The GeroSprint Competition is a featured event in our 2025 Geropalooza Geroscience Symposium. Each GeroSprint presentation will be 20 slides, with the slides automatically advancing every 20 seconds. The presenter will have 6 minutes and 40 seconds to make their pitch. Members of the audience will vote to select the pilot grant winner.

Here is a helpful article about these kinds of lightning talks. 

Eligibility

Landon Center on Aging (LCOA) faculty members and associate faculty members; and trainees affiliated with their research.

Budget

Prize will be a $10,000 pilot grant award.

• Use your last slide to show us how you will use the money.
• Salary for faculty is excluded; support for post-docs and GRAs allowed.
• Money can be used for a new project or to bolster an existing project.

How to Enter

Visit our submission site and provide the following information by 5 p.m., Tuesday, September 30, 2025. 

Required information:

• Name and contact information for the PI.
• A descriptive title of the proposed research.
• A brief description (200 words or less) of the proposed research sufficient to allow the LCOA leadership to decide its alignment with our mission and Aging/Geroscience relevance.

Those chosen to present will be notified no later than Friday, October 3, 2025.