Wisconsin Nathan Shock Center (WiNSC) Pilot Awards
Deadline: November 30, 2025

WiNSC seeks applications that will explore new ideas in the basic biology of aging and the role of metabolism in aging phenotypes. The purpose of the Pilot Award program is to competitively offer directed funds to explore new and innovative ideas/concepts. Applications from early-stage investigators or established investigators pivoting their research toward mechanisms of aging are particularly encouraged. View the RFA here.

Wisconsin Nathan Shock Center (WiNSC)

Center Directors: Rozalyn Anderson, John Denu, & Dudley Lamming

The NIH/NIA sponsored WiNSC establishes a national hub for research quantifying, defining, and dissecting the causal role of metabolism in aging and age-related disease vulnerability. The effects of metabolic integrity extend beyond the fundamental biology of aging to the biology of age-related disease, and the most common age-associated diseases and conditions feature metabolic dysfunction. Operating across time-frames, from acute to chronic, and across scales, from cells to tissues to whole organisms, the biological mechanisms in metabolic regulation are highly conserved. WiNSC will facilitate translation of aging biology to human health, fuel innovation, and accelerate discovery. Learn more here.

Minnesota Nathan Shock Center (UMN NSC)

Center Directors: Paul Robbins & Laura Niedernhofer

The University of Minnesota Nathan Shock Center on Genome Integrity and Aging (UMN NSC) aims to advance the mechanistic understanding of aging by focusing on genome integrity, a primary hallmark of aging.

The UMN NSC provides investigators access to cutting-edge cores for quantifying oxidative DNA damage, characterizing DNA damage response and repair capacity, and utilizing murine models and human cell lines with impaired genome maintenance. Through these resources, the UMN NSC supports the development and testing of interventions targeting genome instability and its downstream effects on other aging pathways. Learn more here.

Upstate New York Comparative Biology of Aging Nathan Shock Center (Upstate NSC)

Center Director: Vera Gorbunova

The Upstate NY Nathan Shock Center (Upstate NSC) is a collaborative initiative based at the University of Rochester, dedicated to advancing research in the Comparative Biology of Aging. By leveraging the natural diversity in lifespans and aging processes across species, our mission is to uncover fundamental mechanisms of longevity that cannot be replicated in traditional laboratory models.

The Upstate NSC addresses a critical gap in aging research by providing access to unconventional model organisms, advanced analytical technologies, and expert support through four integrated Research Resource Cores. Learn more here.

From Nature to the New York Times: Nathan Shock Center Researchers Seek to Understand Human Longevity Through Bowhead Whale Study

Learn more about the research of Vera Gorbunova, director of the newly launched Upstate New York Nathan Shock Center and its Frozen Zoo Biobank Resource Core, recently covered in the New York Times.

Sex Differences Impacting Human Health Across the Lifespan
December 4-5, 2025 | Bethesda, MD & Virtual

This two-day workshop will include experts from academic institutions, NIH, other federal agencies, and the private sector, to examine sex differences in cellular and molecular mechanisms that drive functional declines during female aging and influence on overall women’s health.

Advances in Geroscience Webinar Series: Testing the Geroscience Hypothesis
December 18, 2025 | Virtual

In 2025-2026, the GSIG will host a series of webinars to explore emerging and cross-cutting areas of geroscience research that are moving the field forward.

American Aging Association (AGE) Early Career Scholar’s Program

Deadline: December 10, 2025

Ten Scholars will be selected, and will receive a 2-year AGE membership, travel award for the 2026 AGE meeting worth $1300, the opportunity to present your research at the AGE 2026 annual meeting, and will be paired with a senior AGE trainee chapter member for ongoing mentorship.

Dorothy Dillon Eweson Lecture Series

Rolling Deadline

The Dorothy Dillon Eweson Lecture Series provides support to encourage investigators in the field of aging research to present findings at an annual scientific or medical specialty association meeting where aging-related research is not the primary focus.

UAB Aging Biology Update - November 4, 2025
The Nathan Shock Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shares their comprehensive newsletter, released November 4, 2025.