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Expertise in unhealthy substance use and social behavioral research in ADRD
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Planning for a K-award
- Rehabilitation intervention development
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Upcoming Interest Group Events |
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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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Funding & Career Opportunities |
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This competition supports projects that develop and implement AI and technology approaches to improve the health and well-being of older adults, including people living with Alzheimer’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease-related dementias (AD/ADRD) and their caregivers. At least 80% of research funds go to AD/ADRD projects.
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NIA IMPACT Collaboratory: 2027 Health Care Systems Scholars Program
LOI Deadline: November 5, 2026
The Health Care Systems Scholars Program fosters durable partnerships between investigators and health care systems, advances system-informed research priorities, and lays the groundwork for future embedded pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs) in dementia care. Awards are for up to $120,000 for 12 months.
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Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging
Deadline: November 10, 2026
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is designed specifically for applicants proposing research that does not involve leading an independent clinical trial, a clinical trial feasibility study, or an ancillary clinical trial. Under this NOFO applicants are permitted to propose a research experience in a clinical trial led by a mentor or co-mentor.
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Pilot Project Grants, San Antonio Nathan Shock Center
Deadline: November 15, 2026
The San Antonio Nathan Shock Center Research Development Core announces the availability of pilot project grants for work performed by the SA Shock Center cores. One-page proposals and proposed budgets, developed in conjunction with the core leaders, may be submitted any time; in any case please submit by November 15, 2026 for possible start dates beginning December 1, 2026.
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NIDUS Pilot Grant Program
LOI Deadline: January 6, 2027
Each year, NIDUS awards one or more pilot grant(s) ($40,000 USD for 1 year) to advance innovation in prioritized areas of delirium research and support delirium-related studies. LOIs for the 2027-2028 Pilot Grant Award Cycle must be focused on the following theme: Acceleration of discovery of mechanistic drivers of delirium associated with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and AD-related dementia (ADRD).
Please email any questions to NIDUS@jh.edu and check the NIDUS website for details on the informational webinar November 19.
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Get to Know the National Institute on Aging: NIA Session for Early-Career Researchers
November 5, 2026, 10-11:30am ET | National Harbor, MD
Join NIA leadership and staff for "Get to Know the National Institute on Aging: NIA Session for Early-Career Researchers" — Thursday, Nov 5, 10:00–11:30am ET at the 2026 Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting. The session offers an NIA overview, grant and policy guidance for early-career researchers, open Q&A, and small-group discussions with representatives from across NIA's divisions and offices.
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2026 AFAR Scientific Awards of Distinction Presentation and Reception
November 5, 2026, 2:30-4pm ET | National Harbor, MD
If you are attending the GSA 2026 Annual Scientific Meeting, please join AFAR on November 5th for an awards ceremony, lectures, and reception for the 2026 George M. Martin Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award, the 2026 Terrie Fox Wetle Rising Star Award in Health Services and Aging Research, and the 2026 Irving S. Wright Award of Distinction. AFAR Scientific Director Steven N. Austad, PhD, will host the event and present the awards in the National Harbor Room 13/15.
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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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Now on the Clin-STAR Website! |
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We are dedicated to keeping the Clin-STAR community up-to-date with the newest updates, changes, and news out of the National Institute on Aging. That's why we've created the NIA Updates page on our website!
Be sure to regularly check out the new page for relevant news, calls for applications, events, and more.
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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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