The VitaDAO Longevity Fellowship

Funding the future of longevity science

The VitaDAO Longevity Fellowship program is back! We are thrilled to kickstart the latest batch of this exciting initiative that provides micro-grants of up to $2,000 USD to passionate individuals in the field of longevity science.

This program offers a unique opportunity for scientists, students, and longevity enthusiasts to delve deeper into their research interests, attend conferences, and join programs such as the Longevity Biotech Fellowship. We're eager to support the next wave of pioneers in longevity research.

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The VitaDAO Longevity Fellowship in more detail

What is the VitaDAO Longevity Fellowship?

The VitaDAO Longevity Fellowship provides need-based micro-grants to support scientists, students, and enthusiasts to enrich their knowledge and interests in longevity science. Fellows are given the opportunity to pursue research, attend relevant conferences, and join related programs.

Who can apply for the fellowship?

Scientists, students, and longevity enthusiasts who need funding to further develop their interests or skills in longevity science can apply.

How much funding can a fellow receive?

The fellowship provides micro-grants of up to $2,000 USD based on the individual's needs.

How are the funds used?

The grants can be used to support research, conference attendance, or participation in programs like the Longevity Biotech Fellowship.

Receive support for your involvement in Longevity Science

Apply here

The 2021 Fellowship

We are proud to have supported over 55 fellows in the past, distributing more than $55,000 in funds. The 2021 VitaDAO fellowship was made possible thanks to our generous donors from the Gitcoin Longevity Fellowship Grants project.

We extend our heartfelt thanks to contributors like Vitalik Buterin, Stefan George, and many others for their generous Gitcoin matching alongside VitaDAO itself. Our past fellows have made incredible strides in advancing longevity research, and we're excited to see the innovation and progress our new fellows will bring to the VitaDAO ecosystem and the broader community.

55+

Fellows Funded

$55,000+

Funds Distributed

$30,000

Fellowship Donations

Lan Dao

Fertility rejuvenation researcher, MD Université de Montréal

Maria Marinova

PhD Candidate at UNSW Medicine & ODLB1 Fellow

Subaita Rahman

Biotech Startups Pillar VC & Petri & Co-Founder Nucleate Dojo & The Dojo House

Anna Kotanska

Chemistry Student at Oxford University

Samuel Hinthorn

PhD Student at Brown University Studying Computational Biology & Senescence

Kathrin Kajderowicz

PhD Student at MIT

Ali Doğa Yücel

Undergraduate Researcher at Stem Cell Laboratory, KUTTAM

Raiany Romanni-Klein

Science & Technology Writer & PhD Candidate at Harvard Medical School

Noah Weber

CTO at Celeris Therapeutics

Sarah Friday

Medical Student at Wake Forest School of Medicine & Newswoman at Web3 Women In Science

Henry Miller

Bioinformatician, PhD Candidate, NIH/NIA F31 Fellow, Founder & President of the Bioinformatics Research Network

Matilde Miranda

Skin Biologist & JSPS Postdoc Fellow

Adrian Molière

MSc Student at ETH Zurich

Isaak Freeman

Executive Director at the Future Forum & Neuroscience at the University of Oxford

Alex K Chen

Venture Fellow at Healthspan Capital

Alexandru Bacita

Immunology Scientist at Charles River Laboratories

Zeel Patel

Computer Science & Neuroscience at Harvard University

Joseph Regan

Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology from The Institute of Cancer Research (University of London)

Oleg Shramko

Research on Stenosis Assessment via Volumetric Flow Rate Calculation

Gabriela Desdin

Postdoc at Ocampo Lab Switzerland

Larisa Sarghie

Bioinformatician & PhD Candidate

Jose Cordeiro

Venezuelan-Spanish Engineer, Economist, Futurist & Transhumanist

Nora Gedeon

Hands-on Support in Clinical Outsourcing & Co-founder of EverGoal

Alexander Anisimov

Alzheimer's Disease & Aging Researcher

Michael Trinh

Co-founder & Managing Director at Nucleate Dojo

Rakhan Aimbetov

Fellow at the Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan

Alex Voda

DPHIL Student at University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division

Ned Nadima

Building Friska Labs, an open, programmable ledger for biomarkers

Ines Simo

Venture Analyst at Apollo Health Ventures

Lucas Bronicki

Associate Head in the Genetics Diagnostic Laboratory at Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

Hui Xin Ng

PhD Student in Cognitive Science at UC San Diego

Ada Nguyen

Partner at On Deck Longevity Biotech

Shayan Omar Rabbi

Genetics, Philosophy & NucleateDojo Cohort 2

Edward Anderton

Biology of Aging PhD Student at the Buck Institute for Research in Aging & the University of Southern California

Alan Tomusiak

PhD Student at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging

Matthew Johnson

Bioinformatics PhD Candidate at University of California San Francisco

Björn Olaisen

Genetics BSc Student &Future Biogerontologist

Carol Magalhaes

Student at Northwestern University, On Deck Longevity Biotech and Co-Founder of Dojo House

Foluwasomi Oyefeso

PhD Candidate at Loma Linda University with background in Biomedical Engineering

Andreas Melhede

Core Founding Member & Community Lead at FutrDAO

Di Hu

Research Associate in Genomics and Molecular Neuropathology

Joanne Zichen Peng

Aging research, Boyden lab at MIT

Mahdi Moqri

Postdoc at Harvard Medical School. Working with Gladyshev and David Sinclair labs

Brandon Spencer Lockey

President of Cambridge University Longevity Society

Magnus Strange

Researcher in Scheibye-Knudsen Lab

Adrian Matysek

Honorary Researcher at the National University of Singapore. Entrepreneur

Evandro de Souza

Scientist investigating proteostasis and aging at UNICAMP

Cassy Li

PhD Student in Cardiovascular Ageing at King's College London

Parminder Singh

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Buck Institute studying critical pathways of ovary-brain axis for healthy longevity

Anish Goel

Applied math undergrad student at Caltech, interested in biotech & deep tech

Aurojeet Misra

BS-MS Biology Student focused on Molecular Biology, Aging, and Biosecurity

Omer Can Ergul

A first-year Ph.D. student at Koc University in Turkey, focusing on research about partial reprogramming

Kayla Leung

Molecular and cell biology student at UC Berkeley and AI Fellow at R42 Group

Marton Meszaros

Longevity biotech founder and MD

Great to see VitaDAO fellows practising longevity research! 🧑‍🔬

We are currently raising donations for supporting another group of people with micro-grants who are entering the field.

We plan to have something ready sometime in february.

Apply here: https://vitadao.com/fellowship
— VitaDAO (@vita_dao) Jan 2, 2023

It’s been an absolute pleasure sharing our research w/@LindsayWu_UNSW at the first ever Reproductive Aging Conference @#RACSRC22 . Thanks @jenngarrison @GCRLE1 @NUDuncanLab for putting this together and @vita_dao for making it possible for me to attend via the VitaDAO fellowship pic.twitter.com/oeNKf1QSse
— Maria Marinova (@m__marinova) June 8, 2022

Follow VitaDAO fellow @wanghelenh doing amazing research on skin wound healing.

"Thanks VitaDAO for supporting my participation at the CSHL 2022 Mechanisms of Aging meeting where I presented my exciting project "Cellular rejuvenation for skin wound healing"! #cshlaging" pic.twitter.com/oLkyrt4am8
— VitaDAO 💛 (@vita_dao) October 4, 2022

Receive support for your involvement in Longevity Science

Apply here

Funding the future of longevity science

The VitaDAO Longevity Fellowship in more detail

What is the VitaDAO Longevity Fellowship?

Who can apply for the fellowship?

How much funding can a fellow receive?

How are the funds used?

Funding the future of longevity science

55+

$55,000+

$30,000

The 2021 Fellowship

55+

$55,000+

$30,000

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