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Funding Opportunities for Researchers in Aging

Funding Opportunities in Aging

The following funding opportunities are for research projects focusing on aging or aging-related disease(s). Opportunities with significant awards are listed first, followed by additional funding opportunities listed by area of focus.

Click here for more information on NIH grants, cycles and applications. Click here for more grants and educational opportunities compiled by Penn's Division of Geriatric Medicine.

Penn Funding Opportunities

Additional Funding Opportunities (Listed By Area of Focus):

Research Grants Cancer

Cardiology

Chronic and Degenerative Diseases Associated with Aging

Diabetes Geriatric Medicine and Geriatric Training
(Geriatric) Nursing Mental Health Molecular/Cellular/
Biology of Aging

Neurodegenerative Disease / Alzheimer's / Parkinson's / Dementia / Cognitive Impairment

Neurovascular Other (Miscellaneous Including Outreach and Education)
PENN Funding Opportunities Psychiatry (Geriatric) Sleep
Social Services - Adult Day Care Programs, etc. Sociobehavioral Studies Stem Cell Research
Technologies for Successful Aging Vision Disorders  

 

PENN Funding Opportunities.......................................................

 

Research Grants.........................................................................

Title: Research Grants
Sponsor: Orentreich Foundation for the Advancement of Science, Inc.
Deadline(s): none given

Longitudinal Surveys of the Elderly: SBIR Initiative (R43/R44)
Sponsor:   National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Deadline(s): 08/05/2008, 12/05/2008, 04/05/2009

Longitudinal Surveys of the Elderly: STTR Initiative (R41/R42) Sponsor:   National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Deadline(s): 08/05/2008, 12/05/2008, 04/05/2009

Human Biospecimen Resources for Aging Research (R03)
Sponsor: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Deadline(s):  06/16/2008, 10/16/2008,
02/16/2009, 10/16/2009

Harmonization of Longitudinal Cross-National Surveys of
Aging (R21)

Sponsor: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Deadline(s): 06/16/2008, 10/16/2008
02/16/2009, 06/16/2009, 10/16/2009, 02/16/2010, 06/16/2010

Cancer..........................................................................................

Cardiology....................................................................................

Chronic and Degenerative Diseases Associated with Aging..............................................................................................

Diabetes.......................................................................................

Geriatric Medicine and Geriatric Training...............................

Grant Programs
Sponsor: Hartford (John A.) Foundation, Inc.
Deadline(s): n/a

Nursing.........................................................................................


Mental Health...............................................................................

Clinical Research on Mental Illnesses in Older Adults
(R01)

Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS
Deadline(s): 06/01/2008, 10/01/2008, 02/01/2009
06/01/2009

Molecular/Cellular/Biology of Aging.........................................


DERT Areas of Special Interest: Environmental Health and
the Biology of Aging

Sponsor: National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences/NIH/DHHS

The Role of Nuclear Receptors in Tissue and Organismal
Aging (R21)

Sponsor: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Deadline(s): 10/01/2008, 06/01/2008, 02/01/2009, 06/01/2009

Aging Musculoskeletal and Skin Extracellular Matrix (R21)
Sponsor:  National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Deadline(s): 06/16/2008, 10/16/2008, 02/16/2009

Application of Metabolomics for Translational and Biological Research (R01)
Sponsor: multiple NIH centers/institutes

Application of Metabolomics for Translational and Biological Research (R21)
Sponsor: multiple NIH centers/institutes

Neurodegenerative Disease / Alzheimer's / Parkinson's / Dementia / Cognitive Impairment.................................................

Academic Grant Programs
Sponsor: Institute for the Study of Aging
Deadline(s): none given

Conference Grants
Sponsor: Institute for the Study of Aging
Deadline(s): none given

Grants for Alzheimer's Disease Drug Discovery (R21)
Sponsor: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Deadline(s): 06/16/2008, 10/16/2008, 02/16/2009

Conference Grants
Sponsor:   Alzheimer's Association
Deadline(s): at any time; recommended 3 mos prior to conference planned

Drug Discovery for Nervous System Disorders (R21)
Sponsor: NIMH/NIA/NIH/DHHS
Deadline(s):

Ancillary Studies to the AD Neuroimaging Initiative (R03)
Sponsor:  National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Deadline(s): 06/16/2008, 10/16/2008, 02/16/2009

Mechanisms of Transmission and Dissemination of
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) (R01)

Sponsor: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and
Stroke/NIH/DHHS
Deadline(s): 6/05/2008

Alzheimer's Disease Drug Development Program (U01)
Sponsor: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Deadline(s): 10/02/2008

Neurovascular.............................................................................

Other.............................................................................................

Grants Program (For projects concerned with aged women; for hospital construction, maintenance, and equipment purchases; and for research concerning heart disease or cancer)
Sponsor: Rippel (Fannie E.) Foundation
Deadline(s): none given

Grant Programs (For projects on academic geriatrics and training, and integrating and improving health-related services)
Sponsor: Hartford (John A.) Foundation, Inc.
Deadline(s): none given

Grants Program
Sponsor: Metropolitan Life Foundation
Deadline(s): none given

Human Biospecimen Resources for Aging Research (R03)
Sponsor:  National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Deadline(s): 06/01/2008, 10/01/2008, 02/01/2009, 06/01/2009

Longitudinal Surveys of the Elderly: STTR Initiative
(R41/R42)

Sponsor: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Deadline(s): 08/01/2008, 12/01/2008, 04/01/2009


Human Biospecimen Resources for Aging Research (R03)
Sponsor: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Deadline(s): 06/16/2008, 10/16/2008, 02/16/2009, 10/16/2009

Psychiatry (Geriatric)..................................................................

Pathophysiology and Treatment Response in Late-Life Mood
and Anxiety Disorders (R01)

Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS
Deadline(s): 06/05/2008, 10/05/2008, 02/05/2009, 06/05/2009

Sleep.............................................................................................

Research on Sleep and Sleep Disorders
Sponsor: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
Deadline(s): 06/01/2008

Research on Sleep and Sleep Disorders (R21)
Sponsor:    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
Deadline(s): 06/16/2008

Research on Sleep and Sleep Disorders (R01)
Sponsor:    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
Deadline(s): 06/05/2008

Social Services - Adult Day Care Programs, etc.

Sociobehavioral Studies in Aging.............................................

 

Stem Cell Research.....................................................................

Testing Stem Cell Therapy in Mouse Models of Premature Aging (R21)
Sponsor:  National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Deadline(s): 06/16/2008

Technologies for Successful Aging..........................................

 

Vision Disorders..........................................................................