Notice Number: NOT-AG-16-030

Key Dates
Release Date: June 21, 2016

Issued by
National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Purpose

This Notice serves to extend the eligibility criteria for RFA-AG-17-012, “Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists’ Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR) (R03).” Dentists and dental specialists holding either a D.D.S. or D.M.D. (or equivalent) dental degree who aim to focus their research on aspects of geriatrics or aging within their specialty are eligible to apply. All other eligibility criteria remain unchanged.

The FOA currently reads:

Part 2. Section III.1 Eligible Applicants

Eligible Individuals (Program Director/Principal Investigator)

Awardees must be physicians (i.e., those with M.D., D.O., or equivalent degrees) who have completed training in their medical or surgical specialty. These specialties include, but are not limited to, the traditional medical and surgical specialties, anesthesiology, emergency medicine, family medicine, general internal medicine, general surgery, geriatrics, hospital medicine, neurology, obstetrics/gynecology, palliative medicine, physiatry/rehabilitation medicine, and psychiatry. This award is not intended for individuals with substantial experience in aging research. Moreover, it is generally expected that applicants will have not had prior research funding as an independent PD/PI on a major NIH grant (e.g., R01, P01), though they may have had support through institutional awards, such as institutional career development awards (K12, KL2), or Older Americans Independence Center research education/training award.

The FOA is modified to read:

Awardees must be either physicians (i.e., those with M.D., D.O., or equivalent degrees) who have completed training in their medical or surgical specialty or dentists and dental specialists holding either a D.D.S. or D.M.D. (or equivalent) dental degree who aim to focus their research on aspects of geriatrics or aging within their specialty. These specialties include, but are not limited to, the traditional medical and surgical specialties, anesthesiology, emergency medicine, family medicine, general internal medicine, general surgery, geriatrics, hospital medicine, neurology, obstetrics/gynecology, palliative medicine, physiatry/rehabilitation medicine, and psychiatry. This award is not intended for individuals with substantial experience in aging research. Moreover, it is generally expected that applicants will have not had prior research funding as an independent PD/PI on a major NIH grant (e.g., R01, P01), though they may have had support through institutional awards, such as institutional career development awards (K12, KL2), or Older Americans Independence Center research education/training award.

All other aspects of this FOA remain the same.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Susan Zieman, MD, PhD
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Telephone: 301-496-6761
Email: [email protected]