AFAR is pleased to share “A Community of Discovery”, our 45th Anniversary and 2025 Annual Report.
Introduced by AFAR Scientific Director Steven N. Austad, PhD, the report’s feature story spotlights collaborations among AFAR-funded investigators at leading institutions, whose work continues to advance discoveries in healthy aging, including:
Together, their stories illustrate the lasting impact of investing early in promising scientists and the collaborations that grow from that support.
The report highlights ongoing partnerships and programs that AFAR has helped launch and grow over our 45 years, from the Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging Program and our longstanding partnership with the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research, to the Innovator Awards in Cognitive Aging and Memory Loss with the McKnight Brain Research Foundation. It also spotlights emerging efforts, including collaborations to advance geroscience and the scientific study of Blue Zones.
The impact of AFAR’s SuperAgers and Amplifying Geroscience strategic initiatives is highlighted, as well as the leadership we provide for three NIA-funded initiatives: the Clinician-Scientists Transdisciplinary Aging Research (Clin-STAR) Coordinating Center, the Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center (NSC3), and the Research Centers Collaborative Network (RCCN).
The report also provides an overview of AFAR's 2025 Grant Programs and Recipients, Scientific Awards, and Annual Scientific Meetings
The accomplishments detailed in this report are made possible thanks to our invaluable supporters, Board Members, and staff’s continued commitment to AFAR’s work to support promising research that will help us all live healthier, longer.
View a flipbook of our 45th Anniversary and 2025 Annual Report here or download a pdf here.
