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The National Institute on Aging awarded the University of Southern California $1,058,064 on September 1, 2026, under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to conduct a large-scale randomized controlled trial of CAPABLE—Community Aging in Place, Advancing Better Living for Elders—versus usual care in permanent supportive housing (PSH). CAPABLE is a 10-session, home-based intervention delivered over five months by an occupational therapist, registered nurse, and maintenance worker to address...

The National Institute on Aging awarded Emory University $535,656 for a project grant on September 1, 2026, under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866). The project, titled "Understand the Determinants and Quality Implications of Agency Staff Use in Nursing Homes: A Mixed Methods Study," examines how temporary staffing agencies impact resident outcomes and continuity of care across nursing homes. The study links payroll-based journal staffing data with national Medicare and resident...

The National Institute on Aging awarded the University of Rochester $588,232 on July 1, 2026, under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866, assistance type: Project Grant T32AG092335) to establish a postdoctoral training fellowship supporting up to five trainees over two to three years in pragmatic biopsychosocial research focused on improving health and wellbeing of older adults with serious illness and their family caregivers, including Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The...

The National Institute on Aging awarded Weill Medical College of Cornell University $698,599 on September 1, 2026, under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to build ACLINK, a privacy-preserving linked dataset connecting Adult Protective Services records with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services claims data for research on healthcare utilization among older adults experiencing elder mistreatment and self-neglect. The project creates research infrastructure by linking APS investigative...

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living awarded a cooperative agreement totaling $1,020,579 to the Pennsylvania Department of Aging on June 1, 2026, under the Special Programs for the Aging, Title IV, and Title II, Discretionary Projects program (CFDA 93.048) to administer the Senior Medicare Patrol statewide project across Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Aging will deliver education, outreach, and one-on-one assistance to Medicare...

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living awarded Lamprey Health Care Inc. a Cooperative Agreement for $1,071,511 on August 1, 2026, under the Empowering Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities through Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Programs (CFDA 93.734), financed by Prevention and Public Health Funds. Lamprey Health Care will expand and sustain New Hampshire's Well-Being Action Network, which delivers chronic disease self-management...

The National Institute on Aging awarded $450,928 to the University of Connecticut on June 1, 2026, under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to conduct secondary data analysis characterizing phenotypes of chronic disease among people aging with HIV in the United States. The project applies a syndemic framework to examine how multiple co-occurring health conditions cluster and interact under conditions of social and structural adversity, with the goal of identifying disease burden patterns...

The National Institute on Aging awarded The Pennsylvania State University $432,575 under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) on September 1, 2026, to develop a three-dimensional, ventilatable, bioprinted alveolar sac model derived from induced-pluripotent stem cell-derived alveolar epithelial type II cells and primary human lung resident mesenchymal stromal cells. The model will investigate how aging disrupts epithelial-mesenchymal interactions, cellular senescence, and epithelial repair...

The National Institute on Aging awarded $680,086 to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) on April 1, 2026, under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to investigate how changes in primary care clinician work effort affect health outcomes for older adults. The research quantifies the number of Medicare patients affected by primary care clinician turnover and sustained reductions in billed clinical effort, identifies factors associated with these work effort...

The National Institute on Aging awarded the National Opinion Research Center $2.489 million on September 1, 2026, under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) for a project grant (R01AG102939) titled "NSHAP Caregiver Study — Networks, Experiences, and Health Outcomes Across the Life Course." The recipient will conduct a comprehensive follow-up study of caregivers participating in Round 5 of the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project. The project will collect original data...