New items:

Administration for Community Living / National Alzheimer’s Call Center. The Administration on Aging, Administration for Community Living, seeks applications for a National Alzheimer’s Call Center. Deadline April 22, 2013. Go to http://www.acl.gov/www.acl.gov/Funding_Opportunities/Announcements/Index.aspx

Administration for Community Living / National Resource Center for LGBT Aging. The Administration on Aging, Administration for Community Living has a funding opportunity to establish and provide ongoing technical assistance and support and build upon past advancements and innovations in serving older LGBT individuals through new, efficient and sustainable approaches for ensuring high quality and culturally competent service delivery. Deadline April 29, 2013; letters of intent due April 3. Go to http://acl.gov/Funding_Opportunities/Announcements/docs/2013/ACL%20Announcement%20LG.pdf

Administration for Community Living / Pension Counseling & Information Program: National Pension Assistance Resource Center. The Administration on Aging, ACL, seeks application for a National Pension Assistance Resource Center. Deadline April 29, 2013. Go to http://www.acl.gov/www.acl.gov/Funding_Opportunities/Announcements/Index.aspx

Administration on Aging / 2013 Lifespan Respite Care Program: Building Integrated and Sustainable Lifespan Respite. The Administration for Community Living’s Administration on Aging seeks applications for the lifespan respite care program. Deadline May 20, 2013. Go to www.acl.gov/Funding_Opportunities/Announcements/docs/2013/ACL%20Announcement%20LR48.pdf

AoA / 2013 Lifespan Respite Care Program: Grants to New States. The Administration for Community Living’s Administration on Aging seeks applications for lifespan respite care grants to new states. Deadline May 20, 2013. Go to www.acl.gov/Funding_Opportunities/Announcements/docs/2013/ACL%20Announcement%20LR47.pdf

AoA / Health Care Fraud Prevention Program Expansion and SMP Capacity Building Grants. The Administration for Community Living’s Administration on Aging seeks applications from currently funded Senior Medicare Patrol programs for expansion and capacity building rants. Deadline May 28, 2013. Go to www.acl.gov/Funding_Opportunities/Announcements/docs/2013/HHS-2013-ACL-AOA-SP-0049.pdf Also see the April 11 Federal Register, p. 21610, www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-04-11/html/2013-08485.htm

AoA / Model Approaches to Statewide Legal Assistance Systems—Phase I. The Administration for Community Living’s Administration on Aging seeks applications for model approaches to statewide legal assistance systems. Deadline May 13, 2013. Go to www.acl.gov/Funding_Opportunities/Announcements/docs/2013/ACL%20Announcement%20SL.pdf

AoA / Model Approaches to Statewide Legal Assistance Systems—Phase II. The Administration for Community Living’s Administration on Aging seeks applications for model approaches to statewide legal assistance systems. Deadline May 13, 2013. Go to www.acl.gov/Funding_Opportunities/Announcements/docs/2013/ACL%20Announcement%20LE.pdf

American Federation for Aging Research / Research Grants. AFAR anticipates it will seek applications for its 2014 awards later this year. Deadline will be Dec. 16, 2013. It is not currently accepting applications.

Beverly Foundation / 2013 STAR Search/STAR Awards. The Beverly Foundation is partnering with Ride Connection, Inc. of Portland, Oregon for the STAR Awards program. The application process will be open from April 1 through April 22. Eligibility criteria for a 2013 STAR Award are transportation service delivery programs. Go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2013STARRRR

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / National Organizations for Chronic Disease Prevention. CDC seeks applications from the Association of State and Territorial Chronic Disease Directors and Association State and Territorial Directors Health Promotion and Public Health Education for competitive supplement cooperative agreement is to enlist a national organization for chronic disease prevention to work in collaboration with CDC and the USAPI to improve the health of the people of the Pacific region. Deadline April 16, 2013. Go to http://www.grants.gov/search/downloadAtt.do;jsessionid=WslTRTKCnR1ZWw1JhGqyDqhNppNwnXCsVhFXZDcnVxhmhwXn63cz!651665179?attId=183185

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services / Background Checks for Direct Patient Access Employees of Long Term Care Facilities and Providers. CMS invites proposals from all states and U.S. territories to be considered for inclusion in this National Background Check Program. Federal matching funds are available to all who meet the requirements described in section 6201 of the Affordable Care Act. Deadline May 30, 2013. Go to https://www.grantsolutions.gov/gs/preaward/previewPublicAnnouncement.do?id=17299

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services / PPHF 2013 Cooperative Agreement to Support Navigators in Federally-facilitated and State Partnership Exchanges. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) offers new funding to support Navigators in Federally-facilitated and State Partnership Marketplaces. Navigators are individuals and entities that will provide unbiased information to consumers about health insurance, the new Health Insurance Marketplace, qualified health plans, and public programs including Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Deadline June 7, 2013. Go to www.grantsolutions.gov/gs/preaward/previewPublicAnnouncement.do?id=17645 or
www.grants.gov/search/announce.do;jsessionid=JJJKRq7QQQk6shmGTPz2l9Mh3hvxtz837t28JxB1M2FMtZ4MTnfX!-1168907641

Housing and Urban Development Dept. / Choice Neighbors. HUD offers planning grants to improve severely distressed public and/or HUD-assisted Multifamily housing that is located in distressed neighborhoods. Activities to ensure meaningful resident, community and stakeholder participation should prioritize ways to engage communities traditionally marginalized from planning processes, such as the elderly, persons with disabilities, low-income individuals and families, and limited English speakers. Deadline May 28, 2013. Go to http://www07.grants.gov/search/downloadAtt.do;jsessionid=WYLnRrKSbKvyYdGz4w98GWtSQG6dRmkf1b4MhJjcRKcyBTzF5N26!1177068566?attId=183489

Kendal Charitable Funds / Promising Innovation’s Grant for 2013. Kendal seeks proposals for promising innovations that will transform the experience of aging in the field of elder abuse. Letters of intent due May 15. Go to www.kendalcharitablefunds.org

National Institute on Aging / Aging Research Dissertation Awards to Increase Diversity (R36). The National institute on Aging seeks applications for Aging Research Dissertation Awards to Increase Diversity. Various deadlines. Go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-13-152.html

National Institute on Aging / Biomarkers for Older Controls at Risk for Dementia. NIA has a limited competition for Biomarkers for Older Controls at Risk for Dementia (BIOCARD) Study (U19). Various deadlines. Go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-13-148.html

National Institute on Aging / Development and Application of PET and SPECT Imaging Ligands as Biomarkers for Drug Discovery and for Pathophysiological Studies of CNS Disorders. NIA and other Institutes of the National Institutes of Health seek applications for research grant applications from organizations/institutions that propose the development of novel radioligands for positron emission tomography (PET) or single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging in human brain, and that incorporate pilot or clinical feasibility evaluation in pre-clinical studies, model development, or clinical studies. Go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-13-158.html and http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-13-157.html

National Institute on Aging / Development and Characterization of Animal Models for Aging Research (R21). NIA and other institutes of the National Institutes of Health seek applications for Development and Characterization of Animal Models for Aging Research. Various deadlines. Go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-13-155.html and http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-13-156.html.

National Institute on Aging / Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network. The NIA has a limited competition for Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (U19). Deadlines Jan. 25, May 25, and Sept. 25). Go to grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-13-147.html and grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-13-148.html

National Institute on Aging / Dose Response and Efficacy Studies on the Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation on Functional Outcomes in Elderly. The NIA publishes a notice of intent to publish a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) on Response and Efficacy Studies on the Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation on Functional Outcomes in Elderly. The FOA is expected to be published in May 2013 with an anticipated receipt date in August 2013. Go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-AG-13-005.html

National Institute on Aging / Intervention Testing Program. NIA announces its annual call for Compounds to Test for Anti-Aging Activity in Mice. Go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-AG-13-007.html

National Institute on Aging / Secondary Analyses of Existing Data Sets and Stored Biospecimens to Address Clinical Aging Research Questions. NIA seeks applications for secondary analyses of existing data sets and stored biospecimens to address clinical aging research questions. Various due dates. Go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-13-168.html

National Institutes of Health / Innovative Research Methods: Prevention and Management of Symptoms in Chronic Illness. NIH seeks applications to update the randomized control trial (RCT) design using novel research methods that are practical, innovative, and hold promise for producing more effective outcomes. Deadline May 7, 2013. Go to http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=tLQ2RWLf5Qgx9g32yMqvz2SphKwlTVWqjgJSMw2cG8JzJLYXttQG!-167037297?oppId=228550&mode=VIEW

Social Security Administration / Retirement Research Consortium. The Social Security Administration seeks applications for a cooperative agreement to re-compete a Retirement Research Consortium to help inform the public and policy makers about Social Security issues. Deadline May 31, 2013; letters of intent are due May 1, 2013. Go to http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=n0FWRrLcTGhp1xppZpy43Mbt33RyKDhp8yvMc9fjGTPwHyVXc2MZ!1177068566?oppId=228693&mode=VIEW

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Previously Posted items:

Aspen Institute / Excellence in State Public Health Law. The Aspen Institute’s Justice and Society Program, with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is conducting a one-year Excellence in State Public Health Law program. Deadline April 16, 2013. Go to http://www.aspeninstitute.org/policy-work/justice-society/esphl

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / State Public Health Actions. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers FY 13 Funds for State Public Health Actions to Prevent and Control Diabetes, Heart Disease, Obesity and Associated Risk Factors and Promote School Health. Letters of intent due March 19; deadline April 19, 2013. Go to http://www.grants.gov/search/downloadAtt.do;jsessionid=B2WnRC5MJpT9lTLH3tcqVQLMrGDy7mtF4XqnWysCRRgYFswnq2sx!-1384428365?attId=178327

Cigna Foundation / Health Promotion Projects. The Cigna Foundation, the charitable arm of the Cigna Corporation and its subsidiaries, supports organizations that share its commitment to enhancing the health of individuals and families, and the well-being of their communities, with a special focus on those communities where Cigna employees live and work. Deadline Oct. 15, 2013. Go to http://www.cigna.com/aboutcigna/corporate-responsibility/cigna-foundation.html

Commonwealth Fund / Patient-Centered Coordinated Care Program. The Patient-Centered Coordinated Care Program, an initiative of the Commonwealth Fund, is accepting Letters of Inquiry for projects designed to improve the quality of primary health care in the United States, including efforts to center care on the needs and preferences of patients and their families. Go to http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Program-Areas/Delivery-System-Innovation-and-Improvement/Patient-Centered-Coordinated-Care.aspx

Community Transportation Association of America / Transportation Services. The Community Transportation Association of America, with support from the U.S. Administration for Community Living and in collaboration with the Federal Transit Administration and national partners, seeks applications for up to $20,000 for up to 20 organizations for a six month period. Deadline March 20, 2013. Go to http://web1.ctaa.org/webmodules/webarticles/anmviewer.asp?a=3379&z=122

Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program / Fellowship Opportunity. The program is seeking applicants. Applications due April 15, 2013. Go to www.healthandagingpolicy.org/

National Institute of Justice / Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Elderly Individual. NIJ seeks applications for funding of research and evaluation related to abuse, neglect, and exploitation of elderly individuals and residents of residential care facilities. Research proposed may be focused at the State, local, tribal, Federal, or juvenile criminal justice policy, and practice levels. Deadline May 20, 2013. Go to https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl001043.pdf

National Institute on Aging / Acute Kidney Injury in Older Adults. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications that propose basic, clinical, translational and outcomes research on acute kidney injury (AKI) in older persons. Deadline May 7, 2016 Go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-13-141.html .

National Institute on Aging / Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers. The National Institute on Aging (NIA) invites applications from qualified institutions for support of Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers (ADRCs). Deadline June 11, 2013. Go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-13-019.html

National Institute on Aging / Regional and International Differences in Health and Longevity at Older Ages. NIA seeks applications from institutions/organizations proposing to advance knowledge on the reasons behind the divergent trends that have been observed in health and longevity at older ages, both across industrialized nations and across geographical areas in the United States. Go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-13-123.html

National Science Foundation-National Institutes of Health / Smart and Connected Health. The National Institutes on Aging and other institutes have identified Smart and Connected Health as a program focus. In particular, the present initiative covers the need to develop the next generation of health and healthcare research through advances in the understanding of and applications in information science, technology, behavior, cognition, sensors, robotics, bioimaging, and engineering. Go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-13-041.html

AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation / Connections for Cardiovascular Health Program. The foundation is accepting applications for the 2013 Connections for Cardiovascular Health grant program. Deadline Feb. 28, 2013. Go to www.astrazeneca-us.com/foundation/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / Prevention Research Centers. The Centers for Disease controls seeks Prevention Research Centers to apply for Special Interest Projects (SIPs) is to support supplemental projects in health promotion and disease prevention research. Deadline March 28, 2013. Go to www.grants.gov/search/downloadAtt.do;jsessionid=W6cFRZJZPhhW32JhK7lfvsFjh93vWrgnp8p6zQCJGpWFX8b9lLTh!-578240590?attId=176569

Community Transportation Association of America-ACL / Coordinated Transportation Partnership. The Community Transportation Association of America, with support from the U.S. Administration for Community Living and in collaboration with the Federal Transit Administration and national partners, has published an opportunity for grants of up to $20,000 for up to 20 organizations for a six month period. Deadline March 20, 2013. For more information, go to www.aoa.gov/aoaroot/Press_Room/News/2013/2013_02_14.aspx. For the application, go to http://web1.ctaa.org/webmodules/webarticles/anmviewer.asp?a=3379&z=122

DentaQuest Foundation / Oral Health Models. The foundation is seeking oral health models and effective approaches to pressing oral health challenges. Rolling deadlines. Go to www.dentaquestfoundation.org/newsroom/pr/rfps-posted-new-funding-opportunities-2013

Health and Human Services Dept. / Health Policy Analysis Fellowship. The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, a program office of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, has a fellowship opportunity in the Division of Health Care Quality's Health Care-Associated Infection (HAI) Prevention Team. Go to www.orau.org/science-education/internships-scholarships-fellowships/description.aspx?JobId=12762

Health Resources and Services Administration / Health Center Controlled Networks. The Health Resources and Services Administration solicits applications for Health Center Controlled Networks (HCCN) in fiscal year (FY) 2013. Deadline April 3, 2013. Go to www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=W6cFRZJZPhhW32JhK7lfvsFjh93vWrgnp8p6zQCJGpWFX8b9lLTh!-578240590?oppId=219393&mode=VIEW

NIA / Obesity Policy Evaluation Research. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institute on Aging and other institutes of the National Institute on Aging seek applications on Obesity Policy Evaluation Research. Various deadlines. Go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-13-110.html

NIA / Pain Research. The National Institute on Aging and other institutes of the National Institute on Aging seek applications to stimulate and foster a wide range of basic, clinical, and translational studies on pain. Deadline May 7, 2016. Go to www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=BlDQRplSWWyCncLspWjpvQYGNtpSjMjGgByyctN17Ybk6JSBkdpZ!1358363001?oppId=220915&mode=VIEW

Administration on Community Living / University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. The Administration on Community Living is seeking applications for FY 2013 funds to make five-year grants to up to 17 entities designated as University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service. Deadline March 6, 2013. Application available at www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/Grants/Funding/docs/2013/UCEED_HHS-2013-ACL-AIDD-DD-0041Published.pdf

American Bar Association / 2013 Innovation Grants. The ABA seeks applications to enable existing Access to Justice Commissions to develop and test innovative new projects and expand the scope of their activities. Deadline May 1, 2013. Go to www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/legal_aid_indigent_defendants/ls_sclaid_atj_innovation_grant_application_process.pdf

National Institute on Aging / Pain in Aging. NIA seeks applications from institutions/ organizations that propose to study pain from an aging perspective, including studies of older populations, studies of age differences and age-related changes in pain processes and experiences, and studies of pain treatment and management in older adults. This FOA particularly encourages studies on 1) mechanisms and predictors of pain experience in aging, 2) development and evaluation of pain assessment tools for older adults or older model organisms, and 3) development and evaluation of pain management strategies in older adults, with particular attention to the challenges associated with treating pain in patients with multiple morbidities. Multiple applications dates. Go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-13-058.html; http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-13-059.html; or http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-13-060.html

National Institutes of Health / Drug Discovery for Nervous System Disorders. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) seek to encourage the submission of research grant applications that aim to translate this wealth of basic science findings into the conceptualization, discovery, and preclinical evaluation of innovative therapeutics for nervous system disorders, with the goal of accelerating the development of new treatments for these diseases. Multiple application dates. Go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-13-048.html

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality/Patient-Center Outcomes Research. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality gives notice that it will issue in early 2013 a funding opportunity in the following areas for research on Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR): 1) Patient-Generated Health Outcomes Data and Clinical Decision Support Using Smart Device Technology, 2) Enhancing Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) Data Resources, 3) Institutional Mentored Career Development Award Program in PCOR, 4) Researcher Training and Workforce Development in Methods and Standards for Conducting Patient-Centered Health Outcomes Research Studies, 5) Individual Mentored Career Development Award Program in PCOR, 6) Electronic Data Methods (EDM) Forum: Phase II, 7) Bringing Evidence to Stakeholders for Translation (BEST) to Primary Care, 8) Disseminating Patient Centered Outcomes Research to Improve Healthcare Delivery Systems, and 9) Deliberative Approaches for Patient Involvement in Implementing Evidence-Based Health Care. Go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HS-13-003.html

National Institute on Aging / Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. NIA publishes a notice of intent to publish in January 2013 a request for applications for its Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centers (P50). Applications will be due sometime in May 2013. Go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-AG-12-019.html

National Institute on Aging / Clinical Trial Planning Program. NIA aims to support the planning activities needed for the successful execution of complex and multi-site clinical trials as well as the establishment of Protocol and Manual of Procedures (MOP) as recommended by the NIA Clinical Research Study Investigator's Toolbox. Multiple deadlines. Go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-13-040.html

National Institute on Aging / Solid Organ Transplantation: Older Donors and Recipients. NIA invites applications that propose basic, clinical, translational, epidemiological and outcomes research on solid organ transplant (SOT) in older persons. Multiple due dates. Go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-13-037.html and http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-13-038.html.

National Institutes of Health / Academic-Community Partnership Conference Series. NIH seeks to bring together academic institutions/organizations and community organizations to identify opportunities for addressing health disparities through the use of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR). The objectives of meetings conducted as part of this award will be to: (1) establish and/or enhance academic-community partnerships; (2) identify community-driven research priorities, and (3) develop long-term collaborative CBPR research agendas. Applications are due Oct. 17, 2014. Go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-102.html

Administration on Aging / Disaster Assistance for State Units on Aging (SUAs) and Tribal Organizations Impacted by National Disasters Declared by the President. AoA seeks applications from states and tribes for disaster assistance funding in federally declared disease areas. Deadline Sept. 13, 2013. Go to http://www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/Grants/Funding/docs/2013/FY2013_Disaster_Asstce_PA_Draft.pdf

Department of Health and Human Services / Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). HHS announces the availability of $3 billion in FY 2013 LIHEAP block grants funds for states. Contact: 866-674-6327, energy@ncat.org, or your state LIHEAP office.

Johnson Controls Foundation / Aid to the Aged. The Johnson Controls Foundations, Milwaukee, Wis., seeks applications for grants, including those for social service aid to the aged, handicapped and children. Johnson Controls tends to focus in areas where they have a presence, but will fund on a national basis. Extra consideration is given to organizations or institutions in which Johnson Controls employees are involved. Rolling deadlines. Go to http://www2.johnsoncontrols.com/CorpValues/foundation.htm#foundation

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