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<div>Deadline: December 15, 2009, at 5:00 p.m. EST.</div>
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<div>The Ellison Medical Foundation, in partnership with the American
Federation for Aging Research, created the<b> Ellison/AFAR
Postdoctoral Fellows in Aging Research Program</b> to encourage and
further the careers of postdoctoral fellows with outstanding promise
in the basic biological and biomedical sciences relevant to
understanding aging processes and age-related diseases and
disabilities.</div>
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<div>Projects concerned with understanding the basic mechanisms of
aging will be considered. Projects investigating age-related diseases
are also supported, if approached from the point of view of how basic
aging processes may lead to these outcomes. Projects concerning
mechanisms underlying common geriatric functional disorders also will
be considered. Projects that deal strictly with clinical problems such
as the diagnosis and treatment of disease, health outcomes, or the
social context of aging are not eligible.</div>
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<div>It is anticipated that up to fifteen one-year grants will be
awarded in 2010, ranging from $45,218 for a first-year fellow to up to
$59,402 for a fellow with more than seven years of training. Of the
award, up to $7,850 may be requested for expenses such as research
supplies, equipment, health insurance, and travel to scientific
meetings. NOTE: GRANT FUNDS MAY NOT BE USED TO PAY ANY INDIRECT
COSTS.</div>
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<div>The applicant must be a postdoctoral fellow (M.D. and/or Ph.D.
degree) at the start date of the award (July 1, 2010.) The proposed
research must be conducted at any type of not-for-profit setting in
the United States. Individuals who are employees in the NIH Intramural
program are not eligible. Fellows may not have any concurrent
foundation or not-for-profit funding.</div>
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<div>For guidelines and application, visit the AFAR Web site:
http://afar.org/ellisonpostdoc.html</div>
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Debra L. Martin, Programs Manager<br>
MIT<br>
Vice President for Research Office, Rm 11-268<br>
77 Massachusetts Avenue<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139<br>
617-258-0310, 617-252-1003 (fax)<br>
debra@mit.edu</div>
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