Expert-Guided Research Prioritization

Features winning research protocols and published studies on its platform and in institutional communications to promote excellence in research design and ethics.

Provides grants to support workshops in scientific writing, qualitative research, grant-making, and research ethics for mid-career professionals, enhancing research capacity and skills.

Provides a $2,500 award for the best published research paper in medical research, research ethics, or biobanking. Winning papers are highlighted in institutional communications and annual reports.

Offers grants of up to $5,000 to support research projects, with a focus on high-priority areas in research ethics. Also provides stipends specifically for research proposals in research ethics.

Provides a $1,500 award for the best research proposal in medical or public health research, research ethics, or biobanking. The award recognizes excellence in research proposal development.

The foundation supports the development of tools and techniques specifically designed to measure age-related phenotypic changes.

The foundation establishes and provides significant grants (e.g., $4,000,000) to support research at dedicated Glenn Centers for Biology of Aging Research, such as the one at the Salk Institute.

The foundation funds research into the biological mechanisms of human aging, aiming to develop interventions that extend healthspan alongside lifespan. This includes awarding grants to individual researchers at various universities for specific projects related to aging.

The foundation supports and organizes conferences, workshops, symposia, and other educational opportunities for scientists to share research related to the biology of aging, including the annual Glenn Workshop on the Biology of Aging and the Paul F. Glenn/AFAR Conference.

Engages in organizational capacity building through governance development, clinic management, and receipt of technical assistance grants aimed at improving services for donors, scientists, and the broader mental health research community.

Implements and sustains integrated depression care for underserved and Spanish-speaking patients at the University of Arizona Cancer Center, building on a previously tested system that significantly increased depression detection and remission rates.

Implements and sustains integrated depression care for underserved and Spanish-speaking patients at the University of Arizona Cancer Center, building on research that demonstrated increased detection and remission rates for depression.

Implements and sustains integrated depression care for underserved and Spanish-speaking patients at the University of Arizona Cancer Center, building on a tested model that significantly increased detection and remission rates of depression in cancer patients.

Implemented and evaluated a renovated cancer care delivery model integrating routine depression screening and treatment, which doubled depression detection and increased remission rates from 33% to 70%, and is expanding this model to underserved and Spanish-speaking patients through a 5-year project at the University of Arizona Cancer Center.

Funds and conducts research specifically addressing the mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, including studies on alcohol use during college transition and pandemic-related bereavement.

Directed funding and research efforts toward understanding the mental health consequences of the pandemic, including studies on alcohol use during college transition, grief related to pandemic bereavement, and broader psychosocial impacts.

Provides seed funding, typically through two annual competitions, to Arizona scientists and researchers for innovative mental health projects, with individual awards ranging from $25,000 to $125,000. This funding has historically generated a significant return on investment in subsequent national funding.

Provides seed funding, typically ranging from $25,000 to $125,000 per project, to Arizona scientists and researchers for innovative mental health research, holding two funding competitions annually. This funding has historically generated a significant return on investment in subsequent national funding.