National Institutes of Health (NIH) – National Institute of Aging (NIA) – Aging Research Dissertation Awards to Increase Diversity (R36)
Deadline:
Summer: June 16, 2024
Fall: October 16, 2024
Spring: February 16, 2025
Description:
The National Institute on Aging supports individuals whose advancement in research will help ensure that a diverse pool of highly trained scientists is available in scientific disciplines relevant to NIA’s strategic priorities to address NIA’s mission. That mission includes research on the basic biology of aging, on chronic, disabling, and degenerative diseases of aging, with a particular focus on Alzheimer’s Disease, on multiple morbidities, on individual behavioral and social changes with aging, on caregiving, on longevity, and on the consequences for society of an aging population. This fellowship is for up to two years.
Eligibility:
- Any individual with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as the Program Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI) is invited to work with his/her organization to develop an application for support.
- The applicant must have a baccalaureate degree and be enrolled in a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral-degree program (e.g., Dr. PH., D.NSC. and Sc.D.), a formally combined M.D./Ph.D. program or other combined professional/clinical and research doctoral program in the biomedical, behavioral and social, and clinical sciences at an accredited domestic institution.
- Applicant must be a U.S. citizen, non-citizen national (e.g., residents of U.S. territories), or permanent resident by the time of award.
- Candidates from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, individuals with disabilities and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
Award amount:
- Stipend.
- Up to $20,000 for additional expenses.
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