Early Career Investigators: Apply to Advance Collaborative Aging Science!

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Alzheimer’s and related dementias continue to hurt an aging population, including many older Latinos.  

One way to address this is to gather the brightest minds to collaborate on important brain health issues affecting older adults.  

That’s one of the primary goals of the National Institute on Aging (NIA) Research Centers Collaborative Network (RCCN).  

The RCCN is looking to bring researchers together from the 7 NIA center programs to work on these issues through a series of workshops. 

The next workshop in the series, “Multidisciplinary Research in Aging/Team Science,” is set for May 20-21, 2026, in Bethesda, Maryland. Travel awards are available for 10 early-career investigators with applications due Feb. 27, 2026. 

“These workshops will feature the sharing of paradigms, conceptual models, and key insights from perspectives of the participating centers programs,” according to the Research Centers Collaborative Network’s request for applications. 

About the Workshop on Multidisciplinary Research in Aging/Team Science 

The RCCN’s May 2026 workshop aims to cover multidisciplinary teams, early translation, multidisciplinary communities/geoscience, and tools and barriers in multidisciplinary researchin aging.  

It consists of a series of brief talks that cover “key aspects as they relate to AI and health behaviors for healthy aging,” according to the request for applications.  

These lectures will be followed by moderated discussions. 

The workshop also includes a discussion on collaboration efforts.  

How to Apply for the Travel Awards for the Workshop 

To help fuel these efforts, RCCN leaders are offering pilot funding for researchers with connections to two or more center programs to address topics covered in the workshop. 

Spots are available for 10 early-career investigators or investigators in training. 

These attendees will be part of a special session that focuses on career development. 

Awards include covering the cost of travel to and from the meeting, meals, and hotel accommodations. 

To be eligible to apply, applicants must be affiliated with at least one NIA supported center and have an interest in translational or multidisciplinary interests in the aging topics being covered at the workshop.  

For example, UT San Antonio and its Health Science Center have several NIA-supported centers, including the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, home to the South Texas Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, and the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, which includes the San Antonio Claude D. Pepper Center and the San Antonio Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging. 

However, you do not need to be associated with a center to attend the workshop. 

Find the full eligibility criteria here.  

Applications can be submitted online and must be turned in by Friday, Feb. 27, 2026.  

Those selected will be notified no later than Friday, March 6, 2026. 

Questions surrounding the award opportunity or workshop can be directed to Sabrina Isaacs at sabrina@afar.og. 

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