Glenn Foundation for Medical Research Postdoctoral Fellowship Continuation Awards

The Glenn Foundation for Medical Research (GFMR), in partnership with the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), offers renewal awards for previous or current GFMR fellows whose research is deemed highly promising and who would benefit from an additional year of funding. The fellowship supports continuation or expansion of previously GFMR-funded research as well as promising new avenues of research. Projects must be concerned with understanding the basic mechanisms of aging as well as projects that have direct relevance to human aging if they show the potential to lead to clinically relevant strategies that address human aging and healthspan. Projects investigating age-related diseases will be considered, but only if approached from the point of view of how basic aging processes may lead to these outcomes. Projects concerning mechanisms underlying common geriatric functional disorders such as frailty will also be considered. Projects that are strictly clinical in nature such as the diagnosis and treatment of disease, health outcomes, or the social context of aging are not eligible. Recipients of this award are expected to attend the combined Glenn AFAR Grantee Conference and Glenn Workshop on the Biology of Aging.