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Demography and Economics of Aging Research

The Demography and Economics of Aging Research (DEAR) program promotes research and research training at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) on aging-related social, economic, and demographic behavior. The program has been supported by a K07 award from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and received a P30 center grant award from NIA in September 2004. The center grant award allows the DEAR program to expand its activities in support of research on population aging. This program is led by Dr. Donna Gilleskie, a health economist and Associate Professor of Economics, and is administered by the Carolina Population Center. Specific activities of the program include:

  • Seed funding for pilot studies on issues in the demography and economics of aging intended to lead to grant proposals submitted for external funding.
  • Support for an internal UNC working group of researchers with research interests in the DEAR area.

External support for population aging studies is combined with internal support to build a base of scientific interest and research and training capacity at UNC-CH. The Carolina Population Center is a pan-campus unit with the mission to coordinate population research and research training at UNC-CH. Demographic and economics research on aging is enhanced by formal collaboration with the Institute on Aging (IOA), sited on the UNC-CH campus.

Deadline for Pilot Project Proposals: The deadline for Spring 2009 applications is April 17, 2009.