CIHR Institute of Aging
In partnership with
National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health
| Important Dates | |
| Opportunity Launched | June 2006 |
| Content Last Updated | September 15, 2006 (Reformatted) |
| A - August 5, 2006 B - December 5, 2006 C - April 5, 2007 |
Full applications must be courier stamped by this date. |
| A - February 5, 2007 B - June 5, 2007 C - October 5, 2007 |
Anticipated notification of decision. NIA will forward Notification of Decision/Post Council letters and Authorizations for Funding/Notices of Grant Award to the applicants. |
| A -March 5, 2007 B - July 5, 2007 C - November 5, 2007 |
Earliest start date. |
| Additional Information | This funding opportunity has 3 competitions (A, B and C) |
| Funds Available | |
| $2.1 M (USD) to support up to four awards per year, for a maximum of twelve awards over the three-year period of this joint initiative. Award levels are in accordance with NIH levels, depending on experience. CIHR's contribution to the amount available for this initiative is subject to availability of funds voted annually to CIHR by parliamentary appropriations, and the conditions that may be attached to them. | |
| Summary | |
| The Institute of Aging of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health recognize a continuing and expanding need to train new researchers in aging research. The World Health Organization warns of a demographic revolution underway throughout the world. Today, world-wide, there are around 600 million persons aged 60 years and over; this total will double by 2025 and will reach virtually two billion by 2050 - the vast majority in the developing world. These needs have spawned a collaboration wherein the Institute of Aging of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health (CIHR-IA and NIH-NIA) will invest resources to enhance the scope of research training and to further the role of Canada and the United States in enhancing research capacity in the field of aging. | |
Objectives
Eligibility
Review Process and Evaluation Criteria
How to Apply
Contact Information
This funding opportunity falls under the CIHR-IA and NIH-NIA Collaboration, which has the following goals:
A fellowship may not be held concurrently with another Canadian Federal or Provincial award that provides a stipend or otherwise duplicates provisions of the award, and a 3-year limit of aggregate CIHR support at the postdoctoral level applies, should the candidate have previously received CIHR funding.
NIH's Center for Scientific Review will screen applications for eligibility of the applicants and of the area of the research training project.
NIH-NIA and CIHR-IA staff will use the following criteria in making awards:
How will I be notified of a decision?
NIA will forward Notification of Decision/Post Council letters and Authorizations for Funding/Notices of Grant Award to the applicants.
The full Program Announcement with links to required application forms and submission information is available on the NIH Website. All complete proposals that qualify in accordance with the eligibility requirements will be assigned to NIA.
Please note that the details regarding this Program announcement are available in English only.
For more information or questions about fellowships or the CIHR-IA/NIH-NIA collaboration, please contact:
Dr. Michael-David A.R.R Kerns
National Institutes of Health: National Institute on Aging
7201 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 2C-218
Bethesda, MD 20814
Tel.: 301-402-7713
Fax: 301-402-2945
Email: kernsm@mail.nih.gov
Dr. Linda Mealing
Canadian Institutes of Health Research: Institute of Aging
Tel.: 613-952-4537
Fax: 613-954-1800
Email: lmealing@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
