Nathan Shock Centers Updates - November 2026
NSC CALLS FOR APPLICATIONS
San Antonio Nathan Shock Center Pilot Project Grants
Deadline: November 15, 2026
The San Antonio Nathan Shock Center Research Development Core announces the availability of pilot project grants for work performed by the SA Shock Center cores.
For questions about whether your project can be assisted by any of our cores please contact the appropriate core leaders listed above. For general questions contact the Research Development Core Leaders at [email protected] or [email protected].
Wisconsin Nathan Shock Center Mini-Sabbatical Program Rolling Applications
Rolling Deadline
The Wisconsin Nathan Shock Center (WiNSC) invites applications for its Mini-Sabbatical Program, which supports training in new aging-related research techniques and fosters collaborations across institutions.
Wisconsin Nathan Shock Center Rapid Idea Awards
Rolling Deadline
WiNSC offers Idea Awards (up to $15,000) to support rapid, innovative projects that leverage our specialized Research Core resources and methods.
Upstate NY Nathan Shock Center Rapid Data Award
Rolling Deadline
The Upstate NY NSC is soliciting applications for Rapid Data Awards on a rolling basis to support efficient acquisition of data to support grant applications or publications relevant to the biology of aging and mechanisms linking aging to diseases associated with aging.
NEWS FROM NIA
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Recent HT's from NIA include:
- Advance the Understanding of Mechanisms Regulating Sex Differences in Response to Exercise
- RNA Metabolism in Aging and Healthy Lifespan
- Biology- and Physics-Informed Explainable AI Across the Lifespan
- Leveraging Research Resources to Accelerate Innovation and Improve Rigor for Chronic and Comorbid Disease Research and Discovery
- Computational Modeling of Complex Processes Across Biological Scales
- Accelerating Disease Prevention Research by New Approach Methodologies
- Research on the Role of Post-Translational Modifications in Human Health and Disease
- Enhancing Data Usage and Utility to Advance Biomedical Research
- Building Health through Multidomain Resilience Research from Molecules to Communities: Mechanisms, Measures, and Biomarkers
New Funding Opportunities for the NIH Cellular Senescence Network (SenNet) Program
The NIH Common Fund recently issued notices of funding opportunities for the Cellular Senescence Network (SenNet) program. SenNet’s goal is to identify and characterize senescent cells across the body, across various states of human health, and across the lifespan.
For additional details, please email [email protected]. Applications are due November 23, 2026.
New Funding Opportunity from the Human Virome Program (HVP)
The NIH Common Fund’s Human Virome Program (HVP) aims to characterize the “healthy” human virome and create tools, models, and methods that will enable an in-depth study of its variation and composition in relation to host factors and its influence on health and disease.
All applications are due: November 10, 2026, by 5PM local time of applicant organization.
NIH Extramural Loan Repayment Programs
The NIH Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs) are designed to recruit and retain highly qualified health professionals into biomedical or biobehavioral research careers. For the upcoming cycle, Extramural LRP applicants will choose from three subcategories, which are designed to make it easier to identify which pathway fits their research and apply with greater clarity. Applications for fiscal year 2027 Extramural LRP awards will be accepted until November 19, 2026.
NIH is Seeking Experts in Human-Based Research
The NIH is seeking scientists with expertise in human-based research approaches who may be interested in serving as grant reviewers. If you are interested in being considered for NIH peer-review opportunities, please email your current CV or BioSketch to [email protected] and [email protected]. You are also welcome to include a brief note containing any additional information you would like NIH to consider when evaluating your potential fit for peer-review activities.
New NIH Guide Notices
- NOT-OD-26-120: Accelerated Implementation of DMS Plan Changes for NIH Career Development (K) Awards: Effective immediately, Data Management and Sharing (DMS) plans are no longer required for active, pending, or future K-awards/applicants.
- NOT-OD-26-100: Implementation Update: NIH Data Management and Sharing Plan Requirements: NIH now requires all existing awards and applications subject to the NIH DMS Policy to transition and align with the 2026 DMS Plan format.
- NOT-OD-26-094: NIH is Replacing Letters of Support with Letters of Collaboration to Reduce Administrative Burden
NSC IN THE NEWS
Wisconsin Nathan Shock Center Director Rozalyn Anderson, PhD, discusses the center's focus on the role of metabolism in aging.
ATTENDING GSA?
Get to Know the National Institute on Aging: NIA Session for Early-Career Researchers
November 5, 2026, 10-11:30am ET | National Harbor, MD
Join NIA leadership and staff for "Get to Know the National Institute on Aging: NIA Session for Early-Career Researchers" — Thursday, Nov 5, 10:00–11:30am ET at the 2026 Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting. The session offers an NIA overview, grant and policy guidance for early-career researchers, open Q&A, and small-group discussions with representatives from across NIA's divisions and offices.
2026 AFAR Scientific Awards of Distinction Presentation and Reception
November 5, 2026, 2:30-4pm ET | National Harbor, MD
If you are attending the GSA 2026 Annual Scientific Meeting, please join AFAR in the National Harbor Room 13/15 on November 5th for an awards ceremony, lectures, and reception. The event will feature presentations from Nir Barzilai, Lauren B. Gerlach, and Richard J. Hodes.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Biology of Aging and Age-Related Diseases Seminar: The Mitochondrial Legacy: Can Inherited Mitochondrial-Haplotype Shape Aging?
November 4, 2026, 12-1pm CT | Madison, WI & Virtual
Hosted by the University of Wisconsin–Madison Biology of Aging and Age-Related Diseases T32 Training Program, this seminar will feature Michelle Nguyen, PhD, a Postdoctoral Trainee in the Geroscience Training Program at the University of Oklahoma Harold Hamm Health Campus. Dr. Nguyen will present research on how inherited mitochondrial DNA variation influences aging, metabolism, and lifespan.
FUNDING AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging
Deadline: November 10, 2026
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is designed specifically for applicants proposing research that does not involve leading an independent clinical trial, a clinical trial feasibility study, or an ancillary clinical trial.
Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists' Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR)
Deadline: November 10, 2026
In support of the program's goal, this GEMSSTAR Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) invites applications that propose to conduct transdisciplinary aging research that will yield pilot data and experience for subsequent aging research projects.
Functional Multi-omics of Aging Training Grant
Deadline: December 1, 2026
UMN is accepting applications for a postdoc position due December 1, 2026 with an anticipated start date of January 1, 2027.
American Aging Association (AGE) Early Career Scholars Program
Deadline: December 1, 2026
Twenty-five scholars will be selected, and will receive a 2-year AGE membership, travel award for the 2027 AGE meeting worth $1300, the opportunity to present your research at the AGE 2027 annual meeting, and will be paired with a senior AGE trainee chapter member for ongoing mentorship.
2026 Real World Data Scholars Program
Deadline: December 3, 2026
This 1-year mentored training program is designed to build practical skills and professional networks for postdoctoral fellows, advanced graduate students, and early-career investigators, interested in using real-world data (RWD) to improve care of people living in nursing homes and assisted living communities, including people living with dementia.
Simons Foundation Fellows-to-Faculty – 2027 Request for Applications
Deadline: December 3, 2026
The Fellows-to-Faculty Award program supports talented early career scientists by facilitating their transition into tenure-track faculty positions. The focus of this program is the $600,000 USD three (3) year faculty research grant.
Deadline: January 11, 2027
The AGE VOYAGER (Venturing Opportunities for Young AGE Geroscientists in Education and Research) Grants are designed to support AGE Trainee Chapter Members (i.e., members of AGE who are graduate students or postdoctoral fellows) seeking to expand their research skills, professional network, and career opportunities in the field of aging research.
NIA Summer Internship Program (SIP)
Deadline: January 26, 2027 at 12pm ET
This program is for community college, college, graduate and professional students interested in exploring careers in research and healthcare. These are full-time in-person research positions within one of the NIH Institutes and Centers (IC) in the NIH Intramural Research Program (IRP).
UAB Translational Gerontology and Geroscience T32 Training Program
Deadline: April 1, 2027
The overarching goal of the postdoctoral program is to develop dedicated, motivated, and well- trained scientists in translational gerontology and geroscience. The program will teach trainees how to conduct, and the importance of, integrative research that spans from understanding disease at the cellular level to improving clinical practices
UT Health San Antonio - Assistant Professor, Tenure Track
The Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology in the Joe R. & Teresa Lozano
Long School of Medicine at The University of Texas at San Antonio invites applications
for an Assistant Professor, Tenure Track. Individuals holding a Ph.D., or MD with an
outstanding record of innovative research and academic scholarship broadly related to
any area of physiology are encouraged to apply.
Dorothy Dillon Eweson Lecture Series
Rolling Deadline
The Dorothy Dillon Eweson Lecture Series provides support to encourage investigators in the field of aging research to present findings at an annual scientific or medical specialty association meeting where aging-related research is not the primary focus.
AGING BIOLOGY NEWSLETTERS
UAB Aging Biology Update - October 2026 Issue 1
The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter, released early October 2026.
UAB Aging Biology Update - October 2026 Issue 2
The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter, released late October 2026.
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