Thank you to all who joined us at last month's RCCN workshop on AI and Health Behaviors for Healthy Aging! Recordings and slides from the session will be publicly available soon!

Travel Awards are available for approximately 10 early career investigators or investigators in training, who will participate in a special session on November 11, that will focus on career development. The travel awards will cover travel to and from the meeting, meals, and hotel accommodations. Learn more and apply here.

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 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 Fall ADRC Meeting

October 21-23, 2025 | Virtual

Save the Date! The Fall ADRC Meeting will be fully virtual and held on October 21-23, 2025.

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.

NIA Summer Training Course

Deadline: July 11, 2025

The 32nd Annual NIA Training Course provides intense exposure to current concepts in experimental aging research for 15-20 research scientists. It is designed primarily for junior faculty and advanced fellows with at least two years postdoctoral experience in cell or molecular biology or a related field. Senior scientists who wish to learn about current aging research are also welcome to apply.

McKnight Brain Research Foundation Innovator Awards in Cognitive Aging and Memory Loss

Deadline: August 12, 2025

The McKnight Brain Research Foundation (MBRF) and the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) will provide up to two 3-year awards of $750,000 (USD) each to advanced Assistant Professors and recently appointed Associate Professors (MDs and PhDs.) One award will be made to support studies focusing on clinical translational research and another award toward understanding basic biological mechanisms underlying cognitive aging and age-related memory loss.

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.