Upcoming Clin-STAR Webinar |
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The learning objectives of this webinar are to:
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- Provide an overview of NIH grant funding process
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Describe recent policy and program updates from NIH/NIA
- Discuss changes to NIH peer review
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Upcoming Interest Group Events |
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Psychosocial and Behavioral Research Group
Thursday, April 9, 3-4 pm ET: Works in Progress sharing
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Post-Acute Care Research Group
Thursday, April 9, 4-5 pm ET: Collaborative directions (e.g., writing projects, symposia)
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VA Research Group
Friday, April 17, 3-4 pm ET: with Daniel E. Forman, MD who will discuss his research in cardiac rehab and thoughts on the direction of aging research within the VA
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Frailty Research Group
Tuesday, April 28, 3-4 pm ET with guest Wren M. Burton, DC, MPH: The effect of cocoa extract and multivitamin supplementation on incident frailty and pre frailty: a secondary analysis
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Social Determinants of Health Research Group
Friday, May 8, 12-1 pm ET: Recruitment strategies in different communities (member panel)
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Large Data Research Group
Thursday, May 14, 1-2 pm ET: group project discussion
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VA Research Group
Friday, May 15, 3-4 pm ET: AGS follow-up* and discussion on survey re: Age-Friendly Care at the VA
*For those attending the virtual AGS meeting, we would welcome your sharing a couple take-away highlights with the group!
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Inflammation Research Group
Wednesday, May 27, 3-4 pm ET with Sebastian E. Sattui, MD, MS: The “Reducing Inflammation for Greater Health Trial (RIGHT)” Study
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Perioperative Research Group
Thursday, May 28, 4-5 pm ET with Courtney Balentine, MD, Practical Introduction to Incorporating Artificial Intelligence in Research
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Please reach out to Andrea@afar.org if would like to participate in any of these groups.
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Role of biomarkers
- Education and training in geroscience
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Navigating two professional societies: challenges and opportunities
- Epidemiology and Public Health
- Academic publishing
- Career development
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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.
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National Research Service Award (NRSA) Stipends
This Notice supersedes NOT-OD-25-105 and establishes stipend levels for fiscal year (FY) 2026 Kirschstein-NRSA awards for undergraduate, predoctoral, and postdoctoral trainees and fellows, which reflect the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (Public Law 119-75), signed into law on February 3, 2026. The Training Related Expenses and Institutional Allowances for predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees and fellows remain unchanged from the prior budget year. Read more...
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Funding & Career Opportunities |
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NIA IMPACT Collaboratory Health Care Systems Scholars Program
Deadline: April 2, 2026
This is a 1-year mentored experience designed to support immersion of mid-career investigators (MD, PhD, or equivalent) within a health care system to foster durable partnerships, advance system-informed research priorities, and lay the groundwork for future embedded pragmatic clinical trials in dementia care.
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NIA Expanding Research in AD/ADRD (ERA) Summer Research Education Program
Deadline: April 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.
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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.
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Grant Opportunity Forecasted: Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging
Estimated Deadline: June 13, 2026
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) intends to publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to renew the Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists' Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR) program. The GEMSSTAR program provides support for early-career physician-scientists trained in medical or surgical specialties and early-career dentist-scientists in launching careers as future leaders in aging- or geriatric-focused research. As such, the program seeks applicants who aspire to continue or shift their research focus to bridge their specialty/discipline and the clinical care of older adults. In support of the program's goal, this NOFO invites applications that propose to conduct transdisciplinary aging research that will yield pilot data and experience for subsequent aging research projects.
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Grant Opportunity Forecasted: Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists' Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR)
Deadline: TBD
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) intends to publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to renew the Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists' Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR) program. The GEMSSTAR program provides support for early-career physician-scientists trained in medical or surgical specialties and early-career dentist-scientists in launching careers as future leaders in aging- or geriatric-focused research. As such, the program seeks applicants who aspire to continue or shift their research focus to bridge their specialty/discipline and the clinical care of older adults. In support of the program's goal, this NOFO invites applications that propose to conduct transdisciplinary aging research that will yield pilot data and experience for subsequent aging research projects.
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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.
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NIA ERA R25 Technical Assistance Webinar
April 8, 2026, 1-2pm ET | Virtual
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) will host a pre-application technical assistance webinar for individuals interested in applying for the NIA Expanding Research in AD/ADRD (ERA) R25 Postbaccalaureate and Summer Research Education Programs (RFA-AG-26-010 and RFA-AG-26-011). The webinar will provide programmatic, peer review and award information, and guidance on the application process and grant writing strategies. Participation in the webinar, although encouraged, is not required for the submission of an application.
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NIH Fifth Geroscience Summit: Revisiting the Geroscience Hypothesis: Focus on Health
December 2-3, 2026 | Bethesda, MD & Virtual
Geroscience is a rapidly evolving field of research that aims to improve healthy lifespan by examining and targeting fundamental aging pathways to prevent, delay, or treat common age-associated conditions and diseases. Since 2012, the trans-NIH Geroscience Interest Group (GSIG) has played an important role in advancing geroscience research, in part by hosting summits that explore the state-of-the-science. The fifth Geroscience Summit will be an opportunity to assess progress toward addressing the development and execution of geroscience-based clinical trials, treating multimorbidity with geroscience-based interventions, validating and utilizing biomarkers of aging in geroscience research, and facilitating more effective communication around geroscience across stakeholder groups. For more information, contact Siobhan Addie (siobhan.addie@nih.gov; 202-253-6015).
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This communication is managed by the American Federation for Aging Research, which serves as the National Program Office for the Clin-STAR Coordinating Center. The Clin-STAR Coordinating Center is funded by the National Institutes of Health National Institute on Aging under award number U24AG065204. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the funder.
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