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 Wed Jan 18 2023 - 11:50:39 EST
