Thanks to advocacy efforts by AFAR’s Amplifying Geroscience Initiative, in late March 2024, Congress is now directing NIH to tabulate how much money it spends each year on geroscience research. This has been one of AFAR’s top federal policy priorities.
Although several Institutes and Centers at NIH support research on geroscience, the agency does not currently track the amount of funding it provides—limiting NIH’s ability to address research gaps and monitor progress over time. But in the recently enacted fiscal year 2024 appropriations bill for NIH, Congress “directs NIH to establish a Research, Condition and Disease Categorization category for research related to geroscience.”
AFAR looks forward to providing additional information about NIH funding levels for geroscience when they become available.
Learn more about AFAR’s Amplifying Geroscience Initiative here.
