org with any questions.
Deadline to apply: Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 5 pm ET.
Instructions for how to submit an LOI are available here.
2025 Clin-STAR Aging Research Development and Training Awards - Only Early Stage Investigators are eligible to apply for the Clin-STAR awards, including investigators with an MD and/or a range of other clinical, doctoral-level degrees (e.g., an individual with a PhD in Occupational Therapy would be eligible). Post-doctoral candidates are not eligible for the Clin-STAR award at this time.
Letters of Intent due: May 1, 2025
Resource Center for Alzheimer's and Dementia in Asian & Pacific Americans - Click the link below for the RCASIA Call for Pilots 2025 and the application instructions.
Duke Physician-Scientist “Strong Start” Program – Applications currently closed
AAMC Mid-career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar – The application process for the 2025 seminar will open in early August 2025. Women associate professors are eligible to apply. Applications open in August and remain open for three weeks. Click here for more details and to sign up for event updates.
Latest NIA Funding Opportunities
Bass Connections Proposals - Deadline has passed. Bass Connections is now seeking proposals for year-long, team-based research projects that engage faculty, undergraduates, and graduate/professional students in the interdisciplinary exploration of complex societal challenges. Please see the project proposal guidelines. Proposals due 11/4/24