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NBER: NIA Funding opportunity: research on the elderly in disasters

NIA Funding opportunity: research on the elderly in disasters

From: Janet Stein <jbstein_at_nber.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:47:41 -0400

To: Members of NBER Aging and Health Care Programs.

NIA has issued a new funding opportunity that may be of interest:

Social and Behavioral Research on the Elderly in Disasters (R01, R03 and R21))
(PA-11-263, PA-11-264, PA-11-265,
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-263.html
This FOA issued by the National Institute on Aging and the National
Institute of Nursing Research encourages Research Project Grant
applications from institutions or organizations that propose to
conduct research in the behavioral and social sciences on the
consequences of natural and man-made disasters for the health and
well-being of the elderly, with an ultimate goal of preventing or
mitigating harmful consequences. Disasters include weather-related
events, earthquakes, tsunamis, large-scale attacks on civilian
populations, technological catastrophes, and pandemics.

Please feel free to contact us if you are interested in these
competitions, or in learning more about NIH propsals and grants
generally. We look forward to working with you.

Janet

Janet Stein
Program Administrator
National Bureau of Economic Research
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138

phone: (617) 588-0366
fax: (617) 868-2742
Received on Fri Aug 12 2011 - 12:47:41 EDT