AFAR 2015 Glenn/AFAR Scholarships for Research in the Biology of Aging recipient Sarah Neuner, MS, and a 2014 New Investigator Award in Alzheimer's Disease recipient Catherine Kaczorowski, PhD at the Jackson Lab, Maine.
At leading institutions, our grantees’ hard work, ingenuity, and leadership are advancing cutting-edge research that will help us all live healthier, longer lives.
AFAR also helps nurture future leaders in aging through our Clarence Pearson Fellowship in Public Health and Aging program.
The biggest breakthroughs in aging research have been advanced by scientists supported by AFAR.
Our grantees leverage this investment: many of our grantees have gone on to receive the coveted R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH.)
The Coordinating Center provides coordination and communication between the Nathan Shock Centers, the National Institute on Aging, and the biology of aging research community. The NSC CC supports integrated scientific research approaches that enhance the impact of those activities and broadcast their availability to the larger research community as well as to the general public.
Visit the NSC website here.
The Research Centers Coordinating Center (RCCN) aims to initiate new cross-disciplinary collaborative networks that bring together key thought leaders from each of the six NIA center programs.
Visit the RCCN website here.
The Clinician-Scientists Transdisciplinary Aging Research (Clin-STAR) Coordinating Center provides a a multi-faceted national platform to promote and enrich the career development, training, and transdisciplinary research of clinician-investigators across the US in order to improve care of older adults.
Visit the Clin-STAR website here.
aims to educate policymakers about the broad and potentially transformative benefits of geroscience on older citizens’ health and our nation’s economy.
How can AFAR maximize the impact of your investments in aging research?
Foundations, bank trusts, corporations, and individuals have turned to AFAR as a trusted partner to create and refine customized initiatives in aging research, including grant making, grants management, evaluations, as well as meeting organization and communications.
- Roger J. McCarter, PhD, AFAR Past President
Emeritus Professor of Biobehavioral Health, Penn State College of Health and Human Development
