NIH National Institute on Aging to host Regional Directors Meeting @UND May 4-5

The National Institute on Aging (NIA), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will hold its annual Regional Directors Meeting on the UND campus May 4-5.

This two-day meeting brings together NIA leadership, Tribal leaders, area researchers, and community partners to discuss funding opportunities, aging research priorities, and data resources in a focused way. Sessions and presentations will highlight the FY26 grant cycle, early-career and small business funding mechanisms, rural health and aging in place, cognitive aging and dementia, and the integration of Traditional ways of healing into aging research with opportunities for dialogue and community engagement.

Register online today for this unique opportunity to interface directly with NIH administrators.

Events will be held in UND’s Memorial Union and Chester Fritz Performing Arts Center. The event is sponsored by the NIH, North Dakota’s Tribal College System, NDSU, and UND.