Key Dates

Related Announcements

• September 24, 2024 - Advancing Health Equity through Interventions to Prevent and Address Housing Instability (R01 Clinical Trial Optional). See NOFO RFA-NR-25-001.

Issued by

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Purpose

This Notice informs that, effective November 1, 2024, the National Institute on Aging (NIA) is participating in RFA-NR-25-001, "Advancing Health Equity through Interventions to Prevent and Address Housing Instability (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)."

To document NIA’s participation, the following sections of RFA-NR-25-001 were modified:

Part 1. Overview Information

Components of Participating Organizations

Currently Reads:

National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

All applications to this funding opportunity announcement should fall within the mission of the Institutes/Centers. The following NIH Offices may co-fund applications assigned to those Institutes/Centers.

Division of Program Coordination, Planning and Strategic Initiatives, Office of Disease Prevention (ODP)

Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)

Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)

 Modified to Read (changes shown in bold italics):

National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

All applications to this funding opportunity announcement should fall within the mission of the Institutes/Centers. The following NIH Offices may co-fund applications assigned to those Institutes/Centers.

Division of Program Coordination, Planning and Strategic Initiatives, Office of Disease Prevention (ODP)

Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)

Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Assistance Listing Number(s)

Currently Reads:

93.361, 93.313

 Modified to Read (changes shown in bold italics):

93.361, 93.313, 93.866

Part 2. Full Text of Announcement

Section I. Funding Opportunity Description

This section was modified to add:

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

NIA is interested in midlife exposures with an effect on later-life health (including but not limited to Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) and aging. Housing is a critical macrosocial factor that affects health throughout the life course. While considerable research on housing and health has taken place, relatively little of it has focused on adults over 65 or how housing affordability and stability – closely tied to housing insecurity – affect health. The NIA is particularly interested in applications that can address these two gaps in what is known about how housing affects health.

There are several emerging issues that highlight the importance of housing insecurity for health across the lifecourse, particularly older adults: the increasing mean age of unhoused individuals across the U.S.; individuals over 50 becoming homeless for the first time; and the unique challenges of aging in place, particularly for adults with disabilities or cognitive challenges.

Helpful resources for applicants include the many data resources offered by NIA, such as those highlighted in the Gateway to Global Aging, as well as others accessible from the Data Resources for Behavioral and Social Research on Aging. The NIA Health Disparities Research Framework may help frame examining important subgroup differences.

Other research foci of interest include, but are not limited to:

• The unique challenges of aging in place, particularly for adults with disabilities, cognitive challenges, or who are kinless or living alone;
• Research projects that focus on rural areas;
• Projects with a focus on older adults with a history of criminal penal system involvement & the resulting, unique challenges to housing stability;
• Research examining the potential psychobiological mechanisms linking housing insecurity with health; and
• Community-based participatory research on housing insecurity with populations of interest listed above.

Section VII. Agency Contacts

This section was modified to add:

Scientific/Research Contact(s)

Kriti M. Jain, Ph.D. 
National Institute on Aging (NIA) 
Telephone: 202-740-6701 
Email: [email protected] 

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Kriti M. Jain, Ph.D. 
National Institute on Aging (NIA) 
Telephone: 202-740-6701 
Email: [email protected]