The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is offering the Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging, aimed at early-stage physicians and health professional investigators committed to advancing research in aging and aging-related diseases. This grant seeks to support candidates who have demonstrated leadership in their field and have secured competitive research funding, enabling them to enhance their research and leadership skills in geriatrics. The program is designed to foster the development of independent research lines and prepare recipients for leadership roles that can influence health outcomes for older individuals. Interested applicants should note that applications are not currently being solicited, but they are encouraged to prepare collaborations and projects in anticipation of the funding opportunity, which is expected to be published in April 2026, with an estimated award date in April 2027. For further inquiries, potential applicants can contact the NIA Training and Career Development team at NIAtraining@mail.nih.gov.

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) intends to publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) that uses the NIH Emerging Leaders Career Development Award to administer the Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging program. This NOFO invites early-stage physicians and other health professional investigators with a commitment to aging and/or aging-related diseases to apply for this award with the goal of advancing their research and leadership skills in their specialty and in the broader field of aging and geriatrics research.NIA is pursuing this initiative to recruit early-stage investigators who have successfully competed for a research grant and begun to establish research programs and who, through this award, will be ready to assume leadership roles in their field of expertise and be poised to change theory, practice, and health outcomes related to the health of older individuals. Unlike other mentored K awards, candidates for this award must have received competitively awarded research support as a Program Director/Primary Investigator (PD/PI) at the faculty level or have otherwise leveraged faculty-level research support to develop an independent line of research. They must show evidence of leadership in the clinical or research domain.Applications are not being solicited at this time. Notice is being provided to allow potential applicants sufficient time to develop meaningful collaborations and responsive projects. This NOFO intends to utilize the K76 activity code. Investigators with expertise and insights into this area of aging research are encouraged to begin to consider applying for this new NOFO.

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