Glenn Award for Research in Biological Mechanisms of Aging

Glenn Awards were initiated in 2007, to provide unsolicited funds to researchers investigating the biology of aging. The grants are to assist scientists where funding shortages threaten to impede scientific progress. Award recipients are selected from nominees provided by an anonymous scientific advisory committee. Applications are not accepted.

2009 Glenn Award Recipients

Jonathan Weissman, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
Richard A. Miller, M.D.
University of Michigan
Arlan Richardson, Ph.D.
UT Health Science Center, San Antonio
David J. Waters, PhD, DVM
Center for Exceptional Longevity Studies
Thomas E. Johnson, Ph.D.
University of Colorado at Boulder
Stephen Helfand, M.D.
Brown University
Jan Karlseder, Ph.D.
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Geoffrey B. West, Ph.D.
Santa Fe Institute
Sean P. Curran, Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Andrew V. Samuelson, Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Gary Ruvkun, Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Simches Research Center
Dan Gottschling, Ph.D.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

2008 Glenn Award Recipients

Shuji Kishi, M.D., Ph.D.
Harvard Medial School
Nir Barzilai, M.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Thomas Rando, M.D., Ph.D.
Stanford University
Stuart Kim, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Holly Brown-Borg, Ph.D.
University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Michela Gallagher, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University
Anja Brunet-Rossinni, Ph.D.
Santa Clara University
Ana Maria Cuervo, M.D., Ph.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Shring-Wern (Sharon) Tsaih, Sc.D.
The Jackson Laboratory
Yuji Ikeno, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Texas, San Antonio
Peter Hornsby
University of Texas Health Science Center
Irina Conboy
UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-1762
Jeff Sekelsky, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Beverly Paigen, Ph.D.
The Jackson Laboratory

2007 Glenn Award Recipients

Anne Brunet, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Andrew G Dillin, Ph.D.
Salk Institute
Monica A Driscoll, Ph.D.
Rutgers University
Heidi A Tissenbaum, Ph.D.
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Robert Wessells, Ph.D.
University of Michigan
Roger McCarter, Ph.D.
The Pennsylvania State University
Gerald McClearn, Ph.D.
The Pennsylvania State University
Trygve Tollefsbol, Ph.D.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Steven Austad, Ph.D.
University of Texas, San Antonio
Fernando Nottebom, Ph.D.
The Rockefeller University
Shin Imai, Ph.D.
Washington University School of Medicine
Leonard Shultz
The Jackson Laboratory
Jack Griffith, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Simon Melov, Ph.D.
Buck Institute for Age Research
Jim Nelson, Ph.D.
University of Texas, San Antonio
Julie Anderson, Ph.D.
Buck Institute for Age Research
Yousin Suh, Ph.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Rochelle Buffenstein, Ph.D.
University of Texas, San Antonio
Edward H. Koo, M.D.
University of California, San Diego
Donald Ingram, Ph.D.
Penniington Biomedical Research Center
Andrzej Bartke, Ph.D.
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Stephen Helfand, M.D.
Brown University
Marc Tatar, Ph.D.
Brown University
Lenny Guarente, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ana Maria Cuervo, M.D., Ph.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Aubrey de Grey, Ph.D.
Methuselah Foundation

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.

Past Grant Recipients

The Glenn Foundation supports its programs through the American Federation for Aging Research For information regarding grant applications, please contact:

American Federation For Aging Research (AFAR)

55 West 39th Street, 16th Floor
New York, NY 10018

888.582.2327 Toll-Free
212.703.9977 Phone
212.997.0330 Fax

Buck Institute

The Buck Institute administers an annual NIA-sponsored Summer Training Course in Experimental Aging Research. The site of the course rotates among the Buck Institute, the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio and the University of Washington in Seattle. The Summer Training Course provides intense exposure to current concepts in experimental aging research for 15-20 research scientists. It is designed primarily for junior faculty and advanced fellows with at least two years postdoctoral experience in cellular or molecular biology or a related field. Senior scientists who wish to learn about current aging research are also welcome.