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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health

Aging Research

Federal program · program number 93.866 (the federal Assistance Listing number) · also called “(Aging)”

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Awards vary in range depending on the particular activity codes. Individual fellowships range from $23,376 to $57,504 and average about $46,000. Research grants have much larger ranges - from $75,000 to several...

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What it pays for

To encourage biomedical, social, and behavioral research and research training directed toward greater understanding of the aging process and the diseases, special problems, and needs of people as they age. The National Institute on Aging has established programs to pursue these goals. The Division of Aging Biology emphasizes understanding the basic biological processes of aging. The Division of Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology supports research to improve the abilities of health care practitioners to respond to the diseases and other clinical problems of older people. The Division of Behavioral and Social Research supports research that will lead to greater understanding of the social, cultural, economic and psychological factors that affect both the process of growing old and the place of older people in society. The Division of Neuroscience fosters research concerned with the age-related changes in the nervous system as well as the related sensory, perceptual, and cognitive processes associated with aging and has a special emphasis on Alzheimer's disease. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program: To expand and improve the SBIR program; to increase private sector commercialization of innovations derived from Federal research and development; to increase small business participation in Federal research and development; and to foster and encourage participation of socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns and women-owned small business concerns in technological innovation. Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program: To stimulate...

Who can apply

Grants: Universities, colleges, medical, dental and nursing schools, schools of public health, laboratories, hospitals, State and local health departments, other public or private institutions (both for-profit and nonprofit), and individuals. National Research Service Award: Individual NRSAs may be made for postdoctoral training to applicants who hold a professional or scientific degree (M.D., Ph.D., D.D.S., D.O., D.V.M., Sc.D., D.Eng., or equivalent domestic or foreign degree) or for predoctoral training to applicants registered for doctoral research training. Institutional NRSAs may be made for both predoctoral and postdoctoral research training. Predoctoral awardees must have a baccalaureate degree. Applicants must be citizens of the United States or admitted for permanent residency. Individual NRSA awardees must be nominated and sponsored by a public or private nonprofit institution having staff and facilities suitable to the proposed research training. Nonprofit domestic organizations may apply for the Institutional NRSA. SBIR grants can be awarded only to domestic small businesses (entities that are independently owned and operated for profit, are not dominant in the field in which research is proposed, and have no more than 500 employees). Primary employment (more than one-half time) of the principal investigator must be with the small business at the time of award...

How applications are judged

The major elements in evaluating proposals include assessments of: the scientific merit and general significance of the proposed study and its objectives; the technical adequacy of the experimental design and approach; the competency of the proposed investigator or group to successfully pursue the project; the adequacy of the available and proposed facilities and resources; the necessity of the budget components requested in relation to the proposed project; and the relevance and importance to announced program objectives. The following criteria will be used in considering the scientific and technical merit of SBIR/STTR Phase I grant applications: (1) The soundness and technical merit of the proposed approach; (2) the qualifications of the proposed principal investigator, supporting staff, and consultants; (3) the technological innovation of the proposed research; (4) the potential of the proposed research for commercial application; (5) the appropriateness of the budget requested; (6) the adequacy and suitability of the facilities and research; and (7) where applicable, the adequacy of assurances detailing the proposed means for (a) safeguarding human or animal subjects, and/or (b) protecting against or minimizing any adverse effect on the environment. Phase II grant applications will be reviewed based upon the following criteria: (1) The degree to which the Phase I objectives were met and feasibility demonstrated; (2) the scientific and technical merit of the proposed...

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Who in Tennessee has won this program

24 awards to Tennessee groups since 1994 · 0 in Gibson County. Largest shown:

Past winnerWhereAmountFiscal year
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$39.5M spent that year2025
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$37.5M2021
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$24.1M2011
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$18.6M2024
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$18.3M2019
St Jude Children's Research Hospital IncMemphis, Shelby County$14.9M2015
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$10M2025
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville$9.1M spent that year2025
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$7.3M2011
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$6.9M2015
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$6.6M2024
State of TennesseeNashville$6.6M spent that year2025

Source: Federal Audit Clearinghouse, USAspending.gov.

Tennessee groups that got this money through Tennessee Department of Education

This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. In Tennessee, Tennessee Department of Education passes it on: watch that agency for applications, not the federal agency. 108 pass-through grants on file · 0 in Gibson County. Largest shown:

Past winnerWhereThroughAmountFiscal year
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyUniversity of Vermont & State Agricultural College$4.4M2023
University of TennesseeMemphis, Shelby CountyVirginia Polytechnic Institute & State University$1.8M2023
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyRegents of the University of Michigan$1.4M2024
St Jude Children's Research Hospital IncMemphis, Shelby CountyThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center$1.4M2026
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyVanderbilt University$1.3M spent that year2025
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at Houston$1.2M2026
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyMayo Clinic$1M2026
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at Houston$993K2024
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson CountyVanderbilt University Medical Center$979K2023
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyVanderbilt University$965K2023
St Jude Children's Research Hospital IncMemphis, Shelby CountyThe General Hospital Corporation$955K2025
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson CountyUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, the$898K2024

Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).

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