Description
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to support the next 5-year award period of the Clinician-Scientist Transdisciplinary Aging Research Coordinating Center (Clin-STAR CC). The Clin-STAR CC aims to serve as a national resource for clinician-investigators across specialties and disciplines who are focusing their careers on aging research. The specific goals of this initiative are to convey scientific and research knowledge on aging research, foster networking and collaboration between clinician-scientist leaders in aging research and clinician-investigators, provide mentoring and career development support for emerging clinician-scientists, and advance interdisciplinary research projects in aging.
• The Clin-STAR CC will provide a multi-faceted national research platform leading to improved patient-centered care for older adults across specialties and disciplines.
• The next 5-year funding period of the Clin-STAR CC will support expanded functions to broaden the scope and reach of its high-value activities.
• A key priority in this re-issuance will be an increased focus on promoting geographic representation and a breadth of clinical disciplines among early career clinician-scientists in aging research.