The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the nation’s medical research agency — making important discoveries that improve health and save lives.
The Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) by NIA aims to attract and support exceptional graduate students interested in aging-related postdoctoral training across diverse research areas. It focuses on developing new research and clinician scientists in a variety of fields like genetics, biology, clinical studies, epidemiology, neuroscience, behavioral, social, and economic research on aging, both basic and translational. The Transition to Aging Research Award for Predoctoral Students is intended to recruit and retain emerging investigators by allowing them to complete their doctoral dissertation projects in aging-focused areas. Additionally, it offers varied training supports to help doctoral graduates transition successfully into competitive, aging-focused postdoctoral positions.