The Clinician-Scientists Transdisciplinary Aging Research (Clin-STAR) Coordinating Center is seeking to fund pilot grants of up to $50,000 each. The funding provides opportunities to build mentee-mentor relationships at different institutions and content expertise in different disciplines for the junior investigator. Awards will be made to junior clinician-scientists who work collaboratively with a senior investigator from a different discipline and institution to stimulate new areas of age-related clinical human subjects research. For more eligibility requirements and to learn more, visit

Hello colleagues, I wanted to make you aware of the following COVID-19 RADx-UP funding opportunities that have been recently released: Emergency Awards: Community-engaged COVID-19 Testing Interventions among Underserved and Vulnerable Populations – RADx-UP Phase II (U01 Clinical Trial Optional) RFA-OD-21-008 Application due date: July 07, 2021 Emergency Award: RADx-UP - Social, Ethical, and Behavioral Implications (SEBI) Research on Disparities in COVID-19 Testing among Underserved and Vulnerable Populations (U01 Clinical Trials Optional) RFA-OD-21-009 Application due date: July 07, 2021

There are Upcoming Changes to the Biographical Sketch and Other Support Format Page for Due Dates on or after May 25, 2021. Check out this page for more information and to get the latest instructions: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-21-073.html NOT-OD-21-073: Upcoming Changes to the Biographical Sketch and Other Support Format Page for Due Dates on or after May 25, 2021 NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Upcoming Changes to the Biographical Sketch and Other Support Format Page for Due Dates on or after May 25, 2021 NOT-OD-21

Please check the NIH website for active and expired funding opportunities specific to COVID-19. Here is the link: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/COVID-Related.cfm

The NIH Common Fund is pleased to announce two new Funding Opportunities to address Health Disparities and Advance Health Equity. The NIH has established a new initiative called UNITE to end structural racism and racial inequities throughout the biomedical research enterprise. Part of ending racial inequities in biomedical research will be to ensure NIH-supported research benefits the health of all populations, especially those whose health is negatively impacted by racism. For this reason, conducting new research into health disparities, minority health, and health equity is an important goal

Please consider applying for this R01 Clinical Trial Optional opportunity: Understanding and Addressing the Impact of Structural Racism and Discrimination on Minority Health and Health Disparities More information can be found here: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MD-21-004.html

Please block out your calendars now for the 2022 PCRC Annual Investigator Meeting, which will be held between March 8-10, 2022.

Join the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) and the Western Institute of Nursing (WIN) on March 4-5 for the 2021 National Nursing Research Roundtable (NNRR). The virtual meeting, titled “Nursing Research of the Future: Using Clinical Big Data to Explore Health Inequities and Social Determinants of Health,” will bring together individuals representing member organizations — nurse scientists, practitioners, and educators to learn about recent research findings aimed at strengthening nursing practice and improving client outcomes. For more information please use this link: https://www

NIH Science of Behavior Change (SOBC) Capstone Conference Join the NIH’s Science of Behavior Change (SOBC) Capstone Conference, Ten Years of the Science of Behavior Change Common Fund Program: Celebrating Accomplishments and Looking to the Future, on the afternoons (Eastern) of February 22-23, 2021. The goal of the NIH Science of Behavior Change (SOBC) Common Fund Program is to advance behavior change research through a focus on mechanisms of change and the integration of basic research with applied/interventional research. The capstone conference will highlight innovative examples of behavior