NAM Healthy Longevity Catalyst Awards | 2024 Digital Toolkit

Please use the materials in this packet to promote the 2024 cycle of NAM Healthy Longevity Catalyst Awards within your network. You may adapt or use the materials in full or in part. For questions, please contact Radhika Hira, NAM Communications Officer (rhira@nas.edu).

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The NAM’s Healthy Longevity Global Competition accelerates research and entrepreneurism to foster potential breakthroughs in healthy longevity. It is a multiyear, multi-phase international competition designed to advance bold, novel ideas that could dramatically improve health for people as they age. The Global Competition consists of three progressive phases, during which innovators have the opportunity to earn increasingly larger awards, at the Catalyst, Accelerator, and Grand Prize levels. 

The National Academy of Medicine is accepting applications for the 2024 cycle of its U.S.-based Catalyst Awards. The application period is open from January 29, 2024, through March 11, 2024, at 11:59 pm EST. Awardees will each receive a cash prize of $50,000 USD and become part of a global network of innovators with exclusive opportunities to compete for additional funding.

Eligible projects aim to improve the mental, physical, or social health and well-being of individuals and can focus on any stage of life, as long as they ultimately promote health for people as they age.

U.S.-based individuals and teams from all fields, backgrounds, industries, and specialties are encouraged to submit a simple 2-page narrative application to be considered for a $50,000 USD prize. In addition to the winners, all applicants advancing to the final stages of the Catalyst Award review process may be considered for subsequent funding in the form of an Accelerator Award, the second phase of the Global Competition, worth $150,000 to more than $1 million USD. Finally, in the third phase, the NAM will issue a Grand Prize for a breakthrough in healthy longevity.

The NAM strongly encourages individuals with diverse backgrounds, ideologies, and perspectives to apply as well as those who are new to the longevity space or have not previously worked on related research. Ideas or projects that aim to reduce health disparities, promote health equity, combat ageism or apply human-centered design principals to engage older adults in the work, are also of strong interest to the NAM.

The NAM’s U.S.-based Catalyst Award Competition is part of a global initiative to extend the human healthspan—or number of years lived in good health. There are a number of Catalyst Award competitions worldwide that are open to innovators in over 50 countries and territories! Click here to see all the open competitions and their application windows.

Apply today for a chance to share your innovative idea with the world—and transform the future of aging!

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  • Tweet this! #HealthyLongevity means that people of all ages and backgrounds can live long, healthy, and meaningful lives. The NAM is funding bold, new ideas that can help promote health and well-being at any stage of life. Learn more & complete our 2-page application: https://nam.edu/Catalyst-Award-Guidelines
  • Tweet this! Does your work support health and well-being? You could earn $50K from the NAM #HealthyLongevity Catalyst Awards, which aim to help people stay healthy, productive, & socially connected. Learn more about this simple & unique application: https://nam.edu/Catalyst-Award-Guidelines
  • Tweet this! Societies thrive when people of all ages can live healthy, fulfilling lives. The NAM is offering $50K to innovators with ideas to help people live long, healthy, meaningful lives. Learn more: https://nam.edu/Catalyst-Award-Guidelines
  • Tweet this! .@theNAMedicine #HealthyLongevity Catalyst Awards are back for another cycle! Applications open January 29—Submit a 2-page narrative for a chance at $50K and an opportunity to transform health and well-being for people of all ages: https://nam.edu/Catalyst-Award-Guidelines
  • Tweet this!  Last year, 20 innovators each received $50K & global recognition for their breakthrough ideas to extend human health & well-being. Could you be next? Apply today for a #HealthyLongevity Catalyst Award from @theNAMedicine: https://nam.edu/Catalyst-Award-Guidelines
  • Tweet this!  Starting on January 29, the NAM’s #HealthyLongevity Catalyst Awards will accept applications for the 2024 cycle—Learn more about how a Catalyst Award can kick-start your innovative idea & transform the field of aging: https://nam.edu/Catalyst-Award-Guidelines
  • Tweet this!  Do you have an idea that could help people stay healthy, productive, & socially connected as they age? Submit a simple 2-page narrative application for the opportunity to win a $50K #HealthyLongevity Catalyst Award from @theNAMedicine: https://nam.edu/Catalyst-Award-Guidelines
  • Tweet this!  .@theNAMedicine designed a simple competition to find the next big idea in #healthylongevity. A 2-page narrative is all it takes to be considered for a $50K cash prize! Apply by March 11: https://nam.edu/Catalyst-Award-Guidelines
  • Tweet this! Calling all Innovators! The @theNAMedicine is seeking ideas from any field with the potential to promote human health & well-being throughout the lifespan. Think your project can transform the field of #HealthyLongevity? Apply for a Catalyst Award today: https://nam.edu/Catalyst-Award-Guidelines
  • Tweet this!  Applying for a Catalyst Award can open the doors to innovation in #HealthyLongevity & unlock future funding opportunities! Learn more about how a 2-page narrative can kick-start your idea & offer eligibility for larger prizes: https://nam.edu/Catalyst-Award-Guidelines
  • Tweet this!  Catalyst Awards offer $50K in seed funding for bold ideas in #HealthyLongevity, opportunities for international recognition, & eligibility for subsequent funding. Upload a simple 2-page narrative for these opportunities & more! https://nam.edu/Catalyst-Award-Guidelines
  • Tweet this!  Beyond $50K seed funding, the #HealthyLongevity Catalyst Awards offer international collaboration & networking, professional development, & prospects for subsequent funding. A 2-page narrative can unlock access to these opportunities—https://nam.edu/Catalyst-Award-Guidelines

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  • #HealthyLongevity means people of all ages and backgrounds can live long, healthy, and meaningful lives. The National Academy of Medicine issues Healthy Longevity Catalyst Awards for new ideas that can help promote health and well-being at any stage of life. Submit your  bold, innovative ideas promoting health and well-being from January 29, 2024, to March 11, 2024, at 11:59 pm EST.  The competition is simple—a 2-page narrative submission is all it takes to be considered for an award worth $50K USD. Review the guidelines and start your application today!: https://nam.edu/Catalyst-Award-Guidelines
  • Societies thrive when people of all ages can live healthy, fulfilling, and meaningful lives. The NAM’s Catalyst Awards offer $50K USD to creative researchers, trailblazing technologists, inspired non-profit leaders, and imaginative start-ups with ideas that promote health and well-being. Learn more about the competition and your chance to win by completing a simple 2-page application by March 11, at 11:59 pm EST: https://nam.edu/Catalyst-Award-Guidelines
  • Does your work support health and well-being? You could be eligible to earn a $50,000 USD cash prize from the NAM #HealthyLongevity Catalyst Awards, which aim to help people stay healthy, productive, & socially connected.
    The National Academy of Medicine Catalyst Awards are looking for creative researchers, trailblazing technologists, inspired non-profit leaders, and imaginative start-ups who are helping people live longer, healthier, and/or more meaningful lives. Complete our simple 2-page application and submit your innovative idea from January 29, 2024, to March 11, 2024, at 11:59 pm EST here: https://nam.edu/Catalyst-Award-Guidelines
  • A funding opportunity unlike any other! Calling all innovators—creative researchers, trailblazing technologists, inspired non-profit leaders, and imaginative start-ups!
    The National Academy of Medicine’s Healthy Longevity Catalyst Award Competition seeks bold, new ideas to promote health throughout the lifespan. Apply from January 29, 2024, to March 11, 2024, at 11:59 pm EST. Individuals and teams from all disciplines and sectors with novel ideas to extend human health and well-being, at any stage of life, are invited to apply. The competition is simple—a 2-page narrative submission is all it takes to be considered for an award worth $50K USD. Review the guidelines and start your application today! https://nam.edu/Catalyst-Award-Guidelines
  • A 2-page narrative application is all it takes to be considered for a $50K Healthy Longevity Catalyst Award, part of a competition that aims to improve health, well-being, and sense of fulfillment for individuals of all ages. Open to researchers, entrepreneurs, innovators, & practitioners from any background, sector, or career stage.
    NAM Catalyst Awards reward bold, new, potentially transformative ideas to extend the human healthspan – or years of life marked by good health, productivity, & social connectedness.
    Awardees will each receive a cash prize of $50K USD and become part of a global network with exclusive opportunities to compete for additional funding. Click to learn more about our uniquely simple application process & see past winners. https://bit.ly/3sWYST3
  • Individuals or teams with exciting ideas or early-stage projects with the potential to improve the mental, physical, or social health and well-being of individuals at any age are encouraged to apply for the National Academy of Medicine’s 2024 Healthy Longevity Catalyst Awards.
    Awardees each receive a cash prize of $50,000 USD and become part of a global network with exclusive opportunities to compete for additional funding. In addition, all applicants advancing to the final stages of the review process are automatically considered for subsequent funding in the form of an Accelerator Award, the second phase of the Global Competition. We encourage you to share this opportunity with your network and consider starting your application today! https://nam.edu/Catalyst-Award-Guidelines
  • Improving the way in which diseased neurons generate and utilize energy may be the key to treating, and even reversing, changes caused by age-related neurodegenerative diseases. Karen Ho utilized a patented manufacturing breakthrough to create a gold nanocrystal and used her Catalyst Award to fund early preclinical efforts to determine whether it could treat or reverse aging and Alzheimer’s disease.
    Learn more about how a Catalyst Award can kick-start your innovative idea & transform the field of aging: https://nam.edu/Catalyst-Award-Guidelines
  • By fostering links between at-risk young people and older adult mentors, Catalyst Awardee Corey Nichols-Hadeed is aiming to promote health across the lifespan through meaningful, intergenerational social connection. This unique approach integrates partnerships from the hospital system, local government, and community service agencies to increase health and well-being for both groups of youth and older participants.
    The NAM is awarding $50K USD in seed funding, global recognition and collaboration opportunities, and prospects for subsequent funding for community-based ideas that advance healthy longevity.  Share your solution and apply today!: https://nam.edu/Catalyst-Award-Guidelines
  • Catalyst Awardee Vidisha Mohad is a postdoctoral research fellow studying aging-related changes in gut barrier function. She’s able to expand her work by using the prize funding on unconventional organ-on-chip technology.
    Not only does Vidisha hope to make an impact in the field of healthy longevity, but she’s also determined to inspire young women and individuals who may not have professional role models of their same race or gender. If you have an idea that has the potential to extend the human healthspan, the Catalyst Award can help get your project off the ground. Submit a 2-page narrative today for your chance at $50K USD! https://nam.edu/Catalyst-Award-Guidelines
  • Catalyst Award-winner and entrepreneur Igor Dzhekiev’s innovative biomarker app can detect early signs of Parkinson’s disease by invisibly monitoring a patient for micro-abnormalities. With his work and funding from the NAM, he hopes to see AI algorithms develop the ability to detect disease symptoms at the same rate as humans.
    This year, the NAM is seeking to fund a cohort of new or early-stage innovative ideas, like Igor’s, that consider unique approaches to promoting health & well-being as we age. Submit a simple 2-page narrative for a chance to win $50K USD in seed funding & unlock other opportunities for larger prizes. Learn more: https://nam.edu/Catalyst-Award-Guidelines
  • Kate Hyun won a Catalyst Award for applying her engineering knowledge to advance healthy longevity. Her innovative tool helps older adults assess their driving to help ensure safe mobility in their later years.
    Advances in many fields and industries present opportunities to address broader societal issues pertaining to healthy longevity. Can your field contribute solutions for healthy aging? Consider submitting a simple 2-page narrative for a chance at $50K USD to grow your idea: https://nam.edu/Catalyst-Award-Guidelines
  • Aerospace engineer turned biologist George Sutphin is looking to existing therapies to identify effective treatments to combat aging with his Catalyst Award-winning project. His synergistic approach applies biology, genetics, and engineering to develop interventions capable of extending healthy lifespan and combating age-associated disease in humans.
    A short narrative is all it takes to jumpstart your innovative idea. If you have something bold and interesting that could ultimately lead to a breakthrough, this is a good place to get started: https://nam.edu/Catalyst-Award-Guidelines
  • Dean Sherzai’s Catalyst Award-winning project took an innovative, community-based approach to healthcare that combined the wisdom, knowledge, and trust of community leaders with the latest preventative brain-health technology. By partnering with Black faith leaders, Dean was able to meaningfully engage with communities and increase preventative measures against diseases of the mind.
    NAM awardees earn $50K USD in seed funding, global recognition and collaboration opportunities, and prospects for subsequent funding.  Share your own community-based solution to improve aging by applying today: https://nam.edu/Catalyst-Award-Guidelines
  • Irina Timofte’s Catalyst Award-winning project looks to delay aging at a cellular level to prolong a healthy life and decrease age-related disorders. Her work has the potential to identify new and critical interventions that can be directed to decrease susceptibility to chronic disease, frailty, and disability in older adults.
    Think you have the next breakthrough to extend the human healthspan? Apply for a NAM Catalyst Award today for $50K USD in seed funding, international recognition, and opportunities for global collaboration: https://nam.edu/Catalyst-Award-Guidelines
  • Vineet Raghu is a computer scientist-turned-health researcher and a Catalyst Award winner. He developed a model that uses AI to understand lifestyle impacts on age and health. With the prize funding, he hopes to expand his work and integrate his model into routine patient care.
    Think your project or idea can promote health and well-being as we age?
    The NAM is offering $50K USD in seed funding for projects that have the potential to transform the field of healthy aging, originating in any sector or field. Kick-start your career with this opportunity today! https://nam.edu/Catalyst-Award-Guidelines
  • David Pepin is combatting the relative lack of focus on women’s aging with his prizewinning work to prevent or delay the negative health outcomes associated with menopause. His innovative research has the potential to expand our understanding of women’s aging.
    Do you have an innovative idea to make progress in the field of healthy longevity? NAM offers winners $50K USD in seed funding, opportunities to collaborate with a global audience, and prospects to unlock subsequent funding. Apply for a Catalyst Award today! https://nam.edu/Catalyst-Award-Guidelines

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