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Website
http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/science/initiatives/era.html
Programme type
Research programme
Programme status
Closed
Total number of funded projects
19
Summary of key aims
The Initiative was launched in 2001, and covered work on normal ageing at the molecular, cellular, systems and behavioural levels. For strategic reasons, and in order to differentiate this initiative from simply being a follow-on fund for SAGE, applications were limited to these areas:
- The genetics of normal ageing
- Interventions in ageing: including small molecule pharmacological agents, such as free radical scavengers.
- Model systems
Admin contact
BBSRC
+44 (0)1793 413200
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Polaris House
North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1UH
UK
Scientific contact
Dr C M Miles
colin.miles@bbsrc.ac.uk
+44 (0)1793 413359
BBSRC
Polaris House
North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN1 1UH
Funding contact
Dr C M Miles
colin.miles@bbsrc.ac.uk
+44 (0)1793 413359
BBSRC
Polaris House
North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN1 1UH
Is the project externally evaluated?
Yes
Who has evaluated, or will evaluate, the programme?
Programme to be evaluated by external reviewers in the coming years
What forms of international collaboration does the programme support?
- ▪ National researchers abroad
- ▪ Travel for national researchers
Interdisciplinary research is a strategic priority...
- For the programme ✔
- For the funding agency ✔
- Nationally ✔


