NIA Funding Opportunities

This alert links to all of NIA's notices of funding opportunities (NOFOs) and other related notices in the previous month, giving researchers and trainees a heads up about what’s new. See the latest opportunities:

RFAs

• RFA-AG-25-014: Coordinating Center to Support Consortium for Neuroscience Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias (ADRD) Research in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

• RFA-AG-25-031: Small Research Grant Program for the Next Generation of Researchers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) for Aging and Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias (ADRD) Research (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

• RFA-AG-25-032: Consortium for Neuroscience AD/ADRD in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

• PAR-24-271: NIA Advanced Postdoctoral Career Transition Awards to Promote Diversity in Translational Research for AD/ADRD (K99/R00 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Notices

• NOT-AG-24-064: Notice of Change to Key Dates Listed in RFA-AG-25-025, Short Courses Promoting Cross-National Analyses Using Data from the International Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HCAP) R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed

Seed Pilots for Aging Research Collaboration: RCCN Pilot Grants to Promote Inter-NIA Center Collaborative Research

The RCCN is seeking to fund pilot or developmental projects of up to $65,000 each that involve multiple NIA-sponsored research centers.

LOI: April 1 and October 1

The revised RFA for the RCCN Pilot Awards allows for a wider variety of topics, including those not previously covered by an RCCN Workshop, and has 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.

Click here to view the RFA

This mechanism provides funding to catalyze enduring collaborations for 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). Investigators not affiliated with these NIA programs may also be included. Applications may seek support to collect or analyze data, convene experts to explore aspects of the theme area in detail, or develop multi- or interdisciplinary conceptual models to motivate further cross-center work. There must be clear evidence that all investigators will contribute meaningfully to the intellectual design and conduct of the research.

Applicants may propose to use the award over the course of one or two years as justified by the proposed activity. The RCCN will support 20% in indirect costs on each award.

Call for Applications from NIH Centers and Networks

• The University of Minnesota Life Course Center is requesting pilot project pitches. Pilot studies ideas should be thought of as the preliminary research required to illustrate the feasibility of a larger research study for which applicants intend to pursue a grant from NIA. If selected, their pilot study will be included in the P30 Center grant application. Learn more and submit your pitch by August 23, 2024.

  
  

• The Music4Pain Research Network launched its Visiting Scholar Program and they are requesting applications. The Visiting Scholar Program is designed to support PhD students in gaining research experience and training in mechanistic research related to music for pain management. Applicants will join an existing research project in the labs of Drs. Robert Zatorre and Mathieu Roy. Research in Drs. Roy and Zatorre’s laboratories focus on understanding how music influences pain perception. They explore the roles of distraction, enjoyment, and relaxation, among other factors.   Learn more and submit your application by August 23, 2024.

  
  

• The Network for Innovative Methods in Longitudinal Studies of Aging (NIMLAS) is requesting pilot project applications for their third annual pilot project competition. NIMLAS seeks proposals that conduct methodological research in one of the following four thematic research areas of NIMLAS: (1) Creation of new data on aging minority populations; (2) Design or analytic techniques for addressing attrition in longitudinal studies of aging; (3) New technologies for capturing measures of relevance to aging research and (4) Innovative methodologies for obtaining consent for data collection. Learn more and submit your pre-proposal application by September 9, 2024.

  
  

• The Scientific Research Network on Decision Neuroscience and Aging (SRNDNA) is requesting applications for pilot grants. The proposed research must focus directly on the neural mechanisms of decision-making in adult development and aging or on life-course decisions that improve health and well-being in old age. Learn more and submit your application by September 15, 2024.

  
  

• The Research Centers Collaborative Network (RCCN) is requesting letter of interests for their Seed Pilots for Aging Research Collaboration (SPARC) program. The RCCN’s goal 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 program provides funding to catalyze enduring collaborations for at least two collaborative pilot, planning or meeting grants supporting interdisciplinary research in cross cutting theme areas per grant cycle.  Learn more and submit your letter of interest by October 1, 2024.