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R13AG094202

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Overview

Grant Description
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE PROGRAM AT THE GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA'S 2025 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING - PROJECT SUMMARY THIS PROPOSAL REQUESTS FUNDING FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING FOR THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (BIOSCI) SECTION PROGRAM AT THE 2025 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING (ASM) OF THE GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA (GSA) IN BOSTON, MA. OUR AIM FOR BIOSCI PROGRAMMING IS TO HIGHLIGHT THE HIGHEST-QUALITY AGING RESEARCH WITH A FOCUS ON HARNESSING THE HALLMARKS OF AGING. WE BELIEVE THAT THE BEST WORK IN THE FIELD WILL EMERGE WHEN BASIC RESEARCHERS EXCHANGE INFORMATION ABOUT HEALTH-RELATED BIOLOGY OF AGING WITH MEDICAL RESEARCHERS AND PRACTITIONERS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, SOCIOLOGISTS, AND PUBLIC POLICY EXPERTS. IN TURN, IMPROVEMENTS IN CLINICAL CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH ARE LIKELY TO RESULT WHEN GERONTOLOGISTS BETTER UNDERSTAND BASIC MECHANISMS OF AGING AND ARE EXPOSED TO THE LATEST AND BEST RESEARCH WITH THE PROMISE OF YIELDING INTERVENTIONS TO AMELIORATE AGING AND AGE- RELATED DISEASE. WE IN THE BS SECTION TAKE OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO EXPOSE OUR MEMBERS, THOSE OF THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND THE GSA AT LARGE, TO WELL-COMMUNICATED, CUTTING-EDGE SCIENCE THAT ULTIMATELY SERVES TO INFORM AND IMPROVE THE WORK OF ALL WHO ATTEND, VERY SERIOUSLY. THE ASM IS SITUATED UNIQUELY IN THE U.S. TO PROMOTE AN INTERDISCIPLINARY EFFORT OF THIS SCOPE, AND THE 2025 NOVEMBER MEETING IN BOSTON WILL PROVIDE AN OUTSTANDING OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND THE NUMBER AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY REPRESENTATION OF PARTICIPATING SCIENTISTS. THE BS SECTION HAS DEMONSTRATED QUANTIFIABLE SUCCESS IN PRODUCING A SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM OF THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE QUALITY AND PROVIDING A FORUM TO ENGENDER INTERACTION AND EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AMONG SCIENTISTS. IN NOVEMBER 2025, WE PROPOSE TO INTENSIFY AND EXTEND OUR EFFORTS, THROUGH A SINGLE-TRACK MEETING PROGRAM FEATURING EMERGING CONCEPTS IN THE BASIC BIOLOGY OF AGING; TO PROMOTE DISCUSSION AND NETWORKING AMONG ATTENDEES ACROSS SECTIONS; AND TO FEATURE TALENTED EARLY CAREER INVESTIGATORS PROMINENTLY IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES SYMPOSIA.. DURING THE MAIN MEETING 14 (NON-COMPETING) ORAL SESSIONS WILL BE HELD. THESE SESSIONS WERE DEVISED BY A TEAM OF TEN INVESTIGATORS RECRUITED FOR THEIR EXPERTISE AND AS LEADERS IN AGING RESEARCH. EACH MEMBER OF THE TEAM WILL CHAIR A SESSION AND WILL PARTICIPATE IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE MEETING ORGANIZATION, EVALUATION, AND STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, UNDER THE MENTORSHIP OF PI CURRAN. POSTER SESSIONS ARE SCHEDULED SO AS NOT TO COMPETE WITH ANY TALKS. ALONG WITH GSA LEADERSHIP, WE HAVE DEVISED STRATEGIES TO RECRUIT AND SUPPORT 8 EARLY-STAGE INVESTIGATOR TRAVEL AWARDS.
Funding Goals
TO ENCOURAGE BIOMEDICAL, SOCIAL, AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH AND RESEARCH TRAINING DIRECTED TOWARD GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THE AGING PROCESS AND THE DISEASES, SPECIAL PROBLEMS, AND NEEDS OF PEOPLE AS THEY AGE. THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING HAS ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS TO PURSUE THESE GOALS. THE DIVISION OF AGING BIOLOGY EMPHASIZES UNDERSTANDING THE BASIC BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES OF AGING. THE DIVISION OF GERIATRICS AND CLINICAL GERONTOLOGY SUPPORTS RESEARCH TO IMPROVE THE ABILITIES OF HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS TO RESPOND TO THE DISEASES AND OTHER CLINICAL PROBLEMS OF OLDER PEOPLE. THE DIVISION OF BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH SUPPORTS RESEARCH THAT WILL LEAD TO GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SOCIAL, CULTURAL, ECONOMIC AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS THAT AFFECT BOTH THE PROCESS OF GROWING OLD AND THE PLACE OF OLDER PEOPLE IN SOCIETY. THE DIVISION OF NEUROSCIENCE FOSTERS RESEARCH CONCERNED WITH THE AGE-RELATED CHANGES IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AS WELL AS THE RELATED SENSORY, PERCEPTUAL, AND COGNITIVE PROCESSES ASSOCIATED WITH AGING AND HAS A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR) PROGRAM: TO EXPAND AND IMPROVE THE SBIR PROGRAM, TO INCREASE PRIVATE SECTOR COMMERCIALIZATION OF INNOVATIONS DERIVED FROM FEDERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TO INCREASE SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION IN FEDERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND TO FOSTER AND ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS AND WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS IN TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION. SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (STTR) PROGRAM: TO STIMULATE AND FOSTER SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION THROUGH COOPERATIVE RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CARRIED OUT BETWEEN SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, TO FOSTER TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER BETWEEN SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, TO INCREASE PRIVATE SECTOR COMMERCIALIZATION OF INNOVATIONS DERIVED FROM FEDERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND TO FOSTER AND ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS AND WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS IN TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Place of Performance
District Of Columbia United States
Geographic Scope
State-Wide
Gerontological Society Of America (The) was awarded Project Grant R13AG094202 worth $50,000 from National Institute on Aging in August 2025 with work to be completed primarily in District Of Columbia United States. The grant has a duration of 1 year and was awarded through assistance program 93.866 Aging Research. The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (Parent R13 Clinical Trial Not Allowed).

Status
(Ongoing)

Last Modified 8/6/25

Period of Performance
8/1/25
Start Date
7/31/26
End Date
3.0% Complete

Funding Split
$50.0K
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$50.0K
Total Obligated
100.0% Federal Funding
0.0% Non-Federal Funding

Activity Timeline

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Additional Detail

Award ID FAIN
R13AG094202
SAI Number
R13AG094202-3446729941
Award ID URI
SAI UNAVAILABLE
Awardee Classifications
Nonprofit With 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other Than An Institution Of Higher Education)
Awarding Office
75NN00 NIH National Insitute on Aging
Funding Office
75NN00 NIH National Insitute on Aging
Awardee UEI
KDEZVGZ2PHN7
Awardee CAGE
3M9R5
Performance District
DC-98
Modified: 8/6/25