Notice Number: NOT-AG-17-027

Key Dates
Release Date: December 11, 2017

Issued by
National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Purpose

The purpose of this Notice is to inform potential applicants that the National Institute on Aging (NIA) is participating in PAR-17-486, "Short-term Mentored Career Enhancement Awards for Mid-Career Investigators to Integrate Basic Behavioral and Social Sciences (K18 Clinical Trial Required)".

The following changes have been made to reflect NIA's participation in this FOA:

Part 1. Overview Information

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Components of Participating Organizations
National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number(s)
93.866

Part 2. Section I. Funding Opportunity Description

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NIA Interests
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) solicits applications from researchers examining processes of aging at both the individual and societal levels, with emphasis placed on multilevel interactions across biological, psychological, behavioral and social levels of analysis to facilitate basic-applied translation in the promotion of healthy and adaptive aging. NIA priority areas for cross-training in the basic behavioral and social sciences include: application of genetic and genomic approaches to research questions in the behavioral and social sciences; integration of novel clinical, biological, physical, and functional biomarkers of healthy aging and ill health in midlife and older age in studies of behavioral and social processes; adaptation of methodological approaches for identifying biosocial connections; development of precise measures of behavioral, social, and biological processes that contribute to behavior change or to social determinants of health; incorporation of novel methods to capture temporal dynamics or contextual influences on social processes; and application of theory and methods in evolutionary biology, economics, psychology, social science, and/or neuroscience to the study of behavior change, decision making, and social behavior.

Part 2. Section VII. Agency Contacts

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Scientific/Research Contact(s)
Melissa S. Gerald, Ph.D.
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Telephone: 301-402-4156
Email: melissa.gerald@nih.gov

Financial/Grants Management Contact(s)
John Bladen
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Telephone: 301-402-7730
Email: bladenj@nia.nih.gov

All other aspects of the FOA remain the same.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Melissa S. Gerald, Ph.D.
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Telephone: 301-402-4156 
Email: melissa.gerald@nih.gov