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Calendar of Funding Opportunities for Ageing Research

This is a listing of national and international competitive and philanthropic funding opportunities that could be used to support ageing research activities at Monash.

Note that application deadlines for 2006 are provisional - please verify with the funder's website and the Monash University Research Office  
Note that applications to philanthropic foundations and trusts should be co-ordinated through the Office of the Vice President (Advancement)

National Funding Opportunities

Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec, Continuous

 fund  relevant keywords  funding limit  duration (yrs)  notes
January
Alzheimer's Australia Research Research into a cure for Alzheimer's disease
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Dementia
 $250,000 3-5 Seeking research proposals from Australian research centres with proven track records in Alzheimers research
Helen Macpherson Smith Trust
  • Aged Persons Care and Support
  •  Arts, Culture and Heritage
  • Community Support
  • Health and Medical Research
  • rural and regional Victoria
 Not specified (annual disbursement > $3.5M) 1 Victoria only
February
Government of Victoria Department for Victorian Communities Images of Age Grants
  • Dramatic or Theatre Arts
  • Film or Cinema or Video
  • Gerontology
  • Television
 $10,000 1 In support for the creation, development, and public presentation of innovative film, television, and theatre works that provide a positive view of ageing and older people.
NHMRC Project Grants in Primary Health Care
  • Health Care Administration
  • Health Care Planning or Policy
  • Health Promotion
  • Health Services Delivery
 $300,000/yr ($1M) 5  
NHMRC New Investigator Grants
  • Biomedical Research (Multidisciplinary)
  •  Clinical Research or Studies
  • Health and Medicine
  • Health Care
  • Health Services Delivery
  • Public Health
 $300,000/yr ($750,000 1-5  
Shepherd Foundation
  • clinical, medical or scientific fields
 $65,000 3 Victoria only
March
The Hammond Foundation (incorporating the Bernard Judd Foundation)
  • Aging/Gerontology
  • Senile Dementia
  • Elderly\
  • Elderly Health
  • Health Care
  • Home Health Care Services
 $30,000 1 The Foundation was not awarding any grants in 2005 as it is under review.
ARC Discovery - Project Grants National research priorities and associated priority goals $20,000 /yr - $500,000 /yr 1-5  
National Seniors Productive Ageing Centre Research Grants

Focus of current research revolves around 5 core dimensions of productive ageing:

  1. Adaptable workforce
  2. Enterprising communities
  3. Resourcing the new retirement
  4. Learning and exchanges between generations
  5. Sustainable environments

Small grants $5000

Large grants $25,000

 1

Funding is available in the following categories to further this research agenda:

  • Research projects
  • Matching grants
  • Research student support

Research is expected to adhere to the organizing principles of the Centre's productive ageing research program
Perpetual Trustees Australia Ltd: Discretionary Charitable Trusts and Foundations

Discretionary purposes include:

  • Support for the aged and infirm
  • Medical research and the advancement of medical science
 $5,000-$50,000 1  
The Jack Brockhoff Foundation

Priority areas for grants includes:

  • Providing care and support for older people with some emphasis on maintaining older people in their communities.
  • Medical Research and Health Care.
 Not specified (annual disbursement > $2.5M) 1  
April
Grosvenor Settlement
  • socially disadvantaged including aged/ elderly
 $20,000 1 Excludes medical research
Helen Macpherson Smith Trust
  • Aged Persons Care and Support
  •  Arts, Culture and Heritage
  • Community Support
  • Health and Medical Research
  • rural and regional Victoria
 Not specified (annual disbursement > $3.5M) 1 Victoria only
May
NHMRC Standard Project Grants
  • Biomedical Research (Multidisciplinary)
  •  Health and Medicine

 

 $300,000/yr ($1M) 5  
ARC Linkage Grants National research priorities and associated priority goals $500,000 1-5  
National Research and Evaluation Strategy for Vocational Education and Training (VET)
  • Employment or Unemployment Studies
  • Unemployment Labor Market
  • Vocational or Technical Education
     The research priorities includes: - Older Workers - what training works?
Brain Foundation Research Grant
  • parkinson's disease
  • brain tumour, stroke, and schizophrenia
 $20,000 1  
Marian & EH Flack Trust
  • Aged
  • Health
  • Medical research
 Not specified  

Victoria only

03 8608 2844
L E W Carty Charitable Fund
  • diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of physical or mental disorders
 $40,000 1 Victoria only
J.O. and J.R. Wicking Trust
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Blindness
  • Elderly Patients
  • Geriatrics
  • Gerontology
  • Handicapped Assistive Technology
  • Handicapped Device Development
  • Medical Education
  • Preventive Medicine
  • Quality of Life Program
  • Vision Disorders
 $180,000 (see notes)  

There are 4 categories of Grants.

  • General Grants Major Strategic Initiatives
  • General Grants Incubation Initiative
  • Support Grants for Rural Communities
  • Medical & Scientific grants for research

** Funding limit depends on category
June
Alzheimer's Australia Research Dementia Research Grants Program
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Dementia
  • Psychology of Aging
 $15,000   Seeding grant for new researchers
NSW Health Promotion Demonstration Research Grants Scheme Demonstration Research Grants
  • Chronic Illness
  • Health of Underserved Populations
  • Health Promotion
  • Injury Prevention
 $300,000 3 For the purposes of the scheme chronic disease includes cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic lung disease, diabetes, obesity, injurious falls in older people, poor emotional and psychological well-being.
Arthritis Australia Research Awards
  • arthritis
 $10,000 - $15,000 1

There are three categories:

  1. Fellowships
  2. Scholarships
  3. Grants in Aid and Special Purpose Grants
Cecilia Kilkeary Foundation
  • Aged
  • Medical research
  • Medical welfare
  • Social welfare

Small Project Grants $10,000 for 1 yr

Major Project Grants $100,000 over 3 yrs (max)

    
State Trustees Australia Foundation
  • Aged
  • Disability
  • Medical research
 Not specified 1  
Sir Edward Dunlop Medical Research Foundation
  • Cardiovascular disease with an emphasis on prevention, early detection and clinical management.
  • Cancer with an emphasis on prevention and prostate cancer.
  • Clinical evaluation of post traumatic stress disorder
 $20,000 1

(i) Applications need to be directed to the treatment of specific veteran groups or the military.

(ii) Applications must address the significance of the proposed studies to this population.

(iii) Successful applicants must be prepared to present their work at the Foundations symposium.

(iv) Preference will be given to high quality applicants in the early stages of their careers, i.e. 8 years or less postdoctoral applicants.
Eric Ormond Baker Charitable Fund
  • Medical Research
  • Rural Victoria
 Not specified (annual disbursement $100K) 1 Victoria only
July
NHMRC Health Services Research Grants
  • Health Care Administration
  • Health Care Planning or Policy
  • Health Promotion
  • Health Services Delivery
  • Health Care Economics
  • Health Care Financing
  • Health Services Delivery
  • Public Health
 $10M 5

The program will support multidisciplinary research into how financing arrangements, organisational structures and processes, health technologies, and social factors affect the quality, cost, and availability of, and access to, health care.

The program will fund research that - addresses significant gaps in evidence required for Australia's most important policy and practice issues; - covers issues related to the Australian Government's National Research Priorities or National Health Priority Areas; and - has the potential to develop new productive partnerships between researchers, policy makers, health service providers, and citizens.
William Angliss Charitable Fund

Categories for support include:

  • Services for the ageing.
  • Services for research purposes
 Not specified   Victoria only
August
Bethlehem Griffiths Research Foundation
  • chronic neurological diseases
  • palliative care
 $50,000 1 Preference will be given to research projects that have an active link with Calvary Health Care Bethlehem.
ANZ Trustees Program: Health and Well Being of Older People in Victoria
  • The promotion or maintenance of the health and well-being of Victorians, with a particular focus on healthy ageing, including research into and prevention and treatment of cancer and heart disease.
  • Quality of life based on better health outcomes for older Victorians.
 $30,000 1 Victoria only
September
Don Chipp Foundation Ltd, Small Grants
  • Australia
  • Public Policy
  • Public Policy Systems Analysis
 $5,000   The foundation is seeking expressions of interest for small grants to investigate contemporary issues, including: Work and family issues in an ageing Australia
James N Kirby Foundation
  • Aged
  • Health
  • Arts
  • Community benefit /development
  • Medical research
  • Social welfare
 $10,000 for one year; $100,000 over 2-5 years   Phone: 02 9212 2711
The Jack Brockhoff Foundation

Priority areas for grants includes:

  • Providing care and support for older people with some emphasis on maintaining older people in their communities.
  • Medical Research and Health Care.
 Not specified (annual disbursement > $2.5M) 1  
Perpetual Trustees Australia Ltd: Discretionary Charitable Trusts and Foundations

Discretionary purposes include:

  • Support for the aged and infirm
  • Medical research and the advancement of medical science
 $5,000-$50,000 1  
Helen Macpherson Smith Trust
  • Aged Persons Care and Support
  •  Arts, Culture and Heritage
  • Community Support
  • Health and Medical Research
  • rural and regional Victoria
 Not specified (annual disbursement > $3.5M) 1 Victoria only
October
Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited (AHURI) Research Agenda 2006

Housing Futures:

  • The future environment for housing policy
  • Ageing and housing
 $250,000   Research projects typically consider single and discrete research questions. They are funded through an annual competitive funding round and by inviting tender responses to research briefs issued throughout the year. Research projects may range across discrete secondary data analysis to significant primary data collection exercises.
Australian Rotary Health Research Fund (ARHRF): Research Project Grants
  • various health related areas
 $45,000 1  
L E W Carty Charitable Fund
  • diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of physical or mental disorders
 $40,000 1 Victoria only
National Seniors Productive Ageing Centre Research Grants

Focus of current research revolves around 5 core dimensions of productive ageing:

  1. Adaptable workforce
  2. Enterprising communities
  3. Resourcing the new retirement
  4. Learning and exchanges between generations
  5. Sustainable environments

Small grants $5000

Large grants $25,000

 1

Funding is available in the following categories to further this research agenda:

  • Research projects
  • Matching grants
  • Research student support

Research is expected to adhere to the organizing principles of the Centre's productive ageing research program
Grosvenor Settlement
  • socially disadvantaged including aged/ elderly
 $20,000 1 Excludes medical research
November
Windermere Foundation
  • development, introduction and evaluation of new practices, models and interventions to improve health
 $15,000 1 Victoria only
ARC Linkage Grants National research priorities and associated priority goals $500,000 1-5  
December
         
Continuous
Harold Mitchell Foundation
  • new opportunities in the arts and health
 Not specified    

International Funding Opportunities

Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec, Continuous & Other

 fund  ctry  relevant keywords  funding limit  duration (yrs)  notes
January
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF) US
  • Parkinson's Disease
 $100,000/yr** 2 There a number of categories of Grants, including:
  • Drug Discovery and Development
  • Development of Progressive Mammalian Models of Parkinson's Disease

** Funding limit depends on category
February
NIH Directed Stem Cell Differentiation for Cell-Based Therapies for Heart, Lung, And Blood, and Aging Diseases US
  • Stem Cell
  • Stem Cell Biology
  • Cell Lines
  • Tumors
  • Tissue Engineering
  • Pharmacology
  • Gene Therapy
 National Institutes of Health R21 award mechanism    
NIH Small Research Grant Program US
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Geriatrics
  • Gerontology
  • Neurodegenerative Diseases
 National Institutes of Health R03 award mechanism    
NIH Age-Related Changes in Tissue Function: Underlying Biological Mechanisms US
  • Gerontology
  • Histochemistry
  • Histology
  • Molecular Biology
 National Institutes of Health R01 award mechanism   The purpose of this program announcement (PA) is to solicit applications on biological mechanisms of aging in tissues and organs. Projects must have a clear relevance to aging to be considered under this PA.
NIA Sociobehavioral Data Analysis and Archiving in Aging US
  • Behavioral or Social Studies
  • Data Management or Analysis (Medical)
 National Institutes of Health R03 award mechanism   The National Institute on Aging (NIA) is seeking small grant (R03) applications to stimulate and facilitate data archiving and secondary analyses of data related to care-giving, cognition, demography, economics, epidemiology, behavioural genetics, and other behavioural research on aging.
NIA Genetics, Behavior, and Aging US
  • Environmental Health
  • Gene Expression
  • Genetics
  • Geriatrics
 National Institutes of Health R01 award mechanism   This program announcement (PA) solicits novel research integrating genetics, behaviour, and aging. This PA is framed around two broad categories of questions: gene-to-behaviour questions and questions about dynamic processes.
NIH Aging Musculoskeletal and Skin Extracellular Matrix US
  • Cell Physiology
  • Dermatology
  • Extracellular Matrix
  • Musculoskeletal System
 National Institutes of Health R01 research project and R21 exploratory/developmental research grant award mechanisms   The purpose of this program announcement (PA) is to solicit grant applications for basic research projects to investigate how changes in the extracellular matrix with age affect the function of the tissues of the musculoskeletal system and skin.
NIA Retirement Economics US
  • Economic Analysis
  • Retirement Studies
 National Institutes of Health R01, P01, R03, and R21 award mechanisms   The research objectives of this program announcement (PA) include, but are not limited to, the determinants of retirement behaviour; the variation in work patterns in later life; the evolution of health and economic circumstances of individuals through retirement and into later life; time use and life satisfaction before and during retirement; the implications of retirement trends; retirement expectations; international comparisons of retirement; and the development of innovative retirement modelling techniques.
NIA Frailty in Old Age: Pathophysiology and Interventions US
  • Biomedical Research (Multidisciplinary)
  • Geriatrics
  • Pathophysiology
  • Preventive Medicine
 National Institutes of Health R01 and R21 award mechanisms   The aim of this program is to foster biomedical research that will enhance our understanding of the complex biology and pathophysiology underlying the geriatric syndrome of frailty. A long-term goal is to provide the groundwork for the possible prevention of frailty in older persons.
NIH Ancillary Studies to the AD Neuroimaging Initiative US
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Neuroimaging
 National Institutes of Health R01, R03 and R21 award mechanisms   The purpose of this program announcement (PA) is to invite research grant applications for ancillary studies to the Alzheimer's Disease Neuro-imaging Initiative (ADNI). The purpose of the ADNI is to develop a multi-site, longitudinal, prospective, naturalistic study of normal cognitive aging, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and early Alzheimer's disease (AD) as a public domain research resource.
NIA Grants for Alzheimer's Disease Drug Discovery US
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Pharmacology
  • Pharmacotherapy
 National Institutes of Health R21 award mechanism    
NIA Alzheimer's Disease Pilot Clinical Trials US
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Clinical Trial
 National Institutes of Health R01 award mechanism    
March
Borchard Foundation Center on Law and Aging US
  • Geriatrics
  • Gerontology
  • Public Policy
  • Quality of Life Program
  • Senior Citizen Service Programs
 $20,000 1 The centre expects grantees to meet the objectives of the grant program through individual or collaborative research projects that:
  • analyse and recommend changes in one or more important existing public policies, laws, or programs relating to the elderly; or
  • anticipate the need for and recommend new public policies, laws, or programs for the elderly necessitated by changes in the number and demographics of the country's and the world's elderly populations, by advances in science and technology, by changes in the health care system, or by other developments.
Glaucoma Foundation US
  • Glaucoma
 $35,000 ($50,000) 1  
National Parkinson Foundation US
  • Parkinson's disease
 $40,000 1 Basic-research and clinical-research proposals are eligible for support
April
Parkinson's Disease Foundation International Research Grants Program US
  • Parkinson's disease
 $40,000 1  
May
           
June
NIH Directed Stem Cell Differentiation for Cell-Based Therapies for Heart, Lung, And Blood, and Aging Diseases US
  • Stem Cell
  • Stem Cell Biology
  • Cell Lines
  • Tumors
  • Tissue Engineering
  • Pharmacology
  • Gene Therapy
 National Institutes of Health R21 award mechanism    
NIH Age-Related Changes in Tissue Function: Underlying Biological Mechanisms US
  • Gerontology
  • Histochemistry
  • Histology
  • Molecular Biology
 National Institutes of Health R01 award mechanism   The purpose of this program announcement (PA) is to solicit applications on biological mechanisms of aging in tissues and organs. Projects must have a clear relevance to aging to be considered under this PA.
NIA Sociobehavioral Data Analysis and Archiving in Aging US
  • Behavioral or Social Studies
  • Data Management or Analysis (Medical)
 National Institutes of Health R03 award mechanism   The National Institute on Aging (NIA) is seeking small grant (R03) applications to stimulate and facilitate data archiving and secondary analyses of data related to care-giving, cognition, demography, economics, epidemiology, behavioural genetics, and other behavioural research on aging.
NIH Aging Musculoskeletal and Skin Extracellular Matrix US
  • Cell Physiology
  • Dermatology
  • Extracellular Matrix
  • Musculoskeletal System
 National Institutes of Health R01 research project and R21 exploratory/developmental research grant award mechanisms   The purpose of this program announcement (PA) is to solicit grant applications for basic research projects to investigate how changes in the extracellular matrix with age affect the function of the tissues of the musculoskeletal system and skin.
NIA Retirement Economics US
  • Economic Analysis
  • Retirement Studies
 National Institutes of Health R01, P01, R03, and R21 award mechanisms   The research objectives of this program announcement (PA) include, but are not limited to, the determinants of retirement behaviour; the variation in work patterns in later life; the evolution of health and economic circumstances of individuals through retirement and into later life; time use and life satisfaction before and during retirement; the implications of retirement trends; retirement expectations; international comparisons of retirement; and the development of innovative retirement modelling techniques.
NIH Ancillary Studies to the AD Neuroimaging Initiative US
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Neuroimaging
 National Institutes of Health R01, R03 and R21 award mechanisms   The purpose of this program announcement (PA) is to invite research grant applications for ancillary studies to the Alzheimer's Disease Neuro-imaging Initiative (ADNI). The purpose of the ADNI is to develop a multi-site, longitudinal, prospective, naturalistic study of normal cognitive aging, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and early Alzheimer's disease (AD) as a public domain research resource.
NIA Grants for Alzheimer's Disease Drug Discovery US
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Pharmacology
  • Pharmacotherapy
 National Institutes of Health R21 award mechanism    
NIA Alzheimer's Disease Pilot Clinical Trials US
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Clinical Trial
 National Institutes of Health R01 award mechanism    
July
           
August
           
September
Glaucoma Foundation US
  • Glaucoma
 $35,000 ($50,000) 1  
International Foundation for Music Research US
  • Allied Health Occupations
  • Behavioral Medicine
  • Behavioral Therapy
  • Cognitive Science
  • Gerontology
  • Health and Medicine
  • Music
  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology
 Not specified   IFMR seeks innovative and exacting study designs that explore effects or outcomes of hands-on music making on various functions including cognitive processes, development and learning, skill development and retention, and psychological, biological and social or emotional aspects in target populations (including elderly - well and infirm). Priority will be given to cross-disciplinary teams of researchers working collaboratively. Pre-proposals are due on the deadline date. Invited proposals will be due October.
October
NIH Directed Stem Cell Differentiation for Cell-Based Therapies for Heart, Lung, And Blood, and Aging Diseases US
  • Stem Cell
  • Stem Cell Biology
  • Cell Lines
  • Tumors
  • Tissue Engineering
  • Pharmacology
  • Gene Therapy
 National Institutes of Health R21 award mechanism    
NIA Retirement Economics US
  • Economic Analysis
  • Retirement Studies
 National Institutes of Health R01, P01, R03, and R21 award mechanisms   The research objectives of this program announcement (PA) include, but are not limited to, the determinants of retirement behaviour; the variation in work patterns in later life; the evolution of health and economic circumstances of individuals through retirement and into later life; time use and life satisfaction before and during retirement; the implications of retirement trends; retirement expectations; international comparisons of retirement; and the development of innovative retirement modelling techniques.
NIH Ancillary Studies to the AD Neuroimaging Initiative US
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Neuroimaging
 National Institutes of Health R01, R03 and R21 award mechanisms   The purpose of this program announcement (PA) is to invite research grant applications for ancillary studies to the Alzheimer's Disease Neuro-imaging Initiative (ADNI). The purpose of the ADNI is to develop a multi-site, longitudinal, prospective, naturalistic study of normal cognitive aging, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and early Alzheimer's disease (AD) as a public domain research resource.
NIA Grants for Alzheimer's Disease Drug Discovery US
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Pharmacology
  • Pharmacotherapy
 National Institutes of Health R21 award mechanism    
NIA Alzheimer's Disease Pilot Clinical Trials US
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Clinical Trial
 National Institutes of Health R01 award mechanism    
NIA Research Partnerships for Improving Functional Outcomes US
  • Health Care
  • Outcomes Research (Medical)
 National Institutes of Health R01 award mechanism   The NIA invites applications for R01 awards to support Research Partnerships for Improving Functional Outcomes (RPIFO) for basic, applied, and translational multidisciplinary research that addresses important biological, behavioural, medical, or psychosocial research problems related to rehabilitation or health maintenance of individuals with acute or chronic disease. In the context of this program, a "partnership" is a multidisciplinary research team The partnership must include appropriate individuals with clinical expertise related to rehabilitation in combination with biomedical, psychosocial-behavioural, engineering, epidemiological, or health services researchers. It is expected that an RPIFO will have a well-defined, public health-related goal that can be assessed based on objective milestones.
November
Alzheimer's Association Research Grants Program US
  • Alzheimer's Disease

$100,000

$240,000

$225,000

$250,000

$200,000

2

3

3

2

3
  • New Investigator Research Grants
  • Investigator-Initiated Research Grants
  • The Senator Mark Hatfield Award for Clinical Research in Alzheimer's Disease
  • The Zenith Fellows Award Program
  • Everyday Technologies for Alzheimer Care (ETAC) Research Grants
December
Prostate Cancer Foundation US
  • Prostate cancer
 $100,000 1 Favours research applications focused on translational and clinical programs with potential for near term benefit for patients with recurrent prostate cancer. However, the PCF will continue to fund outstanding and novel basic science that we believe is the cornerstone in the discovery of a cure for prostate cancer
Continuous & Other
Wellcome Trust Biomedical Science Health Consequences of Population Change Project and Programme Grants UK
  • Demography
  • Environmental Health
  • Epidemiology
  • Geriatrics
  • Health Care Economics
  • Health of Underserved Populations
  • Human Ecology
  • Migration
  • Minority Health
  • Outcomes Research (Medical)
  • Population Biology
  • Population Geography
  • Public Health
  • Social Medicine
  • Urban Health
  • Prostate cancer
 Direct project costs only 3 (projects), 5 (program) The research can be carried out in any developing country or restructuring country of Eastern Europe. Applications involving collaborations and connectivity to the Trust's Major Awards in developing countries are particularly encouraged.
Institute for the Study of Aging US
  • Aging/Gerontology
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Drug Design
 negotiable 2 Submit a letter of intent in order to be considered for ISOA funding. Notification within 2 weeks of ISOA's interest in proceeding with an application. Pilot projects and traditional grants are both welcomed. The Institute provides both traditional grants and program related investments (PRI's) to applicants.
European Union Sixth/Seventh Framework Programme (FP6/FP7) EU FP6 broad thematic programs fit well with the Australian Government's NRPs. Includes:
  • studying human development and the ageing process
  • healthy ageing
  • ageing and cancer
     Need to partner with EU researchers to access this funding source. Programs of particular interest to Australian researchers are:
  • Integrated Projects
  • Networks of Excellence
  • Marie Curie Actions
  • Expert Candidature

see also: EU (FP6/FP7) website