2022 Stanford Aging and Ethnogeriatrics Research Center (SAGE) Scientist Scholars Program: Call for Pilot Applications
UPDATE: We have extended the deadline to January 14, 2021 at 5 PM PT so that applicants do not need to work on their applications during the holidays.
Application Deadline – Friday, January 7, 2022 at 5:00 PM PT
Applications are being accepted for one-year pilot project awards of up to $30,000 for the project period 7/1/2022–6/30/2023.
The SAGE Center aims to 1) strengthen and diversify the aging research workforce by mentoring new and junior researchers to become independent, culturally sensitive, and culturally competent researchers engaged in transdisciplinary integrative research in ethnogeriatrics and 2) promote research advances using emerging methodologies that are focused on improving the health and well-being of diverse older adults. To that end, we are seeking applications from researchers that are new to aging research and propose to conduct a mentored research project using emerging methodologies (such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, and other big data techniques, and precision medicine approaches) to answer key questions in the aging arena.
We expect to fund 3 awards (up to $30,000 each), and the funding period is for 1 year (July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023). Awardees will be distinguished by NIA/NIH as "RCMAR Scientists" and be invited to special conferences and training opportunities offered by the National Institute on Aging.
Timeline: Phase 1 applications are due January 7, 2022 at 5pm PT. Candidates selected to submit Phase 2 applications (a 3-page project narrative) will be notified by January 14, 2022; the project narrative will be due January 28, 2022.
More Information: The full program description and opportunity can be found here. Descriptions of past awardees and their projects can be found here.
Applications MUST be submitted in Qualtrics (https://bit.ly/2YZs7YC). Applications submitted through the Seed Funding Site will not be considered.
QUESTIONS?
Please contact VJ Periyakoil, MD (periyakoil@stanford.edu) and/or Jessica Moon, PhD, PMP (jessmoon@stanford.edu). Prospective applicants are encouraged to discuss project alignment with SAGE Center mission before submitting an application.
Post-doctoral fellows, instructors, research scientists, and assistant and associate faculty professors in any of the seven schools on Stanford campus, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto University, and in any academic or research non-profit institution affiliated with Stanford. Applicants must have a terminal degree (E.g., MD, PhD, MD/PhD) and be new to aging research. Applicants may be from all backgrounds, and we specifically encourage applicants from underrepresented groups in science and/or individuals who come from disadvantaged backgrounds, as this is a primary focus of the NIA RCMARs.
