Funding Announcements

Travel Awards are available for approximately 10 early career investigators or investigators intraining, who will participate in a special session at the meeting that will focus on career development. The travel awards will cover travel to and from the meeting, meals, and hotel accommodations. Successful applicants will be from institutions with at least one NIA supported center, and who have demonstrated translational or multidisciplinary interests in aging related to the workshop topic. Individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups are particularly encouraged to apply. For applicants who are not selected for this award but are still interested in attending the meeting, limited space may be available.
To be considered for an RCCN Travel Award, applicants must:
 Be an advanced doctoral student (have completed all requirements for the degree except for the dissertation), postdoctoral fellow or an early stage investigator as defined by the NIH (https://grants.nih.gov/policy/early-investigators/index.htm#definition)
 Be at an institution with at least one NIA Sponsored Center (e.g., Shock, Roybal, RCMAR, OAIC/Pepper, ADRC, or CDEA).
 Have demonstrated interest in translational and/or multidisciplinary interest relevant to the workshop topic
 Be available to attend the entire meeting  Be willing to present either a poster or brief oral presentation of on-going or recently completed work
Submit the application form, and NIH biosketch, as well as a brief statement from a NIA Center Director to AFAR to elizabeth@afar.org by Wednesday, September 4, 2019. Decisions will be made no later than September 20, 2019. Questions? Any questions about the workshop or the travel stipend can be directed to Elizabeth Pritchett-Montavon at elizabeth@afar.org. 

The Prize is awarded every other year for the best paper in demography written by a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania. Submissions for the 2019 prize are due on November 1, 2019. Students from any discipline may submit a paper. The prize, including a $1000 cash award, will be announced in December 2019.  The winner will be asked to present the paper at the Population Studies Center colloquium in February 2020. The submission, a paper or a dissertation chapter, should be equivalent to an article suitable for a demography journal, e.g., a length of approximately 30 double-spaced pages, excluding tables, figures, notes, and bibliography.  The submission must be a single-authored paper. The paper must have been written since July 2017 and while the student was still in a PhD program at Penn. All submissions should be sent to Abby Dolinger (abdol@sas.upenn.edu) by November 1, 2019.

The purpose of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is to help ensure the vitality and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce of the United States. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who are pursuing full-time research-based master's and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) or in STEM education. The GRFP provides three years of support for the graduate education of individuals who have demonstrated their potential for significant research achievements in STEM or STEM education. NSF especially encourages women, members of underrepresented minority groups, persons with disabilities, veterans, and undergraduate seniors to apply.