Project Grant R56AG101802
- Federal Grant Award Summary Northwestern University's Sponsored Research Division received a $559,795 Project Grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866), effective May 1, 2026, through January 31, 2031. The grant supports biomedical research investigating cell mechanics-mediated regulation of hair follicle stem cells (HFSCs) during homeostasis and aging. The research focuses on the role of microRNA-205 in regulating the extracellular matrix...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Northwestern University's Sponsored Research Division received a $457,112 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) for the period January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2030. The award supports research investigating Death Induced by Survival Elimination (DISE), a cellular death mechanism involving short RNAs (sRNAs) that target genes critical for cell survival. The research examines how DISE functions as...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Columbia University's Health Sciences Division received a $3.44M Project Grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2029. This research initiative investigates the molecular mechanisms and genetic basis of human ovarian aging, addressing a significant gap in women's health research. The project employs advanced genomic sequencing techniques, including...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Northwestern University's Sponsored Research Division received $198,164 in funding from the National Institute on Aging under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to conduct a project investigation titled "Investigating Sex-Specific Hypothalamic Pathology and Immune Infiltration in Alzheimer's Disease." The award, effective September 27, 2025, with completion targeted for May 31, 2028, supports research addressing the underexplored mechanisms...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Northwestern University received a $1.34M Project Grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866), awarded February 15, 2026, with completion targeted for November 30, 2030. This research project continues longitudinal follow-up of an existing cohort study (N=293, 94.5% retention rate) to examine how aging-in-place and long-term care (AIP/LTC) decision-making and implementation evolve over time among older adults...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded Columbia University's Health Sciences Division a $149,190 Project Grant effective August 6, 2026, under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to conduct biomedical research on the mechanisms of NBR2, a long non-coding ribonucleic acid (RNA), in human ovarian aging. The research addresses a critical gap in understanding ovarian aging, which the proposal identifies as the first organ system to age in the human body and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation a $681,020 Project Grant on June 15, 2026, under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to conduct biomedical research investigating the microbial regulation of type 2 immunity in ovarian tissue remodeling and fibrosis. The research will be conducted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a completion date of February 28, 2031. The primary deliverables include scientific research...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Northwestern University's Sponsored Research Division received a $3.13 million Project Grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866), awarded September 1, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2029. This secondary data analysis project will investigate the relationships among personality traits, interpersonal stress, and cognitive aging through integrative analysis across multiple NIA-supported...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) a Project Grant totaling $1,422,958 under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866), effective March 15, 2026, through February 28, 2031. This five-year award funds biomedical research directed toward understanding inflammatory and immune mechanisms driving ovarian tissue aging. The research will investigate how innate and adaptive immune components contribute to...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Yale University received a $544,318 Project Grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866), effective June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2031. This five-year research initiative will advance understanding of immunometabolic regulation and aging-related chronic inflammation through investigation of nerve-associated macrophages (NAMs)—specialized immune cells residing on sympathetic nerve fibers. The project will deliver...
Northwestern University received a $400,000 project grant from the National Institute on Aging (part of the National Institutes of Health) under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866), awarded June 15, 2026, with a completion date of May 31, 2027. The research project, titled "Dysregulated Ovulatory Debris Clearance as a Driver of Ovarian Fibroinflammaging," investigates the mechanisms of premature ovarian aging through examination of how cellular debris accumulation contributes to chronic inflammation and fibrosis in aging ovaries. The grant funds basic biomedical research aimed at understanding how age-related failure to clear ovulatory debris—specifically persistent corpus luteum remnants and related cellular waste products—drives ovarian fibroinflammaging and accelerated organ aging. The project will characterize age-related changes in cellular debris clearance mechanisms, identify key immune cell populations (multinucleated giant cells) that contribute to tissue inflammation and remodeling, and test whether enhancing debris removal processes can improve ovarian function and reproductive longevity. Research activities are performed at Northwestern University's Chicago, Illinois location, with the work contributing to the National Institute on Aging's mission of understanding aging processes and age-related diseases through biomedical and behavioral research.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $400.0k | 6/8/26 |