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.

The VitaDAO Longevity Fellowship

Funding the future of longevity science

The VitaDAO Longevity Fellowship provides grants to support and encourage scientists, students, and longevity enthusiasts to enrich their knowledge or further develop an interest in longevity science. We provide need-based funding to our fellows to pursue research, attend conferences, or join programs such as the Longevity Biotech Fellowship.

The next iteration of the VitaDAO Longevity Fellowship is currently in the works! Meet the fellows from our previous cohort, and sign up to be the first to find out when applications are officially open below.

The 2021 VitaDAO fellowship was enabled by our generous donors from the Gitcoin Longevity Fellowship Grants project. We would like to extend a massive thank you to Vitalik Buterin, Stefan George, and many others for their generous matching alongside VitaDAO itself!

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Fellows Funded

$55,000+

Funds Distributed

$30,000

Fellowship Donations

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Celebrating impact in longevity science

We are proud to have supported over 55 fellows in the past, distributing more than $55,000 in funds. 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
Lan Dao
Fertility rejuvenation researcher, MD Université de Montréal
https://twitter.com/Lan_Dao_?s=20&t=3RF4yC-rby4kmzz-L3L6-A
Maria Marinova
Maria Marinova
PhD Candidate at UNSW Medicine & ODLB1 Fellow
https://twitter.com/m__marinova?s=20&t=M1rwy11-gGe4nq8cDdvVYAhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-marinova-2b34a7a4/
Subaita Rahman
Subaita Rahman
Biotech Startups Pillar VC & Petri & Co-Founder Nucleate Dojo & The Dojo House
https://twitter.com/subaita_rahman
Anna Kotanska
Anna Kotanska
Chemistry Student at Oxford University
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-kotanska/
Samuel Hinthorn
Samuel Hinthorn
PhD Student at Brown University Studying Computational Biology & Senescence
https://www.linkedin.com/in/samuel-hinthorn/
Kathrin Kajderowicz
Kathrin Kajderowicz
PhD Student at MIT
https://twitter.com/KKajderowicz
Ali Doğa Yücel
Ali Doğa Yücel
Undergraduate Researcher at Stem Cell Laboratory, KUTTAM
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alidogayucel
Raiany Romanni-Klein
Raiany Romanni-Klein
Science & Technology Writer & PhD Candidate at Harvard Medical School
https://www.raianyromanni.com/
Noah Weber
Noah Weber
CTO at Celeris Therapeutics
https://at.linkedin.com/in/noahweber123
Sarah Friday
Sarah Friday
Medical Student at Wake Forest School of Medicine & Newswoman at Web3 Women In Science
https://twitter.com/wilmasthoughts
Henry Miller
Henry Miller
Bioinformatician, PhD Candidate, NIH/NIA F31 Fellow, Founder & President of the Bioinformatics Research Network
https://www.linkedin.com/in/henryemiller/
Matilde Miranda
Matilde Miranda
Skin Biologist & JSPS Postdoc Fellow
http://linkedin.com/in/matilde-miranda-s
Adrian Molière
Adrian Molière
MSc Student at ETH Zurich
https://twitter.com/AdrianMoliere
Isaak Freeman
Isaak Freeman
Executive Director at the Future Forum & Neuroscience at the University of Oxford
https://twitter.com/isaakfreeman?s=20&t=tHUejs12XJAIzjwjwJIBIA
Alex K Chen
Alex K Chen
Venture Fellow at Healthspan Capital
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexkchen/https://forum.longevitybase.org/
Alexandru Bacita
Alexandru Bacita
Immunology Scientist at Charles River Laboratories
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandru-bacita/
Zeel Patel
Zeel Patel
Computer Science & Neuroscience at Harvard University
https://twitter.com/ZeelMPatel?s=20&t=PyEQFGewh-sPyBnMDaOyHAhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/zeelmpatel/
Joseph Regan
Joseph Regan
Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology from The Institute of Cancer Research (University of London)
Oleg Shramko
Oleg Shramko
Research on Stenosis Assessment via Volumetric Flow Rate Calculation
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2793-1951
Gabriela Desdin
Gabriela Desdin
Postdoc at Ocampo Lab Switzerland
https://twitter.com/GDesdin
Larisa Sarghie
Larisa Sarghie
Bioinformatician & PhD Candidate
https://www.linkedin.com/in/larisa-sarghie-31689111b/
Jose Cordeiro
Jose Cordeiro
Venezuelan-Spanish Engineer, Economist, Futurist & Transhumanist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Cordeiro
Nora Gedeon
Nora Gedeon
Hands-on Support in Clinical Outsourcing & Co-founder of EverGoal
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nora-gedeon-4933267/
Alexander Anisimov
Alexander Anisimov
Alzheimer's Disease & Aging Researcher
https://twitter.com/anisimov_123https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander--anisimov/
Michael Trinh
Michael Trinh
Co-founder & Managing Director at Nucleate Dojo
https://twitter.com/MichaelTrinh18
Rakhan Aimbetov
Rakhan Aimbetov
Fellow at the Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan
https://twitter.com/r_aimbetov?s=20&t=uZAV59I9OTn3Jov_G1TYyQhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/raimbetov/
Alex Voda
Alex Voda
DPHIL Student at University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division
https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/team/alexandru-voda
Ned Nadima
Ned Nadima
Building Friska Labs, an open, programmable ledger for biomarkers
https://twitter.com/NedNadima
Ines Simo
Ines Simo
Venture Analyst at Apollo Health Ventures
https://www.linkedin.com/in/in%C3%A9s-sim%C3%B3-348928153/
Lucas Bronicki
Lucas Bronicki
Associate Head in the Genetics Diagnostic Laboratory at Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
http://linkedin.com/in/lucas-m-bronicki
Hui Xin Ng
Hui Xin Ng
PhD Student in Cognitive Science at UC San Diego
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nghuixin/
Ada Nguyen
Ada Nguyen
Partner at On Deck Longevity Biotech
https://www.adanguyenx.com/
Shayan Omar Rabbi
Shayan Omar Rabbi
Genetics, Philosophy & NucleateDojo Cohort 2
https://twitter.com/TheShayanRabbi
Edward Anderton
Edward Anderton
Biology of Aging PhD Student at the Buck Institute for Research in Aging & the University of Southern California
https://twitter.com/EdwardAnderton7?s=20&t=rTi0xdfax3sQU82Mv1LHUwhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/edward-anderton-b67b4783/
Alan Tomusiak
Alan Tomusiak
PhD Student at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging
http://linkedin.com/in/alan-tomusiak-b8830110bhttps://github.com/tomusiak
Matthew Johnson
Matthew Johnson
Bioinformatics PhD Candidate at University of California San Francisco
https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/matthew-johnson-b48457a6
Björn Olaisen
Björn Olaisen
Genetics BSc Student &Future Biogerontologist
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bjoernolaisen/
Carol Magalhaes
Carol Magalhaes
Student at Northwestern University, On Deck Longevity Biotech and Co-Founder of Dojo House
https://twitter.com/_Carol_Mag?s=20&t=OtY8W1qez43m6Ie_O85KPw
Foluwasomi Oyefeso
Foluwasomi Oyefeso
PhD Candidate at Loma Linda University with background in Biomedical Engineering
https://www.linkedin.com/in/folu-oyefeso-61698a47
Andreas Melhede
Andreas Melhede
DAO & Longevity Entrepreneur
https://twitter.com/AMelhede
Di Hu
Di Hu
Research Associate in Genomics and Molecular Neuropathology
https://www.linkedin.com/in/di-hu-4049401a5/
Joanne Zichen Peng
Joanne Zichen Peng
Aging research, Boyden lab at MIT
https://twitter.com/JoanneZPenghttps://www.linkedin.com/in/joannezichenpeng/
Mahdi Moqri
Mahdi Moqri
Postdoc at Harvard Medical School. Working with Gladyshev and David Sinclair labs
https://www.moqri.com/
Brandon Spencer Lockey
Brandon Spencer Lockey
President of Cambridge University Longevity Society
https://twitter.com/BrandonSLockey
Magnus Strange
Magnus Strange
Researcher in Scheibye-Knudsen Lab
https://www.linkedin.com/in/magnus-strange-02b84a191/
Adrian Matysek
Adrian Matysek
Honorary Researcher at the National University of Singapore. Entrepreneur
https://twitter.com/Adrian33760858https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-matysek-6a9b64183/
 Evandro de Souza
Evandro de Souza
Scientist investigating proteostasis and aging at UNICAMP
https://www.linkedin.com/in/evandro-a-0a88b81bb/https://proteostasis.wixsite.com/aging
Cassy Li
Cassy Li
PhD Student in Cardiovascular Ageing at King's College London
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cassy-le/http://cassyle.com
Parminder Singh
Parminder Singh
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Buck Institute studying critical pathways of ovary-brain axis for healthy longevity
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-parminder-singh-ph-d-107592128/
Anish Goel
Anish Goel
Applied math undergrad student at Caltech, interested in biotech & deep tech
https://twitter.com/anishgoel_https://www.linkedin.com/in/anish-goel-caltech/
Aurojeet Misra
Aurojeet Misra
BS-MS Biology Student focused on Molecular Biology, Aging, and Biosecurity
https://twitter.com/aurojeetmisrahttps://www.linkedin.com/in/aurojeetmisra/
Omer Can Ergul
Omer Can Ergul
A first-year Ph.D. student at Koc University in Turkey, focusing on research about partial reprogramming
https://www.linkedin.com/in/omer-can-ergul-7997b725a/?originalSubdomain=tr
Kayla Leung
Kayla Leung
Molecular and cell biology student at UC Berkeley and AI Fellow at R42 Group
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kayla-leung/
Marton Meszaros
Marton Meszaros
Longevity biotech founder and MD
https://www.linkedin.com/in/martonmeszaros/?originalSubdomain=uk

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