The NIA Monthly Update | September 2024

Stay on top of the latest in NIA’s aging research initiatives with our monthly update. This newsletter features five recent updates you don't want to miss such as funding opportunities, science advances, conferences and training events, research resources, and more.

Join NIA in celebrating Healthy Aging Month!

This month, we’re highlighting how NIA-funded science is shaping the future of aging from the lab to your home, and even abroad. Here’s how to get involved:

• Follow #NIAAgingAdvances to learn about NIA-funded innovations and advances designed to support healthy aging.?
• Attend the Sept. 16 fireside chat with NIA, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Fogarty International Center at NIH to learn about?health, aging, and longevity around the world.?
• Save the date for the Sept. 23 Live Q&A on Falls Prevention with experts from NIA, the Administration for Community Living , and the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) .?

Learn more about NIA's activities during Healthy Aging Month.

'How to' find NIA funding opportunities

Researchers and scientists: Interested in learning how to find NIA funding opportunities, grants information, funding policies, and more? Explore helpful tips and popular destinations for NIA funding opportunities.

NIA Strategic Directions: Help us shape priorities for the next 50 years

We want to hear from you! As we celebrate NIA’s 50th anniversary year, we invite you to help shape the next 50 years of aging research. Respond by Sept. 13 to a request for information on NIA's 2026-2030 Strategic Directions. Learn more on the Inside NIA blog.

Accurate blood test for Alzheimer’s disease

NIH-funded researchers found that a new blood test predicted the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease with about 88% to 92% accuracy. Read the research study.

2024 NIH Alzheimer's Research Summit: Building a Precision Medicine Research Enterprise

On Sept. 23-25, 2024, NIA will host the?NIH Alzheimer’s Disease Research Summit: Building a Precision Medicine Research Enterprise. The summit will bring together over 70 leading academic and industry researchers, innovators and public advocates to report on a decade of progress towards precision medicine and to chart the vision for the next decade. Register for the summit.