# Training in the Demography and Economics of Aging

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · 2021 · $653,264

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
The Population Studies Center of the University of Michigan requests a five-year renewal of its training
program in the demography and economics of aging. Michigan has one of the oldest population centers in the
United States, with a distinguished record in domestic and international population research and training. The
University's highly ranked social science departments and professional schools, combined with the unique
strengths of the Institute for Social Research, provide PSC with an exceptionally rich environment for research
and training in the demography of aging. The Center's current group of faculty is arguably the strongest and
certainly the most interdisciplinary in its history, making major contributions in many areas of research in the
economics and demography of aging.
The proposed training program will provide specialized demographic training to selected predoctoral and
postdoctoral trainees. The predoctoral training program is based in the doctoral programs in sociology,
economics, public health, and public policy. Students combine the specific doctoral requirements of their
disciplines with additional specialized training in demography through a combination of formal coursework,
informal seminars, and a research apprenticeship program grounded in PSC's rich interdisciplinary
environment. Postdoctoral training, which is provided to researchers from a variety of disciplines, is
coordinated with a faculty mentor and includes course work, seminars, and collaborative or independent
research.
This proposal seeks support for 8 predoctoral and 4 postdoctoral trainees per year, the same number of slots
we have in our current grant. A major focus of our program is socioeconomic, racial, and ethnic disparities in
health – a focus facilitated by the addition of public health into the program. The recent record of the program
in terms of trainee recruitment and professional placement is excellent, with trainees moving into top academic
and non-academic positions and producing high-quality research published in leading journals. Our record of
recruitment, retention, and placement of under-represented minority trainees is particularly strong.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10186676
- **Project number:** 5T32AG000221-30
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR
- **Principal Investigator:** Sarah A. Burgard
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $653,264
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1992-09-01 → 2022-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10186676

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10186676, Training in the Demography and Economics of Aging (5T32AG000221-30). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10186676. Licensed CC0.

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