Nathan Shock Centers of Excellence in Basic Biology of Aging (P30 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | RFA AG 20 020

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The Nathan Shock Centers of Excellence in Basic Biology of Aging (NSC) funding opportunity (RFA-AG-20-020) is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) discretionary grant program that supports the competitive renewal of established research centers focused on the basic biology of aging. It uses the P30 center grant mechanism and is explicitly marked as "Clinical Trial Not Allowed," meaning applications should be centered on foundational, non-clinical-trial research infrastructure and activities that advance basic aging science rather than testing interventions in human participants through clinical trial designs. The overall intent is to sustain and strengthen a national network of specialized centers that provide shared resources, expertise, and collaborative environments to accelerate discoveries about the biological processes that drive aging and age-related functional changes.

The program is aimed at organizations that can operate as robust research hubs. Eligible applicants are broad and include many types of U.S.-based entities such as state, county, and municipal governments; 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; tribal organizations that are not federally recognized; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education in those nonprofit categories); for-profit organizations (other than small businesses); and small businesses. The announcement also calls out additional eligible applicant categories, emphasizing inclusivity across institution types, such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-serving Institutions, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, and Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISI), as well as faith-based or community-based organizations, eligible federal agencies, regional organizations, and U.S. territories or possessions. At the same time, there are clear restrictions related to foreign involvement: non-U.S. entities (foreign organizations and foreign institutions) are not eligible to apply, non-U.S. components of U.S. organizations are not eligible, and foreign components as defined by the NIH Grants Policy Statement are not allowed. In practical terms, the center and its supported activities must be fully U.S.-based without foreign components.

From a funding and administrative standpoint, this opportunity is categorized under the Health funding activity area and is associated with CFDA number 93.866. The award ceiling listed is $800,000, indicating the maximum anticipated funding level per award under the terms provided in the source data. The opportunity was created on June 28, 2019, and the original closing date for applications was October 21, 2019. The listing also notes "ExpectedAwards:" but does not provide a number in the supplied data, so the count of awards was not specified in the excerpt.

In summary, this FOA supports renewing NIH-funded Nathan Shock Centers that serve as core facilities and intellectual hubs for basic aging biology. Applicants need to be eligible U.S.-based organizations capable of running a center-level program, and they must keep the proposed work within the boundaries of non-clinical-trial activities and without foreign components. The emphasis is on maintaining high-quality shared resources and collaborative capacity that can broadly enable and accelerate basic research into the mechanisms of aging.

• The National Institutes of Health in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Nathan Shock Centers of Excellence in Basic Biology of Aging (P30 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)" 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 2019-06-28.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2019-10-21. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $800,000.00 in funding.
• 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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