Funder: American Federation for Aging Research
Due Dates (Anticipated): January 2027 (Full application)
Funding Amounts: Up to 12 fellowships of $80,000 each for one year
Summary: Supports current and former GFMR postdoctoral fellows continuing, expanding, or pursuing promising new research on aging mechanisms and human healthspan.
Key Information: Applicants must be current or former GFMR Postdoctoral Fellows in Aging Research and remain postdoctoral fellows at award start.
Description
The Glenn Foundation for Medical Research (GFMR), in partnership with the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), offers an additional year of support to current or former GFMR postdoctoral fellows whose research is highly promising. Awards support continuation or expansion of previously GFMR-funded work, as well as promising new avenues of investigation, while helping fellows develop careers in aging research.
The program funds research on basic aging mechanisms and work directly relevant to human aging with potential to inform clinically relevant strategies addressing aging and healthspan. Age-related disease research must investigate how basic aging processes contribute to disease outcomes. Studies of mechanisms underlying geriatric functional disorders, such as frailty, are also considered. Strictly clinical studies of diagnosis, treatment, health outcomes, or the social context of aging are ineligible.
