The Glenn Foundation for Medical Research (GFMR) Discovery Award is a three-year award that offers $555,000 (payable in annual installments of $185,000) to fund research projects with strong potential to develop pioneering discoveries for understanding the underlying biological mechanisms that govern normal human aging and its related physiological decline. Established investigators may propose relevant projects from any branch of biology. [LOI Deadline: 2/18/2026, Full Application Deadline: 6/2026.]
Aging
Postdoctoral Fellowships in Aging Research (American Federation for Aging Research)
Glenn Foundation for Medical Research Postdoctoral Fellowships in Aging Research provide support for postdoctoral fellows (MD, MD/PhD and PhD) who specifically direct their research towards basic aging mechanisms and/or translational findings that have direct benefits to human aging and healthspan. Postdoctoral fellows at all levels of training are eligible. Up to twelve one-year fellowships of $80,000 will be awarded in 2026. Applicants must be a postdoctoral fellow (MD and/or PhD degree or equivalent) by the LOI submission deadline, January 27, 2026. The full application deadline is late May 2026.
Wisconsin Nathan Shock Center (Wisconsin Nathan Shock Center)
The Wisconsin Nathan Shock Center (WiNSC) is accepting applications for their Pilot Awards (up to $30,000 for 12 months) supporting new ideas in the basic biology of aging and the role of metabolism in aging phenotypes. Applications from early-stage investigators or established investigators pivoting their research toward mechanisms of aging from all institutions are encouraged. All applications must include experimental design/analyses that incorporate WiNSC Research Cores and services and platforms. [LOI due: 11/30/2025. Full application due: 12/15/2025.]
Indira Mysorekar, PhD awarded an R01 research grant from NIDDK
Indira Mysorekar, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Chief of Basic and Translational Research at Baylor College of Medicine and PI of a prior CAIRIBU P20 Exploratory Center at Washington University, was awarded an R01 research grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health for the project “Mechanisms of age- and sex-dependent changes in urinary bladder immunity.”
Dr. Mysorekar Awarded Outstanding Women in Science Award
Indira Mysorekar, PhD is the recipient of this year’s Outstanding Women in Science award from the Association for Women in Science (AWIS). AWIS champions the interests of women in science.
Inaugural Scholars of Stanford University’s New K12 Program
The Multidisciplinary Urology Research K12 Urology Research at Stanford (KUReS) Career Development Program has announced Kathleen Kan, MD, and Alexandra Polasko, PhD as the first scholars to embark on this exciting journey