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Brain Aging AAIC 2024 Travel Fellowship: Application Requirements and Timeline

Fellowship Objectives and Award Details:

The Network for Emotional Wellbeing and Brain Aging aims to address mechanistic research on the role of emotional wellbeing (EWB) in health, identifying and testing mechanisms by which brain aging influences EWB, and how EWB may impact risk for and progression of Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias. NEW Brain Aging is sponsored by the National Institute of Health (NIA U24 AG072701) and part of a national group of networks working on EWB research.




This award aims to promote scientific relationships between early-career scientists and investigators who are established in their careers. We hope that this fellowship will help awardees become more familiar with the areas of emotional wellbeing (EWB) and brain aging as well as cross-species driven research methods, to generate and refine their own proposals for the study of EWB and aging, and develop a network of colleagues with complementary interests.


The award will include the following:

  • Reimbursement for up to $500 of travel costs

  • Reimbursement for up to $200/day for lodging and food costs for 5 nights

  • Reimbursement for up to $425 (Postdocs) OR $920 (Professionals) for conference registration

Awardees will meet with established career mentors regularly throughout the AAIC 2024 meeting (https://aaic.alz.org/), including a 1-day preconference workshop to be held on July 27th, 2024. They also will be invited to attend periodic NEW Brain Aging scientific meetings virtually before and after AAIC 2024 for additional mentoring support and networking opportunities.


Fellowship Application Requirements:

  • Applicants must be early in their scientific careers, specifically in one of the following categories: post-doctoral fellows, Early-Stage Investigators and New Investigators (ESI/NI)

  • Priority will be given to applicants who have an abstract submitted/accepted to AAIC 2024. Please include verification of your accepted abstract with your application if applicable.

    • Note: While the early abstract deadline for AAIC has passed, the Developing Topics abstract submission deadline is April 26th. We encourage applicants to submit for this deadline if they did not submit for the earlier deadline. Please refer to the guidelines on this page for Developing Topics abstract requirements: https://aaic.alz.org/abstracts/abstracts-developing-topics.asp

  • Applicants must have interest in an area of neuroscience relevant to our network: aging and/or emotional wellbeing. Human, animal and cross-species work relating to these topics are acceptable.

  • Applications must include the following:

    • CV

    • A Specific Aims Page (NIH format) planned for fellowship, career award, or research project submission

    • Letter of support from program director or mentor.


Fellowship Application Timeline:

  • Early March 2024 Conference Registration Opens

  • April 26th AAIC Developing Topics Abstract Submission Deadline

  • May 10th Application for Travel Fellowship due

  • May 17th Travel Fellowship Awardees announced

  • May 18th 11:59pm CT AAIC Early Bird Registration Deadline (Reimbursement rate is based on Early Bird Registration fees)

  • Saturday July 27th, 2024 NEW Brain Aging preconference workshop

  • Sunday July 28th – Thursday Aug. 1st AAIC 2024 Meeting



RCCN Workshop Travel Awards for Early Career Investigators: “Nutrition and Aging Biology”

June 25-26, 2024 | San Francisco, CA

The goal of the NIA’s Research Centers Collaborative Network (RCCN) is to bring together researchers from the 7 NIA Centers programs to foster the development of cross-center collaborations around issues important to the health and well-being of older adults.


The RCCN is sponsoring a workshop series to address problems of high relevance to multiple NIA Center programs. These workshops will feature the sharing of paradigms, conceptual models, and key insights from perspectives of the participating centers programs.


The tenth workshop, “Nutrition and Aging Biology”, will be held June 25 and 26, 2024 in San Francisco, CA. The scope of the workshop is broad and includes these themes: Caloric Restriction’s Effect on Lifespan and Healthspan, Intake Timing, Treating Obesity in Older Adults, and Other Approaches and Considerations.


The format of the workshop will include a series of brief talks (think TED talks) providing high level conceptual introductions of key aspects as they relate to nutrition and aging biology. Presentations will be followed by moderated discussions. The meeting will have a dedicated session discussing areas that would be most promising for inter-center collaboration.


Pilot funding for collaborative research is available for researchers affiliated with two or more different center programs to address promising areas arising from the workshop proceedings.


Travel Awards are available for approximately 10 early career investigators or investigators in training, who will participate in a special session at the meeting on June 25, that will focus on career development. The travel awards will cover travel to and from the meeting, meals, and hotel accommodations. Successful applicants will be affiliated with institutions with at least one NIA supported center, and who have demonstrated translational or multidisciplinary interests in aging related to the workshop topic. Individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups are particularly encouraged to apply. For applicants who are not selected for this award but are still interested in attending the meeting, limited space may be available.


Application:

Submit your application using this form for the virtual travel award for the 2024 RCCN Workshop " Nutrition and Aging Biology" by Monday, March 25, 2024. Decisions will be made no later than Monday, April 1, 2024.


Please complete the form and upload one PDF that includes the following: Cover Page, Statement of interest (500 words or less), NIH-style biosketch, and Statement of support from the appropriate NIA Center Director (100 words or less). The statement of interest should address what you hope to gain from the workshop.


Questions?

Any questions about the workshop or the travel stipend can be directed to Elizabeth Pritchett-Montavon at elizabeth@afar.org.







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