Promoting and funding research into the biology of ageing so we can all live healthier, longer lives
The BSRA was formed as the ‘Club for Research on Ageing’ by Professor Vladimir Korenchevsky (1880-1959) at some point prior to 1939 and as thus has a valid claim to be the world’s oldest scientific society devoted to research into the biology of ageing.
In 2026, the BSRA will be hosting its 75th Annual Scientific Meeting on The Biology of Ageing in Oxford. Provisional dates are 9th-11th September – to be confirmed very soon. We hope to see you there!
Membership of the BSRA gives you an immediate link to the biogerontology research community in the UK. Included in your membership fee is a discounted rate of registration for our Annual Scientific Meetings and eligibility to apply for grants to support your work.
Your donation, whatever its size, will help us to maintain the vitality and sustainability of this key area of research. As a result, we will see advances in knowledge of the underlying ageing process as well as all-important improvements in quality of later life.
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Dr Laura Sinclair, Exeter University, was awarded a BSRA Travel Grant in 2025, which she used to attend our ASM in Manchester. Here she explains the impact of a travel grant on an Early Career Researcher: I was delighted to receive a BSRA Travel Grant to attend the annual meeting in Manchester in September 2025.
In 2025, Prof Lord Kakkar, Chair of the Office for Strategic Coordination of Health Research (OSCHR), invited the Chair of the BSRA, Professor David Weinkove, to produce a report outlining the barriers to translation for researchers in the biology of ageing. Together with BSRA Trustee, Jon Houseley, a Group Leader at the Babraham Institute, David
The BSRA is committed to funding, supporting and disseminating high quality research into the biology of ageing. Support is available for active researchers with substantive posts at any UK institution or research institutes which are interested in the biology of ageing and who would normally be eligible for membership of the BSRA.
Your donation will help us continue our work to understand the biology of ageing and to develop knowledge that can support healthier ageing for all.