Project Grant R13AG104345
- The National Institute on Aging, a component of the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health, awarded the University of Wisconsin System Office of Sponsored Programs (operating as University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee) $642,805 under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) on January 15, 2026. The award funds three experiments investigating how older age affects memory integration—the ability to generalize across experiences, make inferences, and accumulate knowledge....
- The National Institute on Aging awarded Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. $621,096 under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) on September 16, 2025. The project, "A Comparative Analysis of Age Differences in Social Networks," examines age-related differences in the social networks of capuchin monkeys and compares these patterns to humans. The research tests whether cognitive abilities or explore-exploit tendencies account for age-related differences in social...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program, CFDA 47.075) awarded the University of Southern California $698,115 on September 1, 2025, for a three-year project investigating how novel social interactions affect cognitive function in older adults. The primary deliverables include empirical research findings on the effects of brief social activities—such as storytelling,...
- This $150,000 Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health National Institute on Aging will support the Gerontological Society of America's Biological Sciences Section program at the 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona from April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022. The program aims to highlight high-quality, translational aging research and promote exchange of information across disciplines through a single-track meeting program...
- Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Aging awarded University of California, Davis a $3.42 million Project Grant (CFDA 93.866, Aging Research) on September 15, 2025, to develop and validate digital biomarkers capturing the dynamic relationship between social and cognitive health as early indicators of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD). Over the four-year project period through September 2029, the research team will address three critical gaps in understanding...
- This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) to the Trustees of Boston University, doing business as Boston University Medical Campus, provides $2,330,859.00 in funding to study age-related changes in brain network connectivity and their relationship to cognitive decline. The 3-year project aims to use multimodal neuroimaging, single-cell transcriptomics, electrophysiology, and neural tract-tracing in a rhesus monkey model to delineate how...
- The National Institute on Aging awarded the University of California Irvine $5,101,916 on July 1, 2026, under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to examine daily dynamics of social connection and their influence on physical and cognitive functioning across the adult lifespan. The research uses longitudinal daily diary datasets from the Midlife in the United States Study (MIDUS), including four waves of diary data across approximately 20 years (beginning in 2002, 2014, and 2023) and two...
- This $200,310 project grant from the Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health National Institute on Aging will fund research into the differential impact of adverse childhood experiences and aging on brain health. Specifically, the Oklahoma State University grant will pursue two aims: 1) characterize cognitive performance across emerging and older adult cohorts stratified by ACEs, and 2) characterize brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels across the two age...
- Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded The Washington University a four-year Project Grant totaling $2,631,670 effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2029, under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866). This grant supports research investigating age-related deficits in episodic memory for both the content and structure of naturalistic events. The research aims to refine understanding of episodic memory loss mechanisms in aging and Alzheimer's disease (AD)...
- This Project Grant award of $423,500.00 from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) supports research at The Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford University) to study behavioral, electrophysiological, and pupil-based rhythms of attention and memory in young and older adults. The project aims to examine how feature-based attention and episodic memory performance vary with age, independent of Alzheimer's disease, by conducting a well-powered study with simultaneous...
INTEGRATING AGING WITH SOCIAL AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE - PROJECT SUMMARY WHILE MUCH RESEARCH HAS INVESTIGATED AGE-RELATED COGNITIVE AND NEURAL CHANGES, LESS IS KNOWN ABOUT HOW THE AGING BRAIN IS ASSOCIATED WITH SOCIAL AND AFFECTIVE PHENOMENA. THE GOAL OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO MAKE AGING A CORE AREA OF INVESTIGATION FOR THE FIELD OF SOCIAL AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE. THIS PROPOSAL WILL ACCELERATE THE STUDY OF THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL AGING BRAIN ACROSS THREE INITIATIVES. FOR THE FIRST INITIATIVE, ESTABLISHED INVESTIGATORS WHO EXAMINE AGING IN COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE AND THOSE WHO ARE BEGINNING TO BRIDGE THE GAP WITH SOCIAL AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE, WILL BE INVITED TO ATTEND AND PRESENT THEIR WORK AT A MAJOR SOCIETAL CONFERENCE AT THE SOCIAL AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE (SANS) ANNUAL MEETING. SANS INCLUDES OVER THREE THOUSAND MEMBERS ON ITS MAILING LIST. OVER 350 MEMBERS ATTEND AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF WHICH ABOUT ONE THIRD ARE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS. A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF PAST SANS CONFERENCES SHOWS THAT THE COMMUNITY IS CONDUCTING CUTTING-EDGE THEORETICAL, METHODOLOGICAL, AND ANALYTICAL WORK IN SOCIAL AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE. HOWEVER, RESEARCH ON AGE-RELATED FACTORS IS NOT CURRENTLY A TOPIC IN THIS COMMUNITY. THUS, THIS INITIATIVE WILL VASTLY INCREASE THE VISIBILITY AND PRIORITY OF AGING CONTENT FOR UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE. LONG-TERM CHANGE TO A FIELD REQUIRES FOSTERING THE NEXT GENERATION OF RESEARCHERS TO DEVELOP INTERDISCIPLINARY EXPERTISE IN AGING AND SOCIAL AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE. THE SECOND INITIATIVE WILL TAKE A MULTI- PRONGED APPROACH TOWARD THIS DEVELOPMENT. THE PROPOSAL WILL PROVIDE FUNDING TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL SANS MEETING FOR TRAINEES WHO HAVE AN INTEREST IN AGING RESEARCH, INCLUDING TRAINEES WHO HAVE ECONOMIC BARRIERS TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE. INVITED SPEAKERS WHO ARE EXPERTS IN AGING WILL ALSO MEET WITH STUDENTS, TRAINEES, AND EARLY CAREER FACULTY IN THE FIELD IN ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT AGING IN SOCIAL AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE. A FORMAL MENTORSHIP PROGRAM WILL ALSO BE ESTABLISHED FOR TRAINEES AND JUNIOR FACULTY TO FACILITATE NETWORKING SPECIFICALLY WITH ESTABLISHED PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS WHO WORK IN AGING, IN ADDITION TO AN IDEA HACKATHON TO FOSTER NEW RESEARCH IDEAS AND COLLABORATIONS FOR AGING AND SOCIAL AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE. THE THIRD INITIATIVE IS TO DEVOTE A SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE SOCIAL AND AFFECTIVE FACTORS FOR AGING BRAIN IN THE FIELD'S PRIMARY JOURNAL, SOCIAL COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE (SCAN). THIS INITIATIVE WILL PROVIDE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF AGING IN THE SOCIAL AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE COMMUNITY. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SPECIAL ISSUE WILL BE SOLICITED FROM SPEAKERS WHO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE AND ALSO THE BROADER SOCIAL AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE COMMUNITY. IN SUM, THESE THREE INITIATIVES WILL MAKE AGING A CORE FOCUS FOR SANS. IT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY THROUGH CONFERENCE PROGRAMMING, MENTORSHIP OF TRAINEES, AND FOCUSED RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS. IN DOING SO, THIS PROPOSAL WILL LAY A FOUNDATION FOR NEW SCHOLARS, GRANT SUBMISSIONS, AND RESEARCH DIRECTIONS ON AGING AND SOCIAL AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE THAT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY SPEED OUR SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $38.4k | 8/20/26 |