NIA BEESON AND GEMSSTAR NOFOs |
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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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Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists' Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR)
Deadline: November 10, 2026
In support of the program's goal, this GEMSSTAR Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) invites applications that propose to conduct transdisciplinary aging research that will yield pilot data and experience for subsequent aging research projects. The GEMSSTAR program encourages candidates to seek out a supportive research environment to further the program's objectives of fostering the development of early-career clinician-scientists in aging- or geriatric-focused research, particularly as it applies to their clinical specialty/discipline.
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NIA Launches 2026 Mentorship Prize Competition
The National Institute on Aging is launching a new prize competition on August 17, 2026 to recognize excellence in aging research mentorship. The competition will award $100,000 each for up to six outstanding faculty mentors — three in the Early Career category and three in the Midcareer/Established category — for a total prize pool of $600,000. Current and former trainees can nominate NIA-funded mentors who shaped their careers through October 15, 2026. Mentors with two or more nominations who meet eligibility requirements will then be invited to participate in the prize competition and complete a submission by November 23, 2026. Winners will be announced the week of April 12, 2027.
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Behavioral intervention research training opportunities
NIA is currently funding the development of two short-course trainings in behavioral intervention research using the NIH Stage Model. Broadly, the NIH Stage Model is a systematic framework that encourages developing interventions defined by their principles as a way to maximize real-world implementation. The Stage Model is non-prescriptive in almost every way, so it is compatible with any reasonable theory, study design, and statistical plan, and generally compatible with other intervention development frameworks, especially as implementation frameworks are increasingly emphasizing causal mechanisms (e.g., core elements, function vs. form).
Application Deadline: October 19, 2026
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Request for Information: NIH Common Fund is Soliciting Ideas for NIH-wide Challenges and Opportunities
The Common Fund supports bold scientific programs that catalyze discovery across all biomedical and behavioral research. These programs bring together investigators and multiple NIH Institutes, Centers and Offices (ICOs) to collaborate on innovative research. Common Fund programs are expected to address high priority challenges for NIH as a whole and make a broader impact on the scientific community. Many Common Fund programs are designed to produce specific deliverables, such as broadly useful datasets, tools, technologies, research methods, or fundamental scientific paradigms.
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NIH Extramural Loan Repayment Programs
The NIH Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs) are designed to recruit and retain highly qualified health professionals into biomedical or biobehavioral research careers. For the upcoming cycle, Extramural LRP applicants will choose from three subcategories, which are designed to make it easier to identify which pathway fits their research and apply with greater clarity. Applications for fiscal year 2027 Extramural LRP awards will be accepted from September 1 until November 19, 2026.
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What is the exposome? | Meet the Gateway Exposome Coordinating Center (GECC)s
September 15, 2026, 3-4pm ET | Virtual
The GECC is a multidisciplinary coordinating center that advances research on the various environmental exposures over the life course — known as the “exposome” — that affect Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias (ADRD) risk, resilience, and disparities. This seminar will provide an overview of the GECC, including our approach, structure, and new and soon-to-be available research resources, as well as a primer on the concept of the exposome and how it influences healthy aging.
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Symposium on Entropy and Aging
September 18 & 19, 2026, 12-1pm ET | San Francisco, CA & Virtual
This Inaugural Symposium on Entropy and Aging will explore the role of entropy in outcomes of aging, how to measure aging, and discuss whether entropy can be reversed. Speakers include experts and pioneers in research.
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2026 Evidence to Impact Workshop: Advancing VA Implementation Science in Aging and Geriatrics
September 21-23, 2026 | Durham, NC
This workshop will advance the science and practice of implementation and innovation to improve the care and outcomes of older adults. Hosted this year by Duke University, the workshop's hybrid format with a focus on VA implementation, allows for in-person interactive sessions, mentorship and workgroups and uses a webinar platform to engage a wider virtual audience for plenary presentation.
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FUNDING & CAREER DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES |
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Early Career Flexible, High Value Pilot RFA
Deadline: September 14, 2026
The Pepper OAIC Coordinating Center is seeking proposals for a type of application that allows maximal flexibility and creativity. In the 1-page applications, proposers will explain how their proposed use of the funds (up to $5,000) will help advance the applicant’s career and build cross-center collaboration.
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Early Career Travel Exchange Program RFA
Deadline: September 14, 2026
The OAIC Coordinating Center is offering an inter-OAIC exchange opportunity in the coming year. Career-development can be enhanced by the early development of collaborative, professional networks, and exposure to an array of conceptual viewpoints and operational methods beyond those available at a single institution.
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USDeN Pilot Awards
Deadline: September 18, 2026
The pilot award supports research related to deprescribing that provides key preliminary data, proof of concept, or developmental work that offers a clear pathway to future, larger-scale studies and career development for the investigators involved.
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Cornell Roybal Behavioral Intervention Development Funding Opportunity
LOI Deadline: October 1, 2026
The Translational Research Institute on Pain in Later Life (TRIPLL) announces a behavioral intervention development grant program, designed to support social and behavioral clinical trials that will test non-pharmacological pain and pain management interventions in later life.
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Roybal Call for Proposals: Clinical Trials on Behavioral Interventions in Aging
LOI Deadline: October 1, 2026
The Roybal Program is currently accepting applications to fund fully powered clinical trials on behavioral interventions in aging. Underpowered clinical trials of any stage are unlikely to be successful. Applicants must apply the NIH Stage Model as a conceptual framework and clearly articulate a plan for how their trial will progress through the NIH Stage Model. All clinical trials must have adequate statistical power to test mechanism of behavior change and/or efficacy of the intervention.
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DoD Accelerated Aging Processes Associated with Military Service
The Department of Defense’s 2026 Peer-Reviewed Medical Research Program includes “Accelerated Aging Processes Associated with Military Service” as an eligible research topic. Investigators interested in applying can review the FY26 PRMRP funding opportunities here: CDMRP FY26 PRMRP Funding Opportunities
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ACGME Approved Geriatrics Program for Medical Students
Considering a career in Geriatrics? The AGS/ADGAP AIRE Medicine-Geriatrics Integrated Residency and Fellowship (Combined Med-Geri Pathway) trains geriatricians through a four-year (48-month) program that integrates fellowship-level geriatric clinical experiences into an internal medicine or family medicine residency — meeting full geriatric competencies without a separate fellowship year.
There are currently 20 programs that have a Combined Med-Geri Pathway in Internal Medicine available under the AIRE initiative, with a few pathways also offering Family Medicine programs, for the residency match in March 2027 with a start date in July 2027. The contact information for each program can be found here. For more information, please reach out to Jen Sicherman.
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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.
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Interested in learning more about any of the NIA centers programs? Looking for more detailed information on pilot funding, webinars, resources and more? Visit the websites below. |
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