Research Funding

Glenn/AFAR Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Translational Research on Aging

 

Deadline:  Letter of Intent Required, due March 3, 2015

The program was developed to address the current concerns about an adequate funding base for postdoctoral fellows (MD, MD/PhD and PhD) who specifically direct their research towards translational findings and who will demonstrate how their research will have direct benefits to human aging. Postdoctoral fellows at all levels of training are eligible. Up to ten one-year fellowships will be awarded. The award levels range from $49,000 to $60,000, based on years of relevant experience.

Eligibility Criteria

  • The applicant must be a postdoctoral fellow (MD and/or PhD degree or equivalent) at the start date of the award (October 1, 2015).
  • 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.
  • Applicants who have received postdoctoral training beyond 5 years (before October 1, 2010) must provide a justification for the additional training period.
  • Fellows may not hold any concurrent foundation, not-for-profit or government funding.

Former Ellison/AFAR and Glenn/AFAR postdoctoral fellowship awardees may apply if the criteria above are met.

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Tres Cantos Co-Fund Fellowship Program

Submit your application for the Tres Cantos Open Lab Foundation: Cofund Fellowship Program by February 4, 2015stdocs, you can advance your research in tuberculosis, malaria, Chagas disease, and leishmaniasis with support from the Tres Cantos Open Lab Foundation (TCOLF) Cofund Fellowship Program. The Fellowship will give you access to GSK’s pharmaceutical expertise and high-throughput facility in Tres Cantos, Spain.

Become a Fellow

If you have a proven interest in these research areas, start by submitting a proposal. The Open Lab Cofund Fellowship is partially funded by the EU through its FP7 Marie Curie co-funding program. Receive all the legal, administrative and industrial support you need. With world-class premises at your disposal, there’s no better place to speed up the development of new treatments for neglected diseases.

Applications are due February 4, 2015.

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Supported by: GSK

AHA/ Gerontological Society of America National Hartford Centers of Gerontological Nursing Excellence Postdoctoral Fellowship Award

Special funding is the Gerontological Society of America-National Hartford CGNE will support an investigator proposing innovative basic, clinical or translational research projects relevant to gerontological nursing, aging, cardiovascular disease and /or stroke. In addition to an RN degree, applicants must hold a PhD, DN.Sc. or equivalent degree at the time of award activation. DNP applicants are not eligible.

The chosen awardee will be expected to attend the GSA Leadership Conference both years of the fellowship. Interested parties should submit a Postdoctoral Fellowship application to their local affiliate.

The chosen awardee will be expected to attend the GSA Leadership Conference both years of the fellowship.  Interested parties should submit a postdoctoral fellowship application to their local affiliate