RCCN Pilot Grants to Promote Inter-NIA Center Collaborative Research

Deadline: January 13, 2023

The Research Centers Collaborative Network (RCCN) goal is to catalyze enduring, collaborative, interdisciplinary research projects across NIA center programs by funding pilot, planning or meeting grants of up to $65,000. Proposals should address topics spanning the missions of multiple NIA Center programs. Relevant topics are exemplified by the themes of RCCN-sponsored workshops. Each project should involve at least two NIA-sponsored research centers. There are two deadlines annually and up to two awards will be granted each cycle.

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The RCCN sponsors a series of workshops addressing specific problems of high salience to multiple NIA Center programs. These workshops feature the sharing of paradigms, conceptual models, and key insights from perspectives of the participating centers programs. Workshops include:

• Nutrition and Healthy Aging. July 20-21, 2023. Boston, MA.

• mHealth and Digital Health Approaches to Research in Aging. November 1-2, 2022. Indianapolis, IN.

• Aging, Race, and Health Disparities. June 28-29, 2022. Bethesda, MD.

• Measuring Biologic Age. January 19-20, 2022. Virtual.

• Inclusion of Older Adults in Clinical Research. February 23-24, 2021. Virtual.

• Life Course Perspectives on Aging. November 3-4, 2020. Virtual.

• Resilience and Reserve in Aging. November 12-13, 2019. Austin, TX. -

• Sex and Gender Differences in Aging. June 6-7, 2019. Marina del Rey, CA.

• Achieving and Sustaining Behavior Change to Benefit Older Adults. December 6-7, 2018. Bethesda, MD.

After the workshops, publications are developed summarizing the proceedings and priority areas; past publications are available here. Proposals that address topics that are relevant to the workshops will be considered for this RFA.