AFAR-GE Healthcare Junior Investigator Award for
Excellence in Aging-Heart Research

Four prizes of $1,500 will be awarded plus reimbursement for travel expenses (up to $500).

The award program was established in conjunction with AFAR's scientific conference, The Aging Heart: A Roadmap to Cardiac Independence, taking place on October 6, 2009.

Criteria/Award Eligibility
Maximum 5-years post doctoral by October 6, 2009

Application Procedure
The application should consist of a nomination letter by a senior researcher, an abstract pertaining to the biology of aging and cardiovascular-related research, the applicant's abbreviated CV (NIH style bio sketch format preferred), a copy of one published or accepted paper, and a letter of recommendation from a second person familiar with the work. Submitted application should be no more than 20 pages in length plus published or accepted paper.

The application and all additional materials must be emailed to geaward@afar.org no later than September 21, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. (EST) as a single PDF or Word file application, not to exceed 5 MB. Files formatted solely for Macintosh will not be accepted.

Review and Selection
Submissions will be evaluated based upon quality of abstracts, CV and publications. Winners will be selected to attend and present posters at the scientific conference on October 6 and attend the awards dinner, taking place on the evening of October 5, 2009. The winners will be formally announced the next day at the heart disease and aging scientific conference. Both events will be held in New York City.

Deadline
September 21, 2009