Since 1981, AFAR has provided approximately $100 million to more than 2,400 new investigators and students. To learn more about each grant, click below or contact the AFAR grant divas at the AFAR office (212)703-9977.

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Principles of Animal Use for Gerontological Research
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AFAR's Grant Divas

AFAR Research Grants
AFAR's flagship program provides junior faculty MD and PhDs with up to $60,000 one to two-year grants to conduct research that will serve as the basis for longer term research efforts. AFAR-supported investigators study a broad range of biomedical topics. Fifteen grants were awarded this year.

The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation/AFAR New Investigator Awards in Alzheimer's Disease
An addition to the AFAR Research Grants program, this new program supports junior faculty in the U.S. and Israel who conduct basic biology of aging research on the earliest precursors of Alzheimer's disease with one-to two-year grants of up to $60,000. Six researchers were recipients of this new grant award in 2007. Read More.

The Fannie E. Rippel Foundation/AFAR New Investigator Awards on Gender Differences in Aging
Another addition to the AFAR Research Grant portfolio, this new program awards junior faculty with grants of up to $60,000 who are researching normal biological aging and mechanisms underlying age-related disorders as they relate to gender aging. Two grants were awarded.

The Julie Martin Mid-Career Award in Aging Research
This program encourages outstanding mid-career scientists whose research has the potential for high payoff in advancing our understanding of basic aging. Two four-year awards of $550,000 were awarded this year.

Glenn/AFAR Breakthroughs in Gerontology Award
The BIG awards provide timely support to a small number of pilot research programs that are considered higher-risk but which offer significant promise of yielding transforming discoveries in the fundamental biology of aging. Four two-year grants of up to $200,000 were awarded in 2007.

Paul Beeson Career Development Awards in Aging Research Program
This award is aimed at bolstering the current and severe shortage of academic physicians who have the combination of medical, academic and scientific training relative to caring for older people. Eleven scientists received this award in 2007 which provides awards of $600,000 to $800,000.

The Paul Beeson Career Development Awards in Aging Research Program: Extension to the Island of Ireland
This program awarded two awards in 2007 of up to €339,390/£228,000 each to outstanding junior physician faculty on the Island of Ireland, who are committed to pursuing academic careers in aging-related research, teaching and practice. Read More.

Hartford/AFAR Collaborative Research Awards
This one-time award encouraged teams of Beeson Scholars to foster collaborations on translational and multidisciplinary research on aging. Five research teams were awarded $400,00 each. Read more.

Ellison Medical Foundation/AFAR Senior Postdoctoral Fellows Research Program
This program encourages and furthers the careers of postdoctoral fellow (both MDs and PhDs) in the fundamental mechanisms of aging. Four researchers were recipients of this two-year $100,000 award.

Medical Student Training in Aging Research (MSTAR) Program
This partnership program provides medical students early in their training with an enriching experience in aging-related research and geriatrics, under the mentorship of top experts in the field.