Re: CORRECTED FORMAT - NBER Center for Aging and Health - Pilot Project Funding Opportunity

From: Khansa Mahum <kmahum_at_nber.org>
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2023 18:08:00 -0500

Hello all,

This is a reminder that the deadline is *next week Thursday, **February 16,
2023* to submit a pilot project proposal with the NBER Center for Aging and
Health Research.

TO APPLY:
Upload a title and a 1-2 page summary here:
http://conference.nber.org/confsubmit/backend/cfp?id=HRPPs23

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Best,
Khansa Mahum
Program Assistant
National Bureau of Economic Research
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02130
http://www.nber.org/sendthisfile/kmahum


On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 11:50 AM Janet Stein <jbstein_at_nber.org> wrote:

> Hello all -
> I understand that the format of my original message may have been
> scrambled and difficult to read, so I'm re-sending to make sure the list
> of high-priority themes is easy to understand. I really apologize for
> the duplicate message. If you have any questions, please let me know.
>
> (sent (again) on behalf of Anne Case and David Cutler)
>
> Dear NBER Colleagues:
>
> We co-direct a grant for the NBER Center for Aging and Health Research,
> funded by the National Institute on Aging. Among its activities, the Center
> funds up to four pilot studies annually.
>
> We are soliciting ideas for pilot projects for the upcoming fiscal year
> (July 2023-June 2024), and we welcome your submissions. Proposals from
> early career scholars and researchers from under-represented groups are
> particularly welcome.
>
> Short-term projects must relate to health outcomes at older ages, and
> typically fit within one of the high-priority network themes of the Center:
>
> Applications of Machine Learning in Health Care
>
> The Economics of Alzheimer’s Disease
>
> Emerging Challenges in Long-term Care in the U.S. and Around the World
>
> Health and Healthcare Inequalities
>
> Health Transitions from Mid-Life to Older Ages*
>
> The Economics of Long COVID-19
>
> *Topic of particular interest for this cycle
>
> The ideal pilot projects are innovative, bold, timely, and important to
> public health. A working paper of some form is expected by the end of the
> one-year funding period. A more comprehensive follow-up grant application
> to NIA is a strongly encouraged additional outcome of the pilot
> exploration. Proposals should discuss data availability and indicate how
> the project will produce results for dissemination by the end of the award
> period.
>
> Projects generally provide one or two months of investigator salary (paid
> by NBER directly to researchers), research assistance, and/or other
> expenses such as experimental interventions or data acquisition. We
> consider projects with direct costs up to $50,000.
>
> TO APPLY:
> Upload a title and a 1-2 page summary by February 16, 2023.
>
> http://conference.nber.org/confsubmit/backend/cfp?id=HRPPs23
>
> We will let you know by March 2nd if your proposal is selected for
> submission to NIA, and will ask for supporting materials (Biosketch, etc),
> due by March 24th.
>
> You can find additional information on the Center, including summaries of
> current and recent pilot projects, on the NBER Center website. Please
> contact Dick Woodbury (dickwoodbury1_at_gmail.com) with any substantive
> questions, or Janet Stein (jbstein_at_nber.org) for administrative matters.
>
> We look forward to reading your project ideas.
>
> Sincerely,
> Anne Case and David Cutler
>
>
> Janet Stein (she/her)
> Program Administrator
> National Bureau of Economic Research
> 1050 Massachusetts Avenue
> Cambridge, MA 02138
>
> http://www.nber.org/sendthisfile/jbstein
>
Received on Thu Feb 09 2023 - 18:18:02 EST