The National Academy of Medicine is currently seeking bold, new, and innovative ideas that aim to extend the human healthspan (i.e., the number of years lived in good health), especially approaches that challenge existing paradigms or propose new methodologies or concepts. High-risk ideas that could potentially yield high rewards and, in turn, dramatically change the field of healthy longevity are encouraged.
Donor Name: National Academy of Medicine
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Awards and Prizes
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 02/28/2022
Size of the Grant: $50,000
Details:
The Catalyst Awards—part of the broader Healthy Longevity Global Competition—reward bold, new, potentially transformative ideas to improve the physical, mental, or social well-being and health of people as they age, in a measurable and equitable way.
The National Academy of Medicine (“NAM”), with support from Johnson & Johnson Innovation, the Bia-Echo Foundation, and the Yun Family Foundation, will issue up to 25 Catalyst Awards per year in 2020-2022 to US-based innovators.
Funding Information
Each Catalyst Award includes a $50,000 cash prize as well as travel costs to attend an annual Global Innovator Summit.
Ideas may focus on any stage of life, as long as they ultimately promote health as people age.
Applications may also originate from any field or combination of fields (e.g., biology, chemistry, medicine, engineering, behavioral and social sciences, technology, data science, and policy). Examples of topic areas include but are not limited to:
- Behavioral health (e.g., social connectedness, engagement, and well-being)
- Biology of aging and molecular pathways
- Built environment and urban planning
- Disease prevention, including biomarkers and indicators of disease
- Health care delivery (e.g., technologies simplifying access to care, elder care services)
- Housing (e.g., smart-enabled homes, intergenerational housing models)
- Physical health (e.g., mobility and functionality)
- Policy (e.g., economic, health, and science)
- Reproductive longevity and equality
- Technology (e.g., artificial intelligence; robotics; medical, assistive, and information technology)
Eligibility Criteria
The NAM Catalyst Awards are open to any person or team of any discipline or background. Individuals do not need to be affiliated with an organization to submit an application.
- The NAM accepts applications from any type of US-based organization (e.g., colleges and universities, government laboratories, research institutions, non-profit organizations, and for-profit companies). For-profit companies, in particular, cannot have annual sales revenues of more than $10 million for each of their last two fiscal years, and there is a strong preference for early-stage endeavors (e.g., seed investments, startups, social enterprises, and spinouts).
- The PI must reside in the US as a US citizen, legal resident alien, or non-resident alien with a valid visa. Co-PIs are not required to reside in the US.
- There must be one principal investigator (PI) named on each application (applicants may also name up to three co-PIs). A particular individual may only be listed as PI on one Catalyst Award application per annual cycle of the NAM Catalyst Award competition. However, a PI can be named on another application as a co-PI within the same cycle.
- There is no limit on the number of applications a particular organization may submit.
For more information, visit 2022 US NAM Catalyst Award Competition.
