Career Development Opportunities
Compiled by the AGE TC Grants/Meetings/Opportunities Committee
American Aging Association (AGE) Awards
Link: https://www.americanagingassociation.org/awards
Discipline: various, check specific opportunity
Target group: various, check specific opportunity
US Citizenship requirement: not specified
Deadline: various, check specific opportunity
Note: opportunities may be available only to AGE members
American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR)
Link: https://www.afar.org/scientific-awards
Discipline: various e.g. mentoring award or award of distinction, check specific opportunity
Target group: various, check specific opportunity
US Citizenship requirement: not specified
Deadline: various, check specific opportunity
AGS/AGING Learning Collaborative: Including Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions in Research
Link: https://mccresearch.agscocare.org/
Discipline: aging & multiple chronic conditions research
Target group: early career investigators
US Citizenship requirement: none
Deadline: online curriculum, self-directed
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Summer Research Program for Undergraduate Students
Link: https://crr.bc.edu/about-us/opportunities/undergraduate-fellowship-program/
Discipline: retirement income security
Target group: undergraduate students
US Citizenship requirement: not specified
Deadline: check specific funding opportunity
Clin-STAR Health Equity Research Scholars Program
Link: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://clin-star.org/uploads/images/DEIA-Scholars-Program-RFA-2024.pdf
Discipline: aging (general)
Target group: early-career, clinician-scientists meeting the NIH Early-Stage Investigators definition
US Citizenship requirement: not specified
Deadline: March/April
Clin-STAR Mini-Sabbatical Support
Link: https://clin-star.org/mini-sabbatical-support
Discipline: clinical research on aging (general)
Target group: clinical early career investigator
US Citizenship requirement: not specified
Deadline: rolling
Early Career Scholar’s Program, American Aging Association (AGE)
Link: https://www.americanagingassociation.org/tc-news
Discipline: Aging and age-related diseases, biomedical sciences
Target group: underrepresented minorities who are undergraduate students, postbacc students, graduate student or post-doctoral fellows
US Citizenship requirement: none
Deadline: check opportunity
Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Awards
Link: https://www.geron.org/Membership/Member-Center/Awards
Discipline: various, check specific opportunity
Target group: various, check specific opportunity
US Citizenship requirement: not specified
Deadline: various, check specific opportunity
Note: opportunities may be available only to GSA members
GeroScience Outstanding Publication Awards
Link: https://www.americanagingassociation.org/journal
Target group: Research papers or reviews published in GeroScience
Deadline: March
GeroScience Peer Review Training Program
Link:https://www.americanagingassociation.org/geroscience-peer-review-training-program
Discipline: Aging (general) pertinent to GeroScience
Target group: trainees
US Citizenship requirement: none
Deadline: rolling
Note: available only to AGE members
Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) Biology of Aging Advanced Research Training Summer Course
Link: https://www.mbl.edu/education/advanced-research-training-courses/course-offerings/biology-aging
Discipline: aging (general)
Target group: graduate students and post-doctoral fellows
US Citizenship requirement: none
Deadline: TBD, check opportunity
Mentored Research Training in Aging and Surgery (MERITAS)
Link: https://csph.brighamandwomens.org/meritas/
Discipline: aging and surgery
Target group: surgical residents from any surgical specialty with an interest in researching aging
US Citizenship requirement: United States citizens or legal resident
Deadline: March
Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research (MCUAAAR)
Link: https://mrdrc.isr.umich.edu/research-mentoring-and-funding/
Discipline: retirement income security, focused on the well-being of older African-Americans and/or disparities among different race/ethnic groups
Target group: Junior faculty and research scientists/ investigators
US Citizenship requirement: not specified
Deadline: check funding opportunity
NIA Summer Trainee in Aging Research Program (STAR)
Link: https://www.nia.nih.gov/nia-summer-internship
Discipline: N/A
Target group: students enrolled at least half-time in an accredited U.S. high school, college, or university
US Citizenship requirement: U.S. citizen or permanent resident
Deadline: February
Note: additional information https://www.training.nih.gov/research-training/pb/sip/#before-you-apply
NIA Butler-Williams Scholars Program
Link:https://www.nia.nih.gov/research/osp/butler-williams-scholars-program
Discipline: N/A
Target group: junior faculty, senior post-doctoral fellows
US Citizenship requirement: U.S. citizen or permanent resident
Deadline: April
Oklahoma NSC Mentorship Program
Link: https://oklahomanathanshockcenteronaging.org/mentor-program/
Discipline: Aging (general)
Target group: clinical early career investigator
US Citizenship requirement:
Deadline:
US National Academy of Medicine Healthy Longevity Global Competition, Catalyst Award
Link: https://nam.edu/initiatives/grand-challenge-healthy-longevity/u-s-nam-catalyst-award-competition-round-2-2021/
Discipline: any discipline, but focus on promoting health, functioning, meaning, purpose and/or dignity as people age
Target group: any
US Citizenship requirement: U.S. citizen, legal resident alien, or non-resident alien with a valid visa
Deadline: January
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