Posted on September 3, 2009	print  e-mail
Deadline: December 15, 2009

Applications Invited for 2010 Ellison Medical Foundation/AFAR Postdoctoral Fellows in Aging Research Program

The Ellison Medical Foundation, in partnership with the American Federation for Aging Research, created the Ellison/AFAR Postdoctoral Fellows in Aging Research Program to encourage and further the careers of postdoctoral fellows with outstanding promise in the basic biological and biomedical sciences relevant to understanding aging processes and age-related diseases and disabilities.

Projects concerned with understanding the basic mechanisms of aging will be considered. Projects investigating age-related diseases are also supported, 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 also will be considered. Projects that deal strictly with clinical problems such as the diagnosis and treatment of disease, health outcomes, or the social context of aging are not eligible.

It is anticipated that up to fifteen one-year grants will be awarded in 2010, ranging from $45,218 for a first-year fellow to up to $59,402 for a fellow with more than seven years of training. Of the award, up to $7,850 may be requested for expenses such as research supplies, equipment, health insurance, and travel to scientific meetings.

The applicant must be a postdoctoral fellow (M.D. and/or Ph.D. degree) at the start date of the award (July 1, 2010.) The proposed research must be conducted at any type of not-for-profit setting in the United States. Individuals who are employees in the NIH Intramural program are not eligible. Fellows may not have any concurrent foundation or not-for-profit funding.

For guidelines and application, visit the AFAR Web site.

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Link to Complete RFP

Primary Subject: Aging
Geographic Funding Area: National

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