To: Members of NBER Aging and Health Care Programs.
NIA has issued this new funding opportunity that may be of
interest. Standard due dates apply; the next one is October 5,
2011, followed by February 5, 2012. No letter of intent is requested.
Behvioral and Social Genomics of Aging: Opportunities in the Health
and Retirement Study (R01)
(PA-11-318)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-318.html
The Health and Retirement Study (HRS; see at
<http://hrsonline.isr.umich.edu/>http://hrsonline.isr.umich.edu/ ) is
a longitudinal, nationally representative sample of the US population
aged 50 years and older (plus spouses) with an oversample of African
and Hispanic Americans and a total sample size of over 20,000. Using
funds from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, the HRS is
currently conducting genome-wide scans of DNA samples from
approximately 20,000 participants, using the Illumina HumanOmni 2.5
Quad chip. It is anticipated that the genotype data for the first
13,000 subjects will be released to the public via dbGaP in the Fall
of 2011, with data from the remaining participants to be released by
the end of 2012. This FOA encourages applications taking advantage of
the newly available genetic data to advance our understanding of how
genetic, behavioral, and psychosocial factors affect the health and
well-being of older Americans.
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 26 2011 - 15:26:38 EDT
