Current opportunities

This award provides $45,000 in direct costs per year for two years ($90,000 maximum) to support salary and/or research activities for junior faculty. Proposals must align with the Yale Pepper Center theme.

REC Award Eligibility and Requirements:

• Must hold a full-time Yale faculty appointment within 5 years of initial hire.
  • Candidates who are in their final year of training are eligible to apply if a faculty appointment offer is in place and is not contingent on funding
• Must have a minimum of:
  • 75% protected time for research (50% for surgeons or procedural specialists such as
    interventional cardiologists/radiologists)
  • The career development plan must support the goal of becoming an independently funded
    investigator
  • Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
  • Must commit to participation in the Yale Pepper seminars and didactic sessions

Timeline:

• Letter of intent due: October 6, 2025 by 5:00PM
• Invitation for full proposal issued: October 29, 2025
• Due date for full applications: December 10, 2025
• Funding begins: July 1, 2026

This award provides up to $40,000 in direct costs for one year to support pilot projects that will inform future grant applications. Projects must aim to advance understanding of the etiology, diagnosis, treatment or prevention of common geriatric health conditions, as described in the Pepper Center theme.

PESC Eligibility and Requirements:

• Must hold a faculty appointment or provide documentation confirming transition to a faculty role by July 2026
• Research may be basic, translational, epidemiological, or clinical provided it is consistent with the Pepper Center’s theme
• Although senior investigators may apply, the Yale Pepper Center prioritizes funding for more junior investigators
• The Yale Pepper Center also prioritizes investigators who have not previously received a PESC award

Timeline:

• Letter of intent due: October 6, 2025 by 5:00PM
• Invitation for full proposal issued: October 29, 2025
• Due date for full applications: December 10, 2025
• Funding begins: July 1, 2026

The Yale Pepper Center is soliciting full time proposals from full-time faculty members and staff at Yale with interests and expertise relevant to aging research who would be interested in submitting a development proposal in Biostatistics or Operations. Development Projects are intended to fund methods-focused work that will support Pepper Center research. The Yale Pepper Center theme encompasses basic, translational, epidemiological, clinical trial, health services, informatics, and gerontologic biostatistics research.

(1 award per year, max $35,000 directs)

Biostatistics Core Development Project are intended to develop and disseminate new design and analytical techniques for conducting studies with older persons. The primary criterion for a development project is the significance of its scientific contribution to the mission of the OAIC. Development projects for the Biostatistics Core are judged on their potential for: 1) developing innovative methods that challenge existing paradigms; 2) overcoming limitations in current methodologies for aging research by developing novel design and analytical methods emergent from collaborations in basic, translation and clinical medicine; and 3) developing innovative technologies for implementing analytical tools. The development project should contribute new knowledge to Gerontologic Biostatistics.

(1 award per year, max $35,000 directs)

Operations Core Development Projects are intended to develop and disseminate new techniques for recruitment, retention, and diversity, data collection, data management, and informatics innovations for conducting studies with older persons. The primary criterion for a development project is the significance of its methodologic contribution to the mission of the OAIC. Development projects for the Operations Core are judged on their potential for: 1

1. developing innovative methods in screening, recruitment, data collection and analysis that challenge existing practices;
2. overcoming limitations in current methodologies for aging research by developing novel field or data management and informatics methods; and
3. developing innovative technologies for implementing analytical tools or fieldwork.

The Yale Pepper Center is soliciting letters of intent from Yale faculty for new initiatives in translational geroscience. This pilot grant program, sponsored by the Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Pathology, and School of Medicine, is designed to facilitate innovative and high-impact translational geroscience research and to establish/strengthen cross-disciplinary collaborations.