National Institutes of Health

Description

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) invites applications to renew critical ongoing network and infrastructure support for advancing development of specific high-priority areas of behavioral and social?research on aging in the following priority areas: (1) Stress Measurement, (2) Life Course Health Disparities at Older Ages, (3) Aging Research on Criminal Justice and Health Disparities, (4) Rural Aging, (5) Genomics of Behavioral and Social Science, (6) Behavioral and Social Research on Aging in Animal Models. Network infrastructure is designed to build resources for advancing aging-relevant research in the field at large; attract new researchers in aging; infuse a focus on health disparities into aging research; and address ongoing needs to foster transdisciplinary integration in aging research, as recommended by the 2019 Division of Behavioral and Social Research (BSR) National Advisory Council on Aging (NACA) Review Network/infrastructure-building activities include, but are not limited to: meetings to develop novel research areas and interact on the development of infrastructure; small-scale pilots to develop data, theoretical frameworks, empirical methods, etc.; dissemination and outreach activities; and educational activities such as intensive summer institutes, series of workshops and related network activities, advanced seminars on methodology, or short-term residential opportunities.

Who can apply

• State governments
• County governments
• City or township governments
• Special district governments
• Independent school districts
• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• Public housing authorities / Indian housing authorities
• Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized)
• Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
• Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
• Private institutions of higher education
• For-profit organizations other than small businesses
• Small businesses
• Others

Contact

NIH Grants Information<br/>grantsinfo@nih.gov
grantsinfo@nih.gov