Resources

This page contains a list of web resources for the general public and faculty and professionals related to aging education, funding, institutes, agencies and associations.

For the General Public

Local Agencies

• JABA
• Senior Center
• Alzheimer's Association (Central and Western Virginia Chapter)
• Martha Jefferson Hospital: HealthWise Program

State and National Agencies

• Virginia Department for the Aging
• US Administration on Aging
• US Social Security Administration

Associations

• National Council on Aging
• American Association for Retired Persons (AARP)

Information Sources

• Health and Age Network
• Mental Health and Aging
• Elder Web
• InfoAging  
• NIH Senior Health
• SeniorNet

For Faculty and Professionals

Agencies that Sponsor Aging Research, Education and Training Programs

• American Federation for Aging Research
• The American Geriatrics Society
• The Brookdale Foundation
• The Ellison Medical Foundation, Aging Program
• National Institute on Aging
• Retirement Research Foundation
• SBIR Opportunities in Aging
• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Sources of Funding

• Summary of Agencies/Foundations Supporting Research on Aging – The Foundation Center
• Indiana University - links to Grant and Funding Information
• Grant Writing and Fundraising in the Field of Aging
• Guidelines for Writing NIH Grants I
• Guidelines for Writing NIH Grants II

Information Sources

• Health and Age Network
• Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics
• Careers in Aging
• National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging
• Administration on Aging Statistical Data on Aging
• National Center for Health Statistics Data on Aging

Professional Societies

• The Gerontological Society of America
• Association for Gerontology in Higher Education
• American Society on Aging

Other University Aging Centers and Institutes

• Virginia Commonwealth University
• Virginia Tech
• Carilion Center for Healthy Aging
• Duke University
• Unversity of California, Los Angeles
• University of Michigan
• University of Hawaii
• University of Kansas
• Washington University
• Johns Hopkins University
• Portland State University
• Wayne State University
• University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
• University of Wisconsin, Madison
• University of North Carolina
• University of California, Irvine
• New York University
• University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
• University of Oxford
• University of Pittsburgh
• University of Washington
• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
• Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
• University of Pennsylvania