The twelfth RCCN workshop, “AI and Health Behaviors for Healthy Aging," will be held virtually June 24-25, 2025. The scope of the workshop is broad and includes these themes: Discrete Behaviors, Long-Term Changes, AI in a Larger Context, and Challenges and Opportunities. Virtual registration is open to the public and accessible here.

The recording and slides from the recent RCCN webinar are now available on the RCCN website here.

This RCCN webinar featured a presentation from Laura Major who gave an overview of these lesser-known opportunities, and shared information on eligibility, how to apply, and what to expect from the application and review process. The presentation was followed by a Q&A.

The RCCN is now on Bluesky and LinkedIn!

Follow us for updates on RCCN activities. In addition, for the starter pack of the RCCN centers and coordinating centers on Bluesky, click here. Please reach out to us at contact@rccn-aging.org if you have an NIA-funded center account we should add to our starter pack.

In addition to RCCN, the following Coordinating Centers are also on LinkedIn:

2025 Summer Program on Aging: Impact of Climate Change on the Health of Older Persons

June 8-13, 2025 | Virtual

The CIHR-IA Summer Program in Aging (SPA) is an intensive 5-day capacity-building program with the aim of providing graduate trainees with advanced training that crosses disciplines, offers networking opportunities, and disseminates best practices in research.

NBER Coordinating Center on the Economics of AD/ADRD Prevention, Treatment, and Care – First Annual Meeting

June 12, 2025 | Rockville, MD

The First Annual Meeting of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Coordinating Center on the Economics of AD/ADRD Prevention, Treatment, and Care will engage with the Center’s researchers to foster collaboration and enhance opportunities for translating findings into policy and practice. Travel funding for early career investigators from RCCN is available.

Statistical Methods, Developments, and Challenges in Geroscience

June 16-18, 2025 | Indianapolis, IN

Hosted by Indiana University, this meeting is designed to be a multidisciplinary gathering of researchers at all stages of their careers. Scholarships are available to support travel reimbursement and lodging costs, with a priority deadline for consideration of May 16. This meeting is supported in part by an RCCN pilot grant.

Institutional Training Programs to Advance Translational Research on Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias (ADRD) (T32)

Deadline: May 25, 2025

PAR-25-247 invites applications to support institutional training programs for predoctoral and postdoctoral researchers focused on advancing translational research for AD and ADRD. NIA intends to fund an estimated 3–5 awards, corresponding to a total of $2.7 million annually for fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027.

Support for Research Excellence (SuRE) Award

Deadline: May 29, 2025

The SuRE program supports research capacity building at eligible higher education institutions by funding investigator-initiated biomedical research in basic, social, clinical, behavioral, or translational science that falls in the mission areas of the NIH.

Small Research Grant Program for the Next Generation of Researchers in AD/ADRD Research

Deadline: June 16, 2025

This Small Research Grant (R03) program will support meritorious projects to provide needed scientific insight to improve the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and/or care for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease-related dementias (AD/ADRD).

Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) Challenge Prize

Deadline: June 18, 2025

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) and VentureWell are challenging undergraduate student teams to develop technology solutions to unmet needs in any area of health care. 

INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE (INCLUDE) Clinical Research Short Course

Deadline: June 27, 2025

The intent of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage applications that develop creative and innovative short courses to train the next generation of DS researchers in state-of-the-art clinical research skills that will improve the understanding of the co-occurring clinical features in DS and support development of new treatments for health conditions experienced by those with DS.

Clin-STAR Visiting Professor Travel Fund

Rolling Deadline

Designed to expose clinician-scientists and other faculty and trainees, especially those at institutions lacking robust aging/geriatrics research programs, to leaders in aging research.