FRAP Criteria:

Members contribute to COA by at least 2 criteria:

• Teaching a course on aging
• Leading a research project on aging 
• Post at least 2 student research opportunities each year advertised through COA 
• Submit at least 2 announcements annually to the COA newsletter
  • Aging- related news 
  • Educational activities 
  • Events and calendar 
  • Resources such as jobs or grants  

Benefits:

• Invitation to the Annual COA Meeting & Award Ceremony
• Research networking opportunities with peer scholars including publication opportunities, special journal issues, and conference panel proposal development
• Access to student research assistant recruitment pool
• Training opportunities such as grant writing, research mentorship, data science, communications, etc.
• Invitations to present your research during COA-hosted seminars and colloquia
• Legislative outreach to local and national policymakers
• Media outreach and engagement including ability to submit announcements to the public COA newsletter and inclusion in COA media materials pertaining to your research 
• Connections to sponsors, foundations, and philanthropists
• International networking across Asia & the Pacific 

Possible Future Benefits:

• Desk/coworking space including office supplies and support
• Software license access
• Secure enclave for HIPAA compliance
• Research administration services including pre-award and post-award

Please apply to be a faculty research affiliate by completing this Google form: http://go.hawaii.edu/2kJ. The priority review date is April 16, 2021.