We are so glad to share that the Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center will continue its mission after receiving a five-year grant renewal! The American Federation for Aging Research will lead NSC3 activities with the $5.7 million NIH award. Learn more here.

University of Washington Nathan Shock Center and Healthy Aging and Longevity Research Institute Pilot Project Awards
Deadline: October 15, 2025

The projects should utilize the specific services provided by one or more of the UW Nathan Shock Center Cores. View the RFA here. The awards are generally up to $10,000, depending on the specific needs of the applicant. Applications from institutions outside of the University of Washington are strongly encouraged.

The University of Minnesota NSC Pilot Awards
Deadline: October 17, 2025

The University of Minnesota NSC Pilot Awards are intended to provide collaboration between the awardee and the core services provided by the UMN NSC.  Projects will primarily support junior level geroscience investigators. Applications from more established investigators whose research is pivoting to aging will also be considered. View the RFA here.

Inflammaging: Mechanisms, Markers, and Intervention Strategies
September 22-23, 2025 | Rockville, MD

This workshop will focus on recent advances (molecular/cellular/immunological and technological) in our knowledge of inflammaging and its impact on the development and progression of age-associated chronic diseases.

2025 Evidence to Impact Workshop: Integrating Research on Aging into Health Systems
October 6-8, 2025 | Pittsburgh, PA & Virtual

This 2-day workshop will advance the science and practice of implementation and innovation to improve the care and outcomes of older adults. Hosted this year by the University of Pittsburgh, the workshop's hybrid format with a focus on Age Friendly Health Initiatives, allows for in-person interactive sessions, mentorship and workgroups and uses a webinar platform to engage a wider virtual audience for plenary presentation. Participants will include health systems leadership, researchers, trainees, and clinicians.

2025 Masoro-Barshop Conference on Aging: Dietary Approaches to Geroscience Intervention
October 9-12, 2025 | The Mayan Ranch, Bandera, TX

Each year, the Masoro-Barshop Conference on Aging assembles leaders in a thematic area of geroscience in an informal setting to maximize discussion on their recent research discoveries. The conference is supported by the aging research programs associated with the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies.

Aging Mechanisms Impacting Women’s Health
December 4-5, 2025 |  Bethesda, MD & Virtual

This two-day workshop will include experts from academic institutions, NIH, other federal agencies, and the private sector, to examine sex differences in cellular and molecular mechanisms that drive functional declines during female aging and influence on overall women’s health. For more information, contact Fei Wang (fei.wang@nih.gov or 301-443-8187).

Advances in Geroscience Webinar Series: Testing the Geroscience Hypothesis
December 18, 2025 | Virtual

In 2025-2026, the GSIG will host a series of webinars to explore emerging and cross-cutting areas of geroscience research that are moving the field forward.

Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant

Deadline: September 26, 2025

The Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant supports an innovative project that represents a change in research direction for an early stage investigator (ESI) and for which no preliminary data exist.

Call for Abstracts: 16th Intrinsic Capacity, Frailty and Sarcopenia Research Conference

Deadline: October 8, 2025

This online abstract submission will close on October 8, 2025. No late abstracts will be accepted. Presenting authors will be notified of the Scientific Committee's decision regarding acceptance of their abstracts. Presenting authors must be registered to ICFSR25 by January 15, 2026 or their abstract will be discarded from the program.

Dorothy Dillon Eweson Lecture Series

Rolling Deadline

The Dorothy Dillon Eweson Lecture Series provides support to encourage investigators in the field of aging research to present findings at an annual scientific or medical specialty association meeting where aging-related research is not the primary focus.

UAB Aging Biology Update - September 2025
The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter for September 2025.

NIA Division of Aging Biology Newsletter
This month's NIA Division of Aging Biology newsletter features information on upcoming funding opportunities and NIA events.