Sponsored by GE Healthcare, this award recognizes the work of postdoctoral fellows using imaging techniques to investigate the basic mechanisms of aging.

Application Deadline: May 6, 2011

Advances in imaging technology are playing an important role in the diagnosis, treatment, and even prevention of age-related diseases. This award will recognize the most innovative research on the interface between the multiple modalities of imaging and the diseases of aging, including neurological diseases and disorders, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Only applications proposing the use of imaging techniques investigating basic mechanisms of aging, and/or how such techniques can serve to enhance early diagnosis and treatment of age-related diseases, will be considered.

Criteria/Award Eligibility
The applicant must be a postdoctoral fellow (MD and/or PhD degree) at the time of application and must have at least one published paper (or paper accepted for publication).  

Application Procedure
All candidates must submit applications endorsed by their institution (only not-for-profit settings in the United States.) The application should consist of 1) a nomination letter by a senior researcher, 2) an abstract pertaining to molecular and/or functional imaging and aging research, 3) the applicant’s abbreviated CV (NIH-style bio sketch format preferred), 4) a copy of a published or accepted paper exemplifying current work, and 5) a letter of recommendation from a second person familiar with the work. Submitted application should be no more than 20 pages in length plus one published or accepted paper.

The application and all additional materials must be emailed to geaward@afar.org no later than May 6th, 2011 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
Submission will be evaluated based upon quality of abstracts, CV and publications. Winners will be selected to attend and present posters at the annual AFAR grantee conference on June 12th and 13th, 2011, in Santa Barbara, CA.

Three prizes of $1,500 will be awarded plus reimbursements for travel expenses.

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