Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA AG 11 004
Apply for RFA AG 11 004
- The National Institutes of Health in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Regional and International Differences in Health and Longevity at Older Ages (R01)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.866 Aging Research.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 22, 2010 and posted on Jun 22, 2010.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Oct 14, 2010. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $7,500,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $330,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: 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 City or township governments Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification) Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) Small businesses Special district governments Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities For profit organizations other than small businesses State governments County governments Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Independent school districts Private institutions of higher education.
- Other Eligible Applicants include the following Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government Faith based or Community based Organizations Hispanic serving Institutions Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized) Non domestic (non U.S.) Entities (Foreign Organizations) Regional Organizations Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) U.S. Territory or Possession.
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Opportunity Summary:
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National Institutes of Health released this Funding Opportunity Announcement (RFA-AG-11-004) to support research that explains why health and longevity in later life are moving in different directions across places. The central focus is on older-age outcomes and the puzzling, uneven patterns that have been documented but not fully explained, both internationally (especially among industrialized, high life-expectancy countries) and within the United States (across regions, states, and other geographic areas). The goal is to move beyond simply describing gaps in mortality and health and instead identify the underlying drivers that produce those differences, drawing on strong empirical evidence and comparisons across populations.
This opportunity uses the NIH Research Project Grant (R01) mechanism and is described as encouraging small-scale R01 projects that can deliver clear advances in understanding. NIA is explicitly trying to build on past investments in major, cross-nationally comparable aging datasets that make country-to-country comparisons feasible. Examples named in the announcement include the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) in the United States, the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), and the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). A major theme is that these types of harmonized or comparable studies can help researchers test hypotheses about why older adults in one nation or region experience different trajectories in disease, disability, functioning, and survival than those elsewhere.
The FOA is broad in the kinds of work it encourages, as long as the project advances knowledge about the causes of divergent trends. Competitive applications can include secondary data analysis using existing surveys and longitudinal studies, but the announcement also welcomes proposals that go further, such as collecting new data, improving the comparability of measures across studies (for example, calibrating health, cognition, disability, or socioeconomic measures so they align across surveys), developing innovative survey measures that can better capture mechanisms behind health differences, or linking survey data to administrative sources. Administrative linkages might involve connections to Medicare, Social Security, vital statistics, or other records that can strengthen measurement of health care use, diagnoses, mortality, income, or program participation. Importantly, applicants are not required to use HRS, ELSA, or SHARE; any relevant data source can be proposed if it is well-suited to answering the questions about geographic and international differences in health and longevity at older ages.
On funding levels, NIA indicated an intention to commit a total of $7.5 million (total costs) across the overall project periods supported under this FOA, with an expected 3 to 5 awards for Fiscal Year 2011. The listed award ceiling is $330,000. As with most NIH competitions, the final number of awards depends on how many strong applications are submitted and the availability of funds.
Eligibility is expansive and includes many organization types across public, private, nonprofit, and governmental sectors. Eligible applicants include public and private institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status, for-profit organizations (including small businesses), state and local governments (including counties, cities or townships, special district governments, and independent school districts), public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, and tribal governments and tribal organizations. The FOA also explicitly includes a range of special categories such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-serving institutions, tribally controlled colleges and universities (TCCUs), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian serving institutions, faith-based or community-based organizations, U.S. territories or possessions, and even non-U.S. entities (foreign organizations) and regional organizations, reflecting an intent to enable international and cross-regional research partnerships where appropriate. No cost sharing or matching is required.
Key administrative details in the posting include a posted date of June 22, 2010, with an original and current closing date of October 14, 2010, and an archive date of November 14, 2010. The CFDA number is 93.866 (Aging Research). The sponsoring agency is NIH (through NIA). The full announcement was made available through the NIH grants website, and technical access issues were directed to the NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER) webmaster contact listed in the notice.
In practical terms, this FOA is designed for investigators who can use rigorous demographic, epidemiologic, economic, sociological, or health services research approaches to explain why older-adult health and survival differ across countries and across U.S. regions, and who can leverage strong data resources (existing or newly linked/created) to isolate mechanisms rather than simply documenting disparities. The emphasis on harmonized international aging studies signals that proposals able to make credible cross-place comparisons, improve measurement comparability, and connect individual outcomes to broader social, economic, health system, or policy contexts would fit especially well.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is this funding opportunity?
This is a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH): RFA-AG-11-004. It supports research aimed at explaining why health and longevity at older ages are moving in different directions across places, both internationally and within the United States.
What is the main purpose of the FOA?
The purpose is to move beyond describing differences in mortality and health and instead identify the underlying drivers that produce uneven patterns in disease, disability, functioning, and survival among older adults across countries, regions, states, and other geographic areas.
What kinds of differences is NIA interested in?
NIA is focused on puzzling and uneven patterns in older-age health and longevity that have been documented but not fully explained. This includes international differences (especially among industrialized, high life-expectancy countries) and differences within the United States across geographic areas.
What grant mechanism is used?
This FOA uses the NIH Research Project Grant (R01) mechanism.
Are projects expected to be large-scale or small-scale?
The announcement encourages small-scale R01 projects that can deliver clear advances in understanding the causes of divergent trends in older-age health and longevity.
What is the central research focus?
The central focus is on older-age outcomes and on explaining why trends in health and longevity differ across places. The emphasis is on identifying mechanisms and drivers behind those differences using strong empirical evidence and comparisons across populations.
Does the FOA require cross-national comparisons?
No. Cross-national comparisons are strongly aligned with the FOA, especially given the emphasis on cross-nationally comparable datasets, but the opportunity also includes within-U.S. comparisons across regions, states, and other geographic areas.
What types of research approaches fit this FOA?
The FOA is designed for rigorous demographic, epidemiologic, economic, sociological, and health services research approaches that can explain why older-adult health and survival differ across locations and that can isolate underlying mechanisms rather than simply documenting disparities.
Are secondary data analyses allowed?
Yes. Competitive applications can include secondary data analysis using existing surveys and longitudinal studies, as long as the work advances knowledge about the causes of divergent trends.
Can applicants propose collecting new data?
Yes. The FOA welcomes proposals that go beyond secondary analysis, including collecting new data if it supports stronger explanations of geographic and international differences in older-age health and longevity.
Does the FOA support improving comparability of measures across studies?
Yes. Improving comparability is explicitly encouraged, including calibrating measures (such as health, cognition, disability, or socioeconomic measures) so they align across surveys and support credible comparisons across places and populations.
Does the FOA encourage developing new survey measures?
Yes. The announcement welcomes development of innovative survey measures that better capture mechanisms behind health differences across countries or regions.
Can applicants link survey data to administrative records?
Yes. The FOA encourages linking survey data to administrative sources to strengthen measurement of outcomes and determinants.
What administrative data sources are mentioned as examples for linkage?
Examples include Medicare, Social Security, vital statistics, and other records that can strengthen measurement of health care use, diagnoses, mortality, income, or program participation.
Are applicants required to use specific datasets like HRS, ELSA, or SHARE?
No. The FOA highlights major, cross-nationally comparable aging datasets such as the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), and the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), but applicants are not required to use them. Any relevant data source may be proposed if it is well-suited to answering the FOA questions.
Why does the FOA emphasize harmonized or comparable international studies?
Because harmonized or comparable studies make it possible to test hypotheses about why older adults in one nation or region experience different trajectories in disease, disability, functioning, and survival than those elsewhere, using more credible cross-place comparisons.
How much total funding did NIA intend to commit under this FOA?
NIA indicated an intention to commit a total of $7.5 million in total costs across the overall project periods supported under this FOA.
How many awards were expected?
The FOA anticipated 3 to 5 awards for Fiscal Year 2011, depending on application quality and the availability of funds.
What is the listed award ceiling?
The listed award ceiling is $330,000.
Is the number of awards guaranteed?
No. As with many NIH competitions, the final number of awards depends on how many strong applications are submitted and on the availability of funds.
Is cost sharing or matching required?
No. The FOA states that no cost sharing or matching is required.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is broad and includes many organization types across public, private, nonprofit, for-profit, and governmental sectors.
What types of U.S. organizations are explicitly eligible?
Eligible applicants include public and private institutions of higher education; nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status; for-profit organizations (including small businesses); and state and local governments (including counties, cities or townships, special district governments, and independent school districts).
Are tribal governments and tribal organizations eligible?
Yes. Tribal governments and tribal organizations are explicitly listed as eligible.
Are public housing authorities eligible?
Yes. Public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities are listed as eligible applicants.
Are special categories of educational institutions included?
Yes. The FOA explicitly includes HBCUs, Hispanic-serving institutions, tribally controlled colleges and universities (TCCUs), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian serving institutions, and other listed categories.
Are faith-based or community-based organizations eligible?
Yes. Faith-based and community-based organizations are explicitly included in the eligibility description.
Are U.S. territories or possessions included?
Yes. The FOA includes U.S. territories or possessions among eligible applicants.
Are non-U.S. (foreign) organizations allowed to apply?
Yes. The FOA explicitly includes non-U.S. entities (foreign organizations) and regional organizations, reflecting an intent to enable international and cross-regional research partnerships where appropriate.
What is the CFDA number for this opportunity?
The CFDA number listed is 93.866 (Aging Research).
Which agency is sponsoring this FOA?
The sponsoring agency is the National Institutes of Health (NIH), through the National Institute on Aging (NIA).
When was the FOA posted?
The posted date is June 22, 2010.
What were the closing date and archive date?
The original and current closing date listed is October 14, 2010, and the archive date is November 14, 2010.
Where was the full announcement made available?
The full announcement was made available through the NIH grants website.
Who should be contacted for technical access issues?
Technical access issues were directed to the NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER) webmaster contact listed in the notice.
What kinds of project activities seem especially well-aligned with the FOA?
Projects that can make credible comparisons across places, improve measurement comparability across studies, and connect individual outcomes to broader social, economic, health system, or policy contexts are described as especially fitting the FOA emphasis, as long as they provide strong empirical evidence about the drivers of divergent older-age health and longevity trends.
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