December 2017 NIH and NIA Announcements

Below are several announcements of possible interest.

The Intervention Testing Program – Call for Compounds

The Intervention Testing Program (ITP) Announces Annual Call for Compounds to Test for Anti-Aging Activity in Mice  (NOT-AG-17-019)
Information on the ITP and guidelines for proposal development are posted online. Proposals or inquiries should be emailed to francesca.macchiarini@nih.gov.

Multiple NIH Policy Announcements

Multiple NIH Policy Announcements are in the latest edition of the NIH Guide (Notices)

The Nathan Shock Centers – Coordinating Center

The Nathan Shock Centers program has a recently established a Coordinating Center which has a website created by AFAR .

Useful NIA Websites

NIA Homepage: https://www.nia.nih.gov/

NIA events (meetings, workshops and Webinars): https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/events

DAB Homepage: https://www.nia.nih.gov/research/dab

NIA funding opportunity announcements: These are presented as ‘concepts’ at the three Advisory Council meetings (Oct, Jan and May). The approved concepts are found at this website, which is updated after each Advisory Council meeting. FOAs from NIA that are published in the weekly digest may be reached through this site.