Centers on the Demography and Economics of Aging (P30 Clinical Trial Optional) | RFA AG 20 001

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The Centers on the Demography and Economics of Aging (P30 Clinical Trial Optional) funding opportunity (RFA-AG-20-001) is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) discretionary grant program that supports the creation or continued operation of Research and Development Centers using the P30 center mechanism. The goal is to strengthen population-based social science research on aging by building shared infrastructure, expertise, and coordinated activities that help multiple investigators produce rigorous, policy-relevant research on how and why aging outcomes vary across people, places, and time. While the announcement is labeled "clinical trial optional," the emphasis of the program is on demography and economics of aging and related interdisciplinary work grounded in population-level social science approaches.

The FOA is especially interested in center applications that focus on several high-priority topic areas. One major emphasis is socioeconomic status (SES) disparities at older ages, including how outcomes differ by geography, which can include neighborhood, rural versus urban location, state policy context, or regional economic conditions. Another priority is research that helps explain why the United States performs poorly on health and mortality metrics when compared with other countries, encouraging work that can unpack the roles of social conditions, health systems, behaviors, and policy environments. The FOA also highlights trends and dynamics in old-age disability, pointing toward research that tracks disability incidence, recovery, progression, and the factors that shape those patterns over time.

In addition, the FOA encourages work on cohort trends in obesity and its sequelae, meaning research on how obesity patterns differ across birth cohorts and how those patterns translate into later-life health consequences such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, disability, and mortality. Family demography is another core area of interest, particularly the demography of care and caregiving tied to chronic disease, disability, and Alzheimers Disease and Alzheimers-Related Dementias (AD/ADRD). This includes questions about who provides care, how caregiving responsibilities are distributed across families and communities, how caregiving intersects with labor force participation and economic security, and how these patterns are changing with family structure and population aging. Finally, the FOA places explicit emphasis on long-term supports and services for disabled older adults, which can include formal and informal care systems, service availability and financing, and the implications for individuals, families, and public programs.

Eligible applicants are broad and include many types of U.S.-based organizations and governments. Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education are eligible, along with nonprofits (both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3)), for-profit organizations (other than small businesses), and small businesses. Government eligibility spans state, county, and city/township governments, special district governments, independent school districts, public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, and federally recognized Native American tribal governments, as well as Native American tribal organizations that are not federally recognized tribal governments. The FOA also explicitly calls out additional eligible applicant 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, and Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs), as well as faith-based or community-based organizations, regional organizations, eligible federal agencies, and U.S. territories or possessions.

The eligibility rules around international involvement are specific. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities (foreign organizations and foreign institutions) are not eligible to apply as the applicant organization, and non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are also not eligible to apply as components. However, foreign components are allowed as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, meaning a U.S. applicant center may include certain foreign elements when they are justified and comply with NIH policy, even though a foreign institution cannot be the primary applicant.

From the available source details, the program is listed under CFDA 93.866 and had an original closing date of 2019-06-03, with an award ceiling shown as $545,000. The FOA indicates an expected number of awards, though the specific number is not provided in the text you supplied. Overall, this opportunity is designed for institutions that want to build a sustained, collaborative center focused on aging-related population science, with a strong emphasis on disparities, international health comparisons, disability and obesity trends, caregiving and AD/ADRD-related family dynamics, and long-term supports and services for older adults with disabilities.

• The National Institutes of Health in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Centers on the Demography and Economics of Aging (P30 Clinical Trial Optional)" 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 2018-10-30.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2019-06-03. (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 $545,000.00 in funding.
• 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.

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