This workshop will be held virtually and in-person in Bethesda, MD. View the current draft agenda here. Virtual registration is free and open to the public, and accessible here. The deadline to register is May 19 at 9am ET.

Highlighted Topics: A Centralized and Simple Resource to Learn About Research Areas of Interest to NIH

NIH announces a new centralized and simplified resource, called NIH Highlighted Topics, that informs the research community about particular areas of science of interest to NIH. Visiting this resource early and often when conceptualizing your research ideas will help ensure you are aware of some of NIH’s latest scientific interests. It also aims to help facilitate innovation and discovery through a strong focus on more investigator initiated driven research.

Subscribe to Highlighted Topics to receive updates on these topics here.

Share Your Ideas for NIH's New Strategic Plan

NIH is seeking public input on a framework for the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2027–2031 through a newly issued request for information (RFI), NOT-OD-26-047. This RFI provides an opportunity for the extramural research community to help inform NIH’s highest-level priorities and goals. Feedback is due May 26, 2026. Explore the RFI and share your ideas.

Tissue Microarrays Available

The NIA Aged Rodent Tissue Bank (ARTB) is pleased to announce that tissue microarray (TMA) slides from C57BL/6 male mice are now available upon request. There are currently 3 TMAs of the same design, each having sets of tissue cores from a different mouse at each represented age group. Each TMA consists of 60, 2 mm cores selected by a board-certified veterinary pathologist, in a 6 x 10 configuration. They include 7 tissue types (brain (2 regions), heart (2 regions), lung, liver (2 regions), kidney, spleen, skeletal muscle) each with duplicate cores, at 4 months, 18 months, and 28 months from C57BL/6 male mice. A core key and vital statistics information sheet for the mice used to create each TMA will be provided with the slides. Any questions should be directed to NIATissues@mail.nih.gov.

Advances in Geroscience Webinar

May 21, 2026, 12-1pm ET | Virtual

The NIH Geroscience Interest Group will host Dr. Anna Marsland, University of Pittsburgh, to discuss “Psychosocial factors and central and peripheral markers of biological aging from mid-to-later life”

NIA Expanding Research in AD/ADRD (ERA) Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program

Deadline: May 27, 2026

The overarching goal of this National Institute on Aging (NIA) R25 program is to support educational activities that compliment and/or enhance training opportunities to ensure a workforce that is well prepared to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs, help recruit individuals with specific specialty or disciplinary backgrounds to research careers in biomedical, behavioral and clinical sciences and foster a better understanding of biomedical, behavioral and clinical research and its implications.

Call for Papers: 2026 International Conference on Aging in the Americas

Deadline: May 31, 2026

The 2026 International Conference on Aging in the Americas (ICAA) invites abstract submissions from emerging and early‑career social science scholars whose work focuses on Latino health and aging. This year’s conference theme, “Aging and Health in the Americas,” highlights innovative research addressing the social, economic, and health-related dimensions of aging within Latino communities.

NSC Research to Impact: Building Science Communications

Deadline: June 30, 2026

The NSC Research to Impact: Building Science Communications program seeks to grow the communications capacity of early stage investigators in aging biology by providing targeted training to enhance their ability to engage and effectively disseminate their work to scientific, industry, and clinical audiences, as well as to non-scientific audiences such as funders, policymakers, and elected officials and their staffs.

NBER READ Awards

Deadline: June 30, 2026

The Center supports approximately five READ (Research on the Economics of Alzheimer's/Dementia) one-year grants for up to $200,000 in total costs. For additional information on this opportunity, please read the READ request for applications (RFA), or sign up for the informational webinar on May 29, 2026 at 11:00am ET.

NBER EC-READ Awards

Deadline: June 30, 2026

The Center supports approximately five EC-READ (Early Career — Research on Economics of Alzheimer's/Dementia) grants for up to $50,000 in direct costs, designed to support early-stage investigators, with research to be completed over one or two years. For additional information on this opportunity, please read the EC-READ request for applications (RFA), or sign up for the informational webinar on May 28, 2026 at 12:00pm ET.

AFAR Funding Opportunities

The American Federation for Aging Research has recently released multiple calls for applications for several of their funding opportunities, with upcoming deadlines in the winter.

NIA Demography and Economics Coordinating Center Funding Opportunities

The NIA Demography and Economics Coordinating Center (DECC) has compiled this listing of calls for pilot proposals that may be relevant for the broader RCCN community.