2008 sees the final round of project commissioning for the UK's largest and most ambitious multi-disciplinary research programme on ageing, which is funded by five Research Councils (ESRC, EPSRC, BBSRC, MRC and AHRC). To date the programme has supported two large Collaborative Research Projects (CRPs), eleven Preparatory Networks and twelve Programme Projects.
In January this year applications for a further five or six CRPs were shortlisted and an IDEAS Factory on the New Dynamics of Nutrition for Older People took place involving 20 scientists from a wide range of disciplines.
The final call, for Programme Grants, will target the biological sciences and will be published in April. In connection with this call there will be a meeting, organised jointly with SPARC, on 7 March in London for the biological research community. Details of the current NDA project portfolio and future events can be obtained from the NDA website (http://www.newdynamics.group.shef.ac.uk/)
The NDA newsletter, ndanews, is also available on the website or in hard copy.
Alan Walker
NDA Director
