NIA supports a Number of special-purpose initiatives on training in aging research that are designed to increase the Numbers of trained researchers from underrepresented ethnic groups, among people with disabilities, and among individuals who have been forced to interrupt research careers. The Minority Aging Newsletter, a publication by the NIA, also comes out quarterly. It often contains information about training opportunities in the Institute.
F31 Predoctoral Individual Fellowship Awards for Minority Students
NIA participates in this general NIH initiative that can support minority students at any stage of their predoctoral career.
For more information:
See NIH Predoctoral Fellowship Awards for Minority Students (F31)
- Release Date: February 24, 2000
- PA Number: PA-00-069
F31 Predoctoral Individual Fellowship Awards for Students with Disabilities
NIA participates in this general NIH initiative that can support students with disabilities at any stage of their predoctoral career
For more information:
See NIH Predoctoral Fellowship Awards for Students With Disabilities (F31)
- Release Date: February 24, 2000
- PA Number: PA-00-068
Minority supplement awards for students and investigators
NIA participates in this NIH-general initiative that permits principal investigators on many different kinds of research grants an administrative supplement to support a minority student or minority investigator on the grant in order to advance the student or investigator's research career.
For more information:
See Research Supplements for Underrepresented Minorities
- Release Date: April 9, 2001
- PA Number: PA-01-079
Research supplement awards for students and investigators with disabilities
NIA participates in this NIH-general initiative that permits principal investigators on many different kinds of research grants an administrative supplement to support a student or investigator with disabilities on the grant in order to advance the student or investigator’s research career.
For more information:
See Research Supplements for Individuals With Disabilities
- Release Date: April 9, 2001
- PA Number: PA-01-080
Re-Entry supplements for investigators forced to interrupt their career
NIA participates in this NIH general initiative that permits principal investigators on many different kinds of research grants an administrative supplement to support an individual returning to the research work-force after a forced interruption (such as for raising children or for caring for a disabled parent).
For more information:
See Supplements to Promote Reentry Into Biomedical and Behavioral Research Careers
- Release Date: April 9, 2001
- PA Number: PA-01-081
Minority dissertation awards
Recognizing that the dissertation stage of a predoctoral career generates unusual expenses that can be beyond the reach of many minority students, the NIA sponsors dissertation awards for minority students. These awards provide a stipend and some support for research expenses.
For more information:
See Minority Dissertation Research Grants in Aging
- Release Date: September 15, 1998
- PA Number: PA-98-110
Minority add-on slots for institutional training slots
This program permits directors of NIA-supported training grants (T32s) to obtain an additional predoctoral or postdoctoral training slot if an eligible and qualified minority student is identified and no appropriate slots on the training grant are available.
For more information:
- Contact the NIA Training Officer, Dr. Robin A. Barr, (rb42h@nih.gov)
The National Institute on Aging cofunds subprojects under these mechanisms that are relevant to aging research:
T34 Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Undergraduate Institutional Grants (NRSA) to enable minority institutions to make awards to individuals selected for undergraduate research training in the biomedical and behavioral sciences.
T36 MARC Visiting Professors for Minority Institution Awards to increase the Number of well-trained minority scientists in biomedical disciplines and to strengthen the research and teaching capabilities of minority institutions through a variety of training mechanisms such as visits by experienced scientists to minority institutions or workshops/conferences designed to enhance the research training experience of students/faculty from minority institutions.
