REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
The Network on Life Course Health Dynamics and Disparities in 21st Century America (NLCHDD), funded by the National Institute on Aging, invites interested researchers to submit pilot proposals that have the potential to increase understanding of how US adult health and mortality outcomes are shaped by multiple (e.g., state and local) contexts simultaneously.
RESEARCH FOCUS
Health and mortality among middle-aged and older adults differ markedly across geographic areas of the United States. Pilot projects funded by the NLCHDD in past years examined why these outcomes differ across state contexts or across local contexts. The current request for applications by NLCHDD seeks to fund pilot proposals that examine how multiple contexts jointly shape health and mortality of midlife and older adults. Proposals might examine, for example, how state policy contexts affect adult health in rural versus urban counties; or how the relative importance of different contexts for health changes across the life course and differs by gender, race/ethnicity, and SES. The NLCHDD intends to fund 2-3 proposals, at $25,000-$50,000 each, this year that examine how multiple geographic contexts shape health and mortality of midlife and older adults.
Application deadline: February 14, 2025