Roybal Centers for Translational Research on Aging (P30 Clinical Trial Required) | RFA AG 24 006

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The Roybal Centers for Translational Research on Aging (P30 Clinical Trial Required), Funding Opportunity Number RFA-AG-24-006, is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) center grant focused on speeding the development and real-world use of behavioral and social interventions that help people live healthier, better lives as they age. The program is built around the idea that the challenges of an aging society are not only medical, but also behavioral, social, and institutional. In practical terms, these Roybal Centers are meant to serve as hubs where researchers and partners can design, refine, test, and prepare interventions that can be adopted by health systems, community organizations, and other institutions that serve older adults.

A central feature of this opportunity is its emphasis on translational research across the full NIH Stage Model, specifically Stage 0 through Stage IV pilot studies. That means a Roybal Center is expected to support work ranging from early-stage conceptualization and intervention development (including identifying core principles and mechanisms), to feasibility and refinement studies, to more rigorous efficacy and effectiveness testing, and ultimately to implementation-oriented research that helps interventions work in everyday settings. The FOA highlights "principle-driven" behavioral interventions, signaling that funded work should not just be a one-off program, but should be grounded in clear behavioral or social science principles so it can be replicated, optimized, adapted, and scaled.

The interventions supported by these centers are expected to improve both individual outcomes (health and well-being as people age) and system-level capacity (how institutions adjust to demographic aging and the needs of older populations). This framing encourages proposals that move beyond individual behavior change alone and also consider delivery settings, organizational workflows, workforce needs, and the policy or community contexts that shape whether an intervention can realistically be implemented and sustained. Because the FOA is marked "Clinical Trial Required," applicants should plan for at least some center-supported projects to meet NIH’s definition of a clinical trial, which in behavioral and social science often includes randomized or otherwise prospectively assigned studies evaluating the effect of an intervention on health-related or functional outcomes.

Eligibility is broad and includes many types of U.S.-based organizations that commonly administer or partner on aging research and intervention delivery. Eligible applicants include state, county, city or township, and special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; Native American tribal organizations that are not federally recognized tribal governments; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; nonprofit organizations with and without 501(c)(3) status; for-profit organizations other than small businesses; small businesses; and other eligible entities. The FOA also calls out additional eligible applicant types, including Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISI), Hispanic-serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), faith-based or community-based organizations, regional organizations, U.S. territories or possessions, and eligible agencies of the federal government. These inclusions reflect an intention to support diverse institutional leadership and encourage centers that are well positioned to engage communities and translate interventions into settings where older adults actually receive services.

At the same time, the FOA places clear limits on foreign involvement. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities (foreign organizations and foreign institutions) are not eligible to apply, and non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are not eligible to apply. However, foreign components, as NIH defines them in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are allowed. In other words, a U.S. applicant may include certain foreign elements when justified and compliant with NIH policy, but the applying institution itself must be domestic and the project cannot be built around an ineligible non-U.S. organizational component.

From an administrative standpoint, this is a discretionary grant mechanism under the health activity category, with CFDA number 93.866, and the sponsoring agency is NIH. The original closing date listed for this opportunity was June 23, 2023, and the creation date was March 3, 2023. While the listing does not provide an award ceiling or expected number of awards in the provided text, the P30 mechanism generally signals a center-level award intended to build sustained infrastructure and a portfolio of pilot projects, rather than funding a single narrowly defined study. Overall, the opportunity is best understood as NIH’s push to create specialized centers that can reliably turn behavioral and social science insights about aging into interventions that are both effective and deployable at scale in real-world systems serving older adults.

• The National Institutes of Health in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Roybal Centers for Translational Research on Aging (P30 Clinical Trial Required)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.866.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2023-03-03.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-06-23. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others.

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