Nature Awards Healthspan Accelerator
Well-being, Health and Biomedical Discovery
Deadlines
Academic Unit: Inquire with unit
Memorial Deadline: Wednesday 3rd, December 2025
External Deadline: Wednesday 10th, December 2025
Description
Four carefully chosen applicants will each be awarded a $10,000 Nature Award and gain entry to our residential accelerator programme. Here, you’ll engage with eminent scientist–entrepreneurs and explore opportunities for commercial development, all aimed at advancing your cutting-edge science into viable health innovations. We are especially interested in passionate scientists early in their career leading the work alongside a seasoned PI.
The Accelerator will identify human health research with the potential to transform the human healthspan. Designed to maintain scientific rigour and integrity throughout the translation process the program provides you with the tools and connections to translate your groundbreaking research for maximum impact.
In 2025, the accelerator will focus on four key areas:
– regulating host metabolism and the rate of aging
– better identifying and mediating aging cells
– reducing risk factors and slowing neurodegeneration
– attenuating age-associated inflammation
- Application deadline: 10th December 2025, 11:59 pm UTC 00:00
See website for more information.