Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA AG 20 035
Building Resources for the Basic Biology of Aging in Health Disparities Research (R24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding opportunity from the Department of Health and Human Services that supports the creation of research infrastructure rather than a traditional single, hypothesis-driven research project. Issued under Funding Opportunity Number RFA-AG-20-035, it uses the NIH Resource-Related Research Project (R24) mechanism to help teams build coordinated research networks focused on the basic biology of aging as it relates to health disparities. The central idea is to strengthen the field by organizing people, expertise, and shared resources in ways that make future collaborative research faster, more rigorous, and more innovative.
The main purpose of the award is to establish and expand collaborations that can tackle biological mechanisms contributing to health disparities through the lens of accelerated aging. In this context, accelerated aging is treated as the key population-relevant feature connected to health disparities, meaning the FOA is oriented toward understanding why some groups experience earlier or more rapid age-related biological decline and disease risk. Rather than funding large clinical trials, the opportunity is designed to develop a platform that enables discovery and supports pilot projects. These pilots are intended to test feasibility, generate preliminary data, and de-risk novel approaches that collaborating teams can later scale into larger research efforts through subsequent funding.
Because this is an infrastructure-building initiative, typical activities supported by the R24 may include forming a multi-institutional network, developing shared tools, methods, and standards, setting up procedures for collaboration and data/resource sharing, coordinating interdisciplinary expertise, and launching small discovery or pilot studies that validate new models, biomarkers, assays, analytic strategies, or other foundational capabilities. The emphasis is on building durable capacity for basic biology of aging research in the health disparities space, so that the network can serve as a springboard for multiple future projects and sustained collaboration beyond the R24 period. Clinical trials are explicitly not allowed under this FOA, reinforcing that the goal is foundational biology, resources, and readiness for later-stage research rather than testing interventions in trial settings.
Eligibility is broad and includes many types of organizations that can host and manage a research network. Eligible applicants include state, county, city, and special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status (excluding higher education institutions in those categories); for-profit organizations (other than small businesses); small businesses; and other entities as permitted in the opportunity instructions. This wide eligibility reflects the program's interest in building networks that may span academic, community, governmental, and other sectors, as long as the proposed structure can support the intended scientific and infrastructure goals.
From a funding and logistics standpoint, the opportunity is categorized as a discretionary grant within the health funding activity area and is associated with CFDA number 93.866. The award ceiling is listed as $300,000, and NIH anticipated making about 2 awards under this announcement. The funding opportunity was created on July 31, 2019, and the original closing date was October 19, 2020. Overall, the FOA is aimed at establishing collaborative infrastructure that can uncover and clarify the biological underpinnings of accelerated aging linked to health disparities, using network building and feasibility-focused pilot work rather than clinical trial research.Apply for RFA AG 20 035
- The Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Building Resources for the Basic Biology of Aging in Health Disparities Research (R24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.866.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jul 31, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Oct 19, 2020. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $300,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 2 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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