R01 teams and grantee age trends in grant funding
The average age of first-time R01 funded investigators who have PhDs remains 42 even after seven years of policies at NIH to increase the numbers of new and early-stage investigators. And, over the same interval, age has continued to increase for first-time R01-funded MDs and MD-PhDs, despite the policies we have in place. What is going on? (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - April 22, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Robin Barr, Director of the Division of Extramural Activities Source Type: blogs
NIA partnerships expand funding for research
I want to share with you part of a recent discussion I had with the Friends of the NIA about the importance of public-private partnerships in aging research. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - April 15, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Richard Hodes, Director, National Institute on Aging Source Type: blogs
Open the portal door to Alzheimer ’s Big Data
The explosion of Big Data promises to transform biomedical research, but all too often researchers are stymied by limited access to these complex biomedical data sets. To overcome some of these barriers, we ’ve recently helped launch an important new data resource—the AMP-AD Knowledge Portal. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - April 8, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Suzana Petanceska, Program Director, Division of Neuroscience Source Type: blogs
Open the portal door to Alzheimer’s Big Data
The explosion of Big Data promises to transform biomedical research, but all too often researchers are stymied by limited access to these complex biomedical data sets. To overcome some of these barriers, we’ve recently helped launch an important new data resource—the AMP-AD Knowledge Portal. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - April 8, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Suzana Petanceska, Program Director, Division of Neuroscience Source Type: blogs
Thoughts from a career on the sidelines
How do I write a grant application that will get funded? It’s a question I get asked all the time. Of course there is no magic formula. And, you may have heard much of the most important advice already: be strategic, and so on. After a career helping to direct resources to worthy science—a career on the sidelines, some might say—I have some thoughts and advice that may be useful to you as you prepare your next application. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - April 1, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Robin Barr, Director of the Division of Extramural Activities Source Type: blogs
The NIA Diversity Supplement Program —a fingerprint for success
Following every meeting of the National Advisory Council on Aging, we set about the task of funding investigators who will contribute to our understanding of aging in health and disease. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - March 25, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Chyren Hunter, Deputy Director and Training Officer, Division of Extramural Activities Source Type: blogs
The NIA Diversity Supplement Program—a fingerprint for success
Following every meeting of the National Advisory Council on Aging, we set about the task of funding investigators who will contribute to our understanding of aging in health and disease. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - March 25, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Chyren Hunter, Deputy Director and Training Officer, Division of Extramural Activities Source Type: blogs
Calling all procrastinators: NIA Butler-Williams Scholars Program!
The deadline is fast approaching for the 2015 Butler-Williams Scholars Program, NIA’s premier aging research training program. Apply by March 27, 2015, and encourage your contacts and friends to do the same. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - March 18, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carl V. Hill, Director, Office of Special Populations Source Type: blogs
Geroscience needs aging biology research
Geroscience—a field that looks at the relationship between aging and disease—has gained lots of traction within the scientific community. I think this is a good thing. Anybody who heard me talk recently would be excused if they were to think that this is now the primary focus of NIA’s Division of Aging Biology… Well, not so! The centerpiece of work funded by the Division of Aging Biology remains basic research into the biological roots of aging. The application of this research to human health and disease is a welcome addition—“icing on the cake,” if you will. (Source: Inside NIA:...
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - March 11, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Felipe Sierra, Director, Division of Aging Biology Source Type: blogs
What is a planning grant, and how do they work?
There are a handful of run-of-the-mill ‘R’ grants offered by the NIH that are familiar to most investigators: everyone knows the R01. Ever heard of the R34? Not one of those that most people know. The R34 is a “planning grant.” (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - March 4, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Ron Kohanski, Deputy Director, Division of Aging Biology Source Type: blogs
Alzheimer ’s disease funding: interim update on payline
Last year (fiscal year 2014), we received $100 million of additional appropriated funds largely to support research on Alzheimer ’s disease. We allocated those funds using mechanisms including multi-year funding to provide a revenue stream for competing dollars in future years as well, as we were uncertain that future year budgets would provide additional increases. This year (fiscal year 2015), our budget was boosted by an additional $25 million for research on Alzheimer’s disease. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - February 25, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Robin Barr, Director of the Division of Extramural Activities Source Type: blogs
Alzheimer’s disease funding: interim update on payline
Last year (fiscal year 2014), we received $100 million of additional appropriated funds largely to support research on Alzheimer’s disease. We allocated those funds using mechanisms including multi-year funding to provide a revenue stream for competing dollars in future years as well, as we were uncertain that future year budgets would provide additional increases. This year (fiscal year 2015), our budget was boosted by an additional $25 million for research on Alzheimer’s disease. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - February 25, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Robin Barr, Director of the Division of Extramural Activities Source Type: blogs
Supporting aging research in challenging times
This is an extremely difficult time in aging research, among the most challenging since I came to the NIA in 1993. Last week, we announced a funding line policy with the lowest payline in our history. NIA is spending just as much money on research grants as last year, and funding just as many grants, but a great increase in the number of applications has resulted in a lower payline. The energy of our robust and growing field is meeting the reality of budgets that have failed to keep pace, in real terms, over time. Yet, our mission on Alzheimer’s disease is receiving increased public attention and garnered additional ...
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - February 18, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Richard Hodes, Director, National Institute on Aging Source Type: blogs
Payline update
I wrote in December that 2015 is going to be a tough year for us, and so it is turning out to be. To recap that post, we are seeing increasing numbers of applications following the change in resubmission policy announced last April. Unfortunately, with the exception of additional Alzheimer’s funds, we are not seeing increasing funds. That is why we anticipated a tighter payline this year. So now we have announced a payline at the 7th percentile for under-500k applications and a line at the 4th percentile for over-500k applications. (New and early-stage investigator R01 applications will have three- and five-point adv...
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - February 11, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Robin Barr, Director of the Division of Extramural Activities Source Type: blogs
Summer training in aging research —now accepting applications
Do you know a high school, college, graduate or medical/dental student interested in biomedical research? Perhaps s/he is looking for an internship to help inform her/his career path. How about recommending the student come work for a summer at the National Institute on Aging? Each summer, NIA & rsquo;s Intramural Research Program opens its lab doors for an 8 to 10-week intensive research experience. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - February 4, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Arlene Jackson, Recruitment Specialist, Intramural Research Program Source Type: blogs
