Glenn/AFAR Breakthroughs in Gerontology Awards
The goal of the Glenn/AFAR BIG program is to provide timely support to a small number of pilot research programs that may be of relatively high risk but which offer significant promise of yielding transforming discoveries in the fundamental biology of aging. Full-time faculty members at the rank of Assistant Professor or higher who can demonstrate a strong record of independence are eligible. Up to four two-year grants of up to $200,000 each will be awarded.
For more information about the program, eligibility, and application procedures, please visit AFAR.
2009 Award Recipients
- Rochelle Buffenstein, PhD, Professor
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio: Mechanisms of Aging in the Longest-lived Rodent: the Role of Nrf2 Mediated Detoxification Processes
- Luigi Fontana, MD, PhD, Research Associate Professor of Medicine
- Washington University School of Medicine: Calorie Restriction and Gene Expression in Humans
2007 Award Recipients
- Rolf Bodmer, Ph.D., Professor
- The Burnham Institute: “Genetic Control of Cardiac Aging”
- Eduardo Nunes Chini, M.D., Ph.D., Consultant
- Mayo Clinic, School of Medicine: “The role of the CD38/NAD glycohydrolase as a regulator of longevity”
- Kathleen Collins, Ph.D., Professor
- University of California, Berkeley: “Telomerase Regulation as a Cause of Human Hemtopoietic Stem Cell Aging”
- Matt Kaeberlein, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
- University of Washington: “Sensory Mechanisms of Dietary Restriction in Caenorhabditis elegans”
2006 Award Recipients
- Pankaj Kapahi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
- Buck Institute for Age Research
- Gordon Lithgow, Ph.D., Associate Professor
- Buck Institute for Age Research
- Gerald S. Shadel, Ph.D., Associate Professor
- Yale University
- Frank Slack, Ph.D., Associate Professor
- Yale University
2005 Award Recipients
- Adam Antebi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
- Baylor College of Medicine, Huffington Center on Aging
- Scott D. Pletcher, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
- Baylor College of Medicine, Huffington Center on Aging