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Welcome to Spotlight on Aging Research – SOAR, NIA’s electronic newsletter that brings you updates on Institute and NIH activities. In addition to providing the latest on budget and funding, SOAR features scientific priorities, highlights research findings, presents funding opportunities, and more.
Right now, I know you are all keenly interested in what is happening with our budget and grants policy in these uncertain times. A number of you have expressed frustration and reported difficult circumstances because of these delays. On NIA’s part, we commit to quick action on awards as soon as we know what the final fiscal year 2013 budget will be. Please make sure to read the budget update in this issue of SOAR on NIA’s funding policies as federal budget discussions move forward. More »
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As the fiscal year 2013 budget discussions are underway on Capitol Hill, the NIA continues to support research and manage Institute funding. Find out how NIA is managing its FY 2013 budget and see some final data for FY 2012. More »
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In May 2011, NIA appointed internationally known gerontologist and epidemiologist Luigi Ferrucci, M.D., Ph.D., as scientific director. While many of his friends idealized soccer players, he was drawn at an early age to the field of aging research. Read about his journey from the University of Florence to NIA and his vision for aging research. More »
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NIA is seeking your ideas and suggestions to help us increase enrollment in clinical trials, particularly Alzheimer’s disease trials. Respond to the formal Request for Information, due March 15. Also, read about the next round of the Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study and clinical trials recruitment at NIH. More » |
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Please join us as Dr. Ronald C. Petersen, a leading expert in the field of Alzheimer’s research, presents “Neuroimaging and Biomarkers: How Early Can We Diagnose Alzheimer’s?” at the Robert N. Butler Memorial Lecture May 8. The special lecture, part of the prestigious NIH Director’s Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series and presented on the NIH campus in Bethesda, MD, honors NIA’s founding director, who was among the first to warn about the impact that Alzheimer’s disease would have on our aging population. More »
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New to the field of aging research? Get personalized advice and career guidance, based on your specific research interests and needs. Learn how to design strong research projects and put together competitive grant applications. Apply to participate in the 2013 Summer Institute on Aging Research! More »
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The National Alzheimer’s Project Act legislation passed in 2011 is galvanizing U.S. efforts to combat Alzheimer’s and related dementias and to support patients and their caregivers. Read more about upcoming activities planned by NIH leadership and staff to further that goal. More »
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Now online, the 2011-2012 Alzheimer’s Disease Progress Report: Intensifying the Research Effort provides an overview of recent federal investments in Alzheimer’s research and highlights the latest discoveries in the field. The Progress Report also features a primer on Alzheimer’s disease and the brain, NIA-funded clinical trials, and videos outlining critical areas of study. More »
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Scientists have a new set of standardized tools to help them measure the ways we think, move, feel, and sense the world. Read how the NIH Toolbox will help set a standard for research assessing neurological and behavioral outcomes. More »
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Recently published study findings illustrate NIA’s wide-ranging research portfolio, from discovering how epigenetic processes influence brain activity to illuminating aging cells in mouse models to finding a rare AD risk gene variant. Basic research projects also showed that a protein may play a role in brain health, the vitamin D receptor gene influences susceptibility to vitamin D deficiency, and a gene is linked to age-related hearing loss. Our population-based research furthered understanding of older people’s sense of trust.
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Read all about it! The health and economic status of older Americans, calorie restriction, and Alzheimer’s disease research and activities featured prominently in recent NIA press releases.
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Catch up with what’s going on at NIA with updates on staff comings and goings, awards, meetings, and other news.
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Looking for current funding opportunities? Check here for a list of NIA funding opportunities and announcements. In addition, each of NIA's four extramural research divisions offers guidance about the scientific focus of their programs, as well as funding opportunities in their specific research areas. Find information on studies in: biology, social and behavioral aspects of aging, geriatrics and clinical gerontology, and neuroscience (including Alzheimer's disease).
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