News, funding calls and events
Here, you’ll find details of news and events from around the ageing-related research community. Members can post details of their funding calls, events and other resources – just click on the button.
Funding call: UK Healthy Ageing Innovation Consortium
The UK Healthy Ageing Innovation Consortium (UKHAIC) has opened applications for its Flexible Talent Mobility Account (FTMA) 2026 – 2027 funding call. This scheme supports short-term secondments, placements, and exchanges (up to six months) that
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Funding call: Housing, place and the built environment for an ageing population
The Public Health Research (PHR) Programme are looking to fund research into the health and health inequality effects of housing and the physical and social aspects of place, on older people’s health, including mental health.
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Webinar: Housing: Still Rising to the Dementia Challenge – Dementia Friendly Fun
The ‘Housing: Still Rising to the Dementia Challenge’ webinar explores what our housing environments could consider if we designed them not just to be safe but to be life-giving and recognising that people affected by
Find out moreFunding call: Health Technology Assessment Programme
The NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme are looking to fund research into specialist palliative care support in care home settings – What is the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of specialist palliative care support in care home
Find out moreWebinar: My Home, My Life: Housing, culture and wellbeing in later life
Join the Housing LIN’s HAPPI Hour, celebrating the launch of the Amar Bari Amar Jibon (My Home, My Life) research report, a landmark study exploring the housing experiences, cultural values and aspirations of older Bangladeshi adults
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The APPG for Black Health: Improving Diversity in Clinical Trials
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Black Health is a cross‑party parliamentary body dedicated to tackling the health inequalities disproportionately affecting Black Caribbean and Black African communities in the UK. Chaired by Paulette Hamilton MP
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Call for abstracts: 75th Annual Scientific Meeting of the BSRA
The British Society for Research on Ageing (BSRA) will be hosting its 75th Annual Scientific Meeting on the Biology of Ageing at the University of Oxford between 9th and 11th September. The society are calling
Find out moreHealthTech Innovator Exchange: From Idea to Impact
NIHR HealthTech Research Centre (HRC) have built a dedicated event to help Health Tech innovators, researchers, start‑ups and SMEs understand what it takes to progress an idea toward NHS adoption. It focuses on practical development
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Free online sessions at an Ageing Research Café
Do you have an idea about research on ageing, that you would like to pitch?
Funding call: Invention for Innovation i4i THRIVE
Applications are now open for the NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) THRIVE funding call. Applicants can apply for up to £150,000 for early‑stage, technology‑based innovations that address health inequalities. Projects must involve novel technologies aimed
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NHS Fit For Future Dementia Challenge now open
The Research & Development Missions Accelerator Programme ‘NHS Fit for the Future’ is seeking Expressions of Interest from industry and health care professionals for clinical interventions and technological innovations that can contribute to the delivery
Find out moreBSRA 2026 Public Lecture Series
Join the British Society for Research on Ageing (BSRA) for a public lecture series, where science experts discuss their research and what it means for us to get older. These online lectures are open to
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