Aging Research Funding Opportunities
Compiled by the AGE TC Grants/Meetings/Opportunities Committee
NEW!
The University of Washington Nathan Shock Center has pilot project funding available. They are soliciting short proposals, particularly aimed at early career and junior investigators, or established researchers who are new to aging research.
The pilot awards are up to $10K and will fund analysis in one of the UW Nathan Shock Cores. They are aiming to assist investigators in developing new research directions and novel insights in any of these areas:
Protein Phenotypes of Aging
Proteomics Core
Metabolite Phenotypes of Aging
Metabolomics Core
Invertebrate Longevity and Healthspan
High throughput, microfluidic and chemostatic assays in S. cerevisiae or C. elegans.
Artificial Intelligence and Bioinformatics
AI and computationally intensive projects, analysis and collaboration
AGE members can see announcement details at https://halo.dlmp.uw.edu/pilot/
All applicants are encouraged to contact the core directors and UW Nathan Shock advisors for assistance with study and proposal design.
New investigators and investigators new to aging, and new to omic/high throughput/computational analysis are highly encouraged to apply.
Alzheimer's Association, Research Grants
Link: https://www.alz.org/research/for_researchers/grants/types-of-grants
Discipline: Alzheimer’s Disease
Target group: Various, including post-doctoral fellows, residents, junior faculty, senior faculty, clinicians
US Citizenship requirement: None
Deadline: Various, check specific funding opportunity
American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR)
Link: https://www.afar.org/funding-opportunities
Discipline: Aging (general)
Target group: Various, including undergraduate students, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, junior faculty, senior faculty
US Citizenship requirement: None
Deadline: Various, check specific funding opportunity
Archstone Foundation
Link: https://archstone.org/how-we-work
Discipline: Health care, social care pertaining to older Californians and their caregivers
Target group: Check specific funding opportunity
US Citizenship requirement: None
Deadline: Various, check specific funding opportunity
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
Link: https://crr.bc.edu/about-us/opportunities/
Discipline: Retirement or disability research
Target group: Various, including doctoral students, junior or non-tenured scholars (within 7 years of receiving their Ph.D.)
US Citizenship requirement: Not specified
Deadline: Check specific funding opportunity
Clinician-Scientist Transdisciplinary Aging Research Coordinating Center (Clin-STAR)
Link: https://clin-star.org/funding-opportunities#otherfundingopportunities
Discipline: clinically-relevant aging research
Target group: various including junior and early career clinician-scientist
US Citizenship requirement: check funding opportunity, includes opportunities for U.S. citizen or permanent residents
Deadline: various, check specific funding opportunity
Edward N. and Della L. Thome Memorial Foundation Awards Program in Age-Related Macular Degeneration Research
Link: https://hria.org/tmf/thomeamd/
Discipline: Age-Related Macular Degeneration, translational research
Target group: not specified
US Citizenship requirement: not specified
Deadline: check funding opportunity
Global Consortium for Reproductive Longevity and Equality (GCRLE)
Link: https://gcrle.org/funding/
Discipline: Female reproductive aging
Target group: Post-doctoral fellows, junior faculty, senior faculty
US Citizenship requirement: None
Deadline: Variable
Note: Global initiative, researchers residing outside the US are eligible as well
HIV and Aging Research Consortium (HARC), HIV/Aging Pilot Program
Link: https://hiv-arc.org/funding.html
Discipline: HIV & aging
Target group: Faculty investigators who have not yet had an R01 or other substantial NIH funding, or geroscience faculty investigators at any rank who are new to HIV research; All applicants must have a collaborator or mentor from one of the participating centers (NSC, MBI, OAIC, or CFAR).US Citizenship requirement: Not specified
Deadline: January
Longevity Impetus Grants
Link: https://impetusgrants.org/
Discipline: Diverse aging topics, founding round-specific
Target group: Any
US Citizenship requirement: None
Deadline: Variable
Nathan Shock Center - University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB), pilot grant
Link: https://www.uab.edu/shockcenter/research/funding/pilot-grants
Discipline: Aging (general)
Target group: Independent investigators
US Citizenship requirement: None
Deadline: Rolling
Nathan Shock Center - University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB), exploratory fund
Link: https://www.uab.edu/shockcenter/research/funding/exploratory-funds
Discipline: Aging, mechanistic hallmarks and/or energetics of aging
Target group: Not specified
US Citizenship requirement: Not specified
Deadline: Rolling, monthly
Nathan Shock Center - Albert Einstein College of Medicine, pilot grant
Link: https://www.einsteinmed.edu/centers/aging/centers-of-excellence/nathan-shock/
Discipline: Aging (general)
Target group: Not specified (preference: junior faculty and investigators new to aging research)
US Citizenship requirement: Not specified
Deadline: Rolling
Nathan Shock Center - University of Washington Medicine, pilot grant
Link: https://halo.dlmp.uw.edu/pilot/
Discipline: Aging (general)
Target group: Not specified (preference: junior faculty and investigators new to aging research)
US Citizenship requirement: Not specified
Deadline: Rolling
Nathan Shock Center - Buck Institute, pilot grant
Link: https://uscbucknsc.org/grants/
Discipline: Aging (general)
Target group: Junior or senior faculty member
US Citizenship requirement: Not specified
Deadline: Rolling
Nathan Shock Center - Oklahoma, pilot grant
Link: https://uscbucknsc.org/grants/
Discipline: Aging (general)
Target group: not specified
US Citizenship requirement: not specified
Deadline: October
Nathan Shock Center - San Diego, pilot grant
Link: https://www.salk.edu/science/research-centers/san-diego-nathan-shock-center/pilot-grant-program/
Discipline: Aging (general)
Target group: Post-doctoral fellows or staff scientists within 10 years of obtaining a PhD, assistant professors within 5 years of initial faculty appointment, senior investigators new to the field of aging
US Citizenship requirement: None
Deadline: August
Note: award includes mentorship and career development component for junior investigators
Nathan Shock Center - San Antonio, pilot grant
Link: https://nathanshock.barshop.uthscsa.edu/cores/research-development/rfa-support-core-service/
Discipline: Aging (general), basic research
Target group: All tenure-track and non-tenure track faculty members
US Citizenship requirement: Not required
Deadline: September
Nathan Shock Center - The Jackson Laboratory, pilot grant
Link: https://www.agingmice.org/home/research-development-core/
Discipline: Aging (general) using aged mice
Target group: Junior or senior faculty members
US Citizenship requirement: Not specified
Deadline: Variable
National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC) and Gates Ventures, pilot program
Link: https://naccdata.org/nacc-collaborations/digital-biomarker-pilots
Discipline: Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
Target group: Researchers and clinicians
US Citizenship requirement: None
Deadline: March
National Institutes of Aging
Link: https://www.nia.nih.gov/research/grants-funding
Discipline: Aging (general)
Target group: Diverse funding mechanisms across career stages
US Citizenship requirement: U.S. citizen or permanent resident for most funding mechanisms, with exceptions!
Deadline: Variable, see https://grants.nih.gov/grants/how-to-apply-application-guide/due-dates-and-submission-policies/due-dates.htm
Network for Investigation of Delirium: Unifying Scientists (NIDUS), Pilot Grant
Link: https://deliriumnetwork.org/pilots/nidus-pilots-application-instructions/
Discipline: Brain, Delirium & Alzheimer’s Disease
Target group: Junior and senior investigators
US Citizenship requirement: None
Deadline: February
Seed Pilots for Aging Research Collaboration (SPARC): RCCN Pilot Grants to Promote Inter-NIA Center Collaborative Research
Link: https://www.rccn-aging.org/rccn-pilot-awards-request-for-applications
Discipline: Aging (general)
Target group: Investigators affiliated with at least two different NIA Centers Programs
US Citizenship requirement: Not specified
Deadline: April, October
Simon Foundation, SCPAB Transition to Independence Award
Link: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/scpab-transition-to-independence-award/
Discipline: Brain aging, cognition
Target group: Post-doctoral fellows
US Citizenship requirement: None
Deadline: January
Retirement Research Foundation, Foundation for Aging
Link: https://www.rrf.org/apply-for-a-grant/
Discipline: Various, including non-research grants
Target group: Various, check specific funding opportunity
US Citizenship requirement: Not specified
Deadline: November, February, May
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Aging Priority
Link: https://hjweinbergfoundation.org/grants/how-we-give/aging/
Discipline: Health care/ social care pertaining to selected priority communities
Target group: Not specified
US Citizenship requirement: Not specified
Deadline: Check funding opportunity
The Patrick and Catherine Weldon Donaghue Medical Research Foundation, Another Look Grant
Link: https://donaghue.org/another-look/
Discipline: Healthcare (pertaining to 65+ year-old adults in Long Term Care Facilities)
Target group: Investigators holding a PhD (or equivalent)
US Citizenship requirement: Not specified
Deadline: Check funding opportunity
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