MIRA Catalyst Grant in the Biology of Aging
Research Admin Offices:
- HRS
Funding Type:
GrantOpportunity Type:
- Grant
Value:
Up to $40,00 over one year.
Disciplines:
- Health Sciences
Sponsors:
Deadlines:
Internal Deadline:
May 16, 2023Sponsor Deadline:
June 1, 2023Description:
This grant is intended to stimulate new collaborations and allow McMaster researchers to collect preliminary data to support future proposals for full-scale studies investigating the aging-related molecular and cellular mechanisms that are candidate risk factors and drivers of common chronic conditions and diseases associated with age. Projects may investigate how the aging process represents a major risk factor for the development of numerous chronic diseases and conditions, including neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes, many cancers, cardiovascular disease, arthritis, reproductive aging, and frailty, and/or the biological pillars —inflammation, adaptation to stress, epigenetics, metabolism, macromolecular damage, proteostasis, and stem cells and regeneration — that may represent the potential drivers of the aging process. This grant will support a geroscience approach: the incorporation of basic aging biology, chronic disease and clinical research, and projects must incorporate researchers from at least three different McMaster Faculties.
Resources:
For more information, download the call and application form.