Updated Funding Policy Expands Research Opportunities
NIA has posted new funding policies for FY 2011 for
established, new, and early-stage investigators. Research grant applications requesting less than $500,000 in direct costs will be paid through the 11th percentile, and RPGs seeking $500,000 or more will be paid through the 8th percentile. NIA retains its commitment to early-stage and other new investigators, for whom funding lines will be extended 5 and 3 percentage points, respectively.
The funding policy appears at:
http://www.nia.nih.gov/GrantsAndTraining/Policies/2011-05-Update.htm
For questions, please contact Tamara Jones, Ph.D., NIA
Senior Policy Advisor, at: 301-451-8835 301-451-8835