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Buck Institute for Research on Aging: 60 NIH awards ($109.3M), fiscal years 2021 to 2026
Buck Institute for Research on Aging in Novato, CA is funded under 60 NIH awards ($109.3M) in the NIH and NSF award files, read 2026-11-03. NIH fiscal years 2021 to 2025; NSF fiscal years 2022 to 2026.
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| Award | Agency | Institute or division | Fiscal year | Amount in window | Start | End | Principal investigator | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cellular senescence and cell fate/interactions as drivers of Alzheimer's and age-related dementias | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2021 to 2025 | $15,514,157 | September 30, 2021 | May 31, 2027 | ELLERBY, LISA M | reporter.nih.gov |
| Senescent cell mapping, identification and validation for human somatic and reproductive tissues | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2021 to 2025 | $12,040,749 | September 30, 2021 | August 31, 2026 | SCHILLING, BIRGIT | reporter.nih.gov |
| The University of Southern California and Buck Institute Nathan Shock Center | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2021 to 2024 | $4,094,926 | September 15, 2020 | May 31, 2025 | VERDIN, ERIC M. | reporter.nih.gov |
| Impaired activity-dependent protein synthesis in dendrites and pathophysiology in tauopathy | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2021 to 2025 | $3,904,840 | August 1, 2021 | July 31, 2027 | TRACY, TARA | reporter.nih.gov |
| Training in Basic Research on Aging and Age-Related Disease | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2021 to 2025 | $3,842,823 | May 1, 1998 | April 30, 2028 | ELLERBY, LISA M | reporter.nih.gov |
| Caenorhabditis Intervention Testing Program - Buck Institute | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2021 to 2025 | $3,641,956 | August 15, 2013 | July 31, 2027 | LITHGOW, GORDON J | reporter.nih.gov |
| Geroscience metabolites beta-hydroxybutyrate and NAD+ linking inflammation and neuroenergetic failure in delirium | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2021 to 2024 | $3,367,039 | September 15, 2020 | May 31, 2026 | NEWMAN, JOHN C | reporter.nih.gov |
| Mechanisms of the signaling metabolite β-hydroxybutyrate in Alzheimer's disease and the aging brain | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2021 to 2024 | $3,248,348 | June 1, 2020 | May 31, 2026 | NEWMAN, JOHN C | reporter.nih.gov |
| Neuronal FXR as a potential therapeutic target for Alzheimer's disease | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2021 to 2024 | $2,495,129 | April 15, 2020 | March 31, 2025 | ANDERSEN, JULIE KAY | reporter.nih.gov |
| A smart cell drug (SmaCD) delivery platform for mobile, targetable, and self-regulated combination therapy: a model project to rescue antibodies from Alzheimer's disease (AD) clinical trial failures | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2022 to 2025 | $2,412,690 | September 1, 2022 | June 30, 2027 | ANDERSEN, JULIE KAY | reporter.nih.gov |
| Targeting Aging to prevent Alzheimer's Disease: the Geroscience Approach | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2021 to 2024 | $2,327,496 | April 15, 2020 | September 30, 2025 | LITHGOW, GORDON J | reporter.nih.gov |
| The B Cell Insulin Receptor in Health and in Insulin Resistance | NIH | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases | 2022 to 2025 | $2,299,235 | December 15, 2021 | November 30, 2026 | WINER, DAN | reporter.nih.gov |
| Multidimensional mapping of proteome changes and mechanisms underlying yeast replicative aging | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2022 to 2025 | $2,268,031 | August 15, 2022 | April 30, 2027 | ZHOU, CHUANKAI | reporter.nih.gov |
| Methylglyoxal drives astrocyte senescence to mediate neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2021 to 2024 | $2,135,509 | August 1, 2020 | July 31, 2025 | KAPAHI, PANKAJ | reporter.nih.gov |
| Role of Selective Autophagy in Organismal Health | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2021 to 2025 | $2,050,625 | August 15, 2021 | April 30, 2027 | HANSEN, MALENE | reporter.nih.gov |
| TAKEOFF: Targeting Aging with Ketone Ester in Older adults for Function in Frailty | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2025 | $2,039,697 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2028 | NEWMAN, JOHN C | reporter.nih.gov |
| Cellular and Circuit Mechanisms of Neuropeptide Signaling | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences | 2022 to 2025 | $1,963,707 | June 1, 2022 | June 30, 2025 | GARRISON, JENNIFER L | reporter.nih.gov |
| Advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) as metabolic by-products that mediate neurodegeneration. | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2021 to 2023 | $1,940,733 | September 15, 2019 | May 31, 2025 | KAPAHI, PANKAJ | reporter.nih.gov |
| Regulation of the Autophagy Pathway with Age and in Long-lived Animals | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2022 to 2025 | $1,847,547 | August 15, 2011 | November 30, 2027 | HANSEN, MALENE | reporter.nih.gov |
| Evaluating diverse technologies for detecting and validating senescent cells in vivo | NIH | National Cancer Institute | 2023 to 2024 | $1,819,368 | September 22, 2021 | August 31, 2025 | MELOV, SIMON | reporter.nih.gov |
| Role of cellular senescence in cardiovascular aging | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2021 to 2022 | $1,807,818 | June 1, 2018 | January 31, 2024 | MELOV, SIMON | reporter.nih.gov |
| timsTOF fleX MALDI-2 for Spatial Molecular Imaging | NIH | Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health | 2025 | $1,759,412 | April 1, 2025 | March 31, 2026 | SCHILLING, BIRGIT | reporter.nih.gov |
| Resilience pathways modeling human longevity-promoting ApoE variants in induced pluripotent stem cells | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2021 to 2022 | $1,759,184 | September 30, 2018 | May 31, 2025 | ELLERBY, LISA M | reporter.nih.gov |
| Identifying Factors Regulating Medium Spiny Neuron Differentiation or Maintenance as Therapeutic Targets for Huntington's Disease using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke | 2024 to 2025 | $1,594,872 | September 30, 2016 | April 30, 2029 | ELLERBY, LISA M | reporter.nih.gov |
| Quantitative Proteomics to Develop Robust Senescence-Related Biomarkers for Aging | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2021 to 2022 | $1,483,212 | September 30, 2018 | April 30, 2024 | SCHILLING, BIRGIT | reporter.nih.gov |
| The role of diet and aging in photoreceptor homeostasis and visual function decline | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2024 to 2025 | $1,475,927 | July 1, 2024 | May 31, 2029 | KAPAHI, PANKAJ | reporter.nih.gov |
| Molecular Mechanisms of HIV Latency | NIH | National Institute on Drug Abuse | 2021 | $1,467,490 | April 15, 2016 | June 30, 2023 | VERDIN, ERIC M. | reporter.nih.gov |
| TAKEOFF: Targeting Aging with Ketone Ester in Older adults for Function in Frailty | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2023 to 2024 | $1,458,074 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2028 | NEWMAN, JOHN C | reporter.nih.gov |
| Pioneer transcription factors in aging and neurodegeneration | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2023 to 2025 | $1,453,718 | August 15, 2021 | May 31, 2027 | WEBB, ASHLEY E | reporter.nih.gov |
| Novel mitochondria-to-lysosome crosstalk contributes to lysosomal dysfunction during aging | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2023 to 2025 | $1,445,300 | August 1, 2023 | June 30, 2028 | ZHOU, CHUANKAI | reporter.nih.gov |
| Identifying Organ-Specific Blood Biomarkers of Aging and Assessing their Effects on Cardiovascular Health | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2024 to 2025 | $1,403,675 | June 15, 2024 | March 31, 2029 | FURMAN, DAVID | reporter.nih.gov |
| Cellular senescence and Associated Lysosomal Dysfunction in Immune Aging | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | 2024 to 2025 | $1,364,501 | March 1, 2024 | February 28, 2029 | VERDIN, ERIC M. | reporter.nih.gov |
| Novel components of mitochondrial regulation of insulin secretion in type 2 diabetes | NIH | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases | 2024 to 2025 | $1,340,626 | January 1, 2024 | December 31, 2028 | GERENCSER, AKOS A | reporter.nih.gov |
| Molecular mechanisms underlying the preservation of neural stem cell quiescence during aging | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2022 | $1,120,249 | September 1, 2017 | July 31, 2025 | WEBB, ASHLEY E | reporter.nih.gov |
| Retrograde Regulation of Synaptic Strength by Translational Mechanisms | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke | 2021 to 2022 | $1,056,354 | July 1, 2013 | April 30, 2024 | HAGHIGHI, ALI PEJMUN | reporter.nih.gov |
| Investigation of impaired neural stem cell activation in Alzheimer's Disease | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2024 to 2025 | $934,933 | June 1, 2022 | March 31, 2028 | WEBB, ASHLEY E | reporter.nih.gov |
| Evaluating diverse technologies for detecting and validating senescent cells in vivo | NIH | National Cancer Institute | 2021 to 2022 | $872,000 | September 22, 2021 | August 31, 2023 | MELOV, SIMON | reporter.nih.gov |
| Support and Preparation for an Alzheimer's Research Career | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2024 to 2025 | $864,000 | June 1, 2024 | May 31, 2029 | ANDERSEN, JULIE KAY | reporter.nih.gov |
| Determining the role of OXR1 in aging and Alzheimer's disease | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2021 | $851,414 | September 30, 2021 | August 31, 2023 | KAPAHI, PANKAJ | reporter.nih.gov |
| Exogenous ketones target geroscience pathways and ameliorate geriatric syndromes | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2022 to 2025 | $698,763 | September 15, 2022 | June 30, 2027 | STUBBS, BRIANNA JANE | reporter.nih.gov |
| Regulation of synaptic activity by mRNA methylation | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke | 2024 | $676,789 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2025 | HAGHIGHI, ALI PEJMUN | reporter.nih.gov |
| Proteostasis and metabolism in brain aging | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2021 | $626,560 | September 15, 2017 | May 31, 2023 | HAGHIGHI, ALI PEJMUN | reporter.nih.gov |
| Molecular mechanisms underlying the preservation of neural stem cell quiescence during aging | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2025 | $572,715 | September 1, 2017 | July 31, 2027 | WEBB, ASHLEY E | reporter.nih.gov |
| Targeting conserved diet-responsive transcriptional networks in neurons to slow neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2021 | $533,500 | May 1, 2021 | April 30, 2023 | KAPAHI, PANKAJ | reporter.nih.gov |
| Alternative folding of soluble proteins induced by Aβ42 and Tau in aged cells | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2022 | $533,500 | May 15, 2022 | April 30, 2025 | ZHOU, CHUANKAI | reporter.nih.gov |
| Mechanism of organelle dysfunction during aging and the related rejuvenation process | NIH | Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health | 2021 | $485,000 | September 1, 2017 | August 31, 2023 | ZHOU, CHUANKAI | reporter.nih.gov |
| Mouse oocyte fate determination via polarized cytoplasmic transport within germline cysts | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences | 2021 to 2022 | $472,718 | February 1, 2019 | March 14, 2022 | BENZ, CHRISTOPHER | reporter.nih.gov |
| Cellular senescence and Alzheimer's disease | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2024 | $467,034 | September 15, 2020 | August 31, 2025 | ANDERSEN, JULIE KAY | reporter.nih.gov |
| New mechanistic insights into how the gut metabolite urolithin A extends lifespan and prevents AD | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2022 | $461,518 | September 30, 2018 | August 31, 2023 | ANDERSEN, JULIE KAY | reporter.nih.gov |
| Spatial Proteomics of osteoarthritis in bones to uncover disease progression | NIH | National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases | 2024 | $456,808 | September 18, 2024 | August 31, 2026 | SCHILLING, BIRGIT | reporter.nih.gov |
| Investigating the interplay between hallmarks of aging; protein glycation, nutrient sensing, and senescence | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2023 | $444,220 | September 30, 2023 | August 31, 2025 | KAPAHI, PANKAJ | reporter.nih.gov |
| Toxicity mechanisms of Aβ42 and Tau in aged cells | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2021 to 2022 | $388,000 | August 15, 2021 | April 30, 2024 | ZHOU, CHUANKAI | reporter.nih.gov |
| Cellular and Circuit Mechanisms of Neuropeptide Signaling | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences | 2021 | $388,000 | August 1, 2016 | May 31, 2022 | GARRISON, JENNIFER L | reporter.nih.gov |
| Identification of blood biomarkers predictive of organ aging | NIH | Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health | 2023 | $388,000 | September 20, 2023 | September 19, 2025 | FURMAN, DAVID | reporter.nih.gov |
| Cell competition as a novel aspect of cellular senescence during aging | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2021 | $291,000 | September 30, 2020 | November 30, 2022 | CAMPISI, JUDITH | reporter.nih.gov |
| Synaptic mechanisms of tau-mediated pathogenesis in human iPSC-derived neurons | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2021 to 2022 | $249,678 | April 15, 2018 | February 28, 2023 | TRACY, TARA | reporter.nih.gov |
| The Reproductive Aging Conference | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2023 to 2025 | $147,000 | April 15, 2023 | June 30, 2025 | GARRISON, JENNIFER L | reporter.nih.gov |
| Summer Training Course in Experimental Aging | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2025 | $101,085 | May 1, 2018 | February 28, 2030 | KAPAHI, PANKAJ | reporter.nih.gov |
| Functional mapping of thirst circuits in the aging mouse brain | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2021 to 2022 | $84,822 | February 1, 2020 | March 15, 2022 | JANG, HEEUN | reporter.nih.gov |
| Quantitating, Targeting, and Phenotyping In Vivo Cellular Senescence in Humans | NIH | National Institute on Aging | 2021 | $26,144 | May 1, 2020 | July 2, 2021 | BASISTY, NATAN BOHDONIVICH | reporter.nih.gov |
Funding by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | NIH awards | NIH amount | NSF awards | NSF amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | $21,072,591 | 0 | $0 |
| 2024 | 32 | $24,288,441 | 0 | $0 |
| 2023 | 25 | $18,911,907 | 0 | $0 |
| 2022 | 31 | $22,600,009 | 0 | $0 |
| 2021 | 30 | $22,387,270 | 0 | $0 |
Open federal funding opportunities
From Grants.gov: notices that funded awards in this table, and open notices on the same agency and assistance listing.
Topics of its NIH awards
- Aging
- Neurosciences
- Brain Disorders
- Neurodegenerative
- Acquired Cognitive Impairment
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Alzheimer's Disease including Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD)
- Dementia
- Genetics
- Biotechnology
- Nutrition
- Prevention
Updated November 3, 2026. Read from NIH RePORTER ExPORTER and NSF Award Search. Published by NIH and NSF as U.S. government data. NIH awards are fiscal years 2021 to 2025 (NIH files published to 2026-07-09); NSF awards are fiscal years 2022 to 2026 (NSF files published to 2026-11-02). NIH amounts are the total cost of each fiscal year in the window; NSF amounts are the funds obligated in the window. Organizations are matched on the UEI. Open opportunities come from Grants.gov and match on agency and assistance listing number, and on the notice number NIH prints on an award. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.