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GLENN FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH DISCOVERY AWARD

The Glenn Foundation for Medical Research has established the Glenn Foundation Discovery Award. This Award was created to support 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. Relevant proposals from any branch of biology are eligible. This funding program specifically seeks to include principal investigators who may not have previously worked in the area of aging, but whose research and expertise are applicable to understanding the biological mechanisms of normal aging and its relevance to age-associated health decline. Up to two three-year awards will be made in 2026. Each award is for $555,000 payable in annual installments of $185,000 per year.

Application Information

These awards are administered by AFAR.  For more information about the program, eligibility and application procedures, please visit AFAR.

Discovery Award Recipients

2025
Christina Camell, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Minnesota: Macrophage inflammation, cellular identity and healthspan during aging

Elaine Fuchs, PhD, Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor, The Rockefeller University: Staying youthful by preventing tissues from retaining life-long memories of past inflammatory experiences
2024
Jeffrey Friedman, MD, PhD, Professor, The Rockefeller University & Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute: Cellular and Molecular Basis for Hypothalamus Aging

Myriam Heiman, PhD, Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Charting the Cellular Rejuvenation Landscape in Aging Neurons
2023

Ya-Chieh Hsu, PhD
Professor, Harvard University: Rapid Functional Genetics to Identify Genes that can Rejuvenate Aged Stem Cells

Xuebing Wu, PhD
Assistant Professor, Columbia University Irving Medical Center: Aging as a self-reinforcing feedback loop: investigate the role of noncoding translation