Deadline nears for Regional Institute call for applications

The Regional Institute on Aging announced the Cassat Pilot Research Program: Undergraduate Student Participation in Aging Research. Three pilot research projects will be awarded up to $10,000 each for direct research and personnel costs for 12 months. The call for applications is due Friday, Feb. 22.

The purpose of this program is to provide investigators with short-term funding to collect preliminary data for research grant applications in human aging research. A special feature of this announcement is the requirement for each principal investigator to make provisions for significant undergraduate student participation in the funded pilot research project.