Funding Opportunity-2010 Ellison Medical Foundation/AFAR Postdoctoral Fellows in Aging Research Program

[Debra L. Martin]

Deadline: December 15, 2009, at 5:00 p.m. EST.

The Ellison Medical Foundation, in partnership with the American 
Federation for Aging Research, created the Ellison/AFAR Postdoctoral 
Fellows in Aging Research Program 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.

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.

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.

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.

For guidelines and application, visit the AFAR Web site: 
http://afar.org/ellisonpostdoc.html

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Debra L. Martin, Programs Manager
MIT
Vice President for Research Office, Rm 11-268
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA  02139
617-258-0310, 617-252-1003 (fax)
debra at mit.edu
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