Advancing Diversity in Aging Research through Undergraduate Education (ADAR)
NIA encourages college students to pursue biomedical research careers through its Advancing Diversity in Aging Research (ADAR) Through Undergraduate Education programs. Students are eligible to apply for NIA ADAR-funded programs if they are from economically, socially, culturally, or educationally disadvantaged backgrounds. Applicants include students from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups and those who have vision, hearing, or other disabilities.
NIA ADAR-supported institutions are located across the country, and each one offers a uniquely designed program. Read about the experiences of four undergraduates who said the program inspired them to consider careers in aging-related research.
ADAR is just one example of NIA’s investments in diversifying the aging research work force and encouraging research aimed at reducing health disparities.
Institution/Program |
Program Emphasis |
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University of California, Berkeley |
Demography of aging |
Columbia University |
Neuroscience of aging |
Magee-Womens Research Institute & Foundation |
Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and the mechanisms of aging |
San Diego State University |
Longitudinal study with the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center |
St. Catherine University |
Longevity and aging |
Wake Forest University Health Sciences |
Mechanisms underlying the most common geriatric syndromes and diseases |
University of Chicago |
Aging-related clinical research |
University of Maryland, College Park |
Cardiovascular disease and aging health |
West Virginia University |
Aging and health disparities in Appalachia |
University of the District of Columbia | Aging-related research tied to balance and falls, imaging, and analytics |
University of California, Davis |
Aging-related research |
New York University |
Applying quantitative methods in aging research |
University of California, San Diego |
Aging and Alzheimer’s |
University of South Carolina at Columbia |
Health and aging and on health disparities in minorities |
University of South Carolina at Columbia | Aging-related research experiences |
Howard University |
Gerontology |
University of Alabama at Birmingham |
MSTEM areas related to aging |
NIA and NIH Programs to Enhance Diversity in the Research Workforce
Visit the links below to learn more about ways that NIH and NIA are supporting diverse undergraduates, graduate students, and post-doctoral researchers in pursuing independent research careers.
- NIA Butler Williams Scholars Program
- NIA Dissertation Award to Increase Diversity (R36)
- NIA/NIH Diversity/Disability/Re-entry Supplement Programs
- Career pathways infographic from NIH
- NIH-supported National Research Mentoring Network
- NIH research training for undergraduates
- NIH intramural summer internships
- NIH intramural research training
- NIH extramural diversity program
- NIH scientific workforce diversity
- NIH Best Program
- NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA for Individual Predoctoral Fellowships (F31) to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research