EFAREuropean Federation for Aging Research
European Federation for Aging Research

A united European voice for the science of aging.

EFAR aims to strengthen European Geroscience in order to provide solutions for extending lifelong health into old age and thus enabling a healthy aging European society. The federation serves the aging research community in member and associated member countries of the European Research Area.

About the FederationRead the founding article in Nature Aging ↗
Founding article
“Connecting fragmented aging research through the European Federation for Aging Research.”

A correspondence announcing EFAR in Nature Aging, on behalf of the four founding societies.

Nature Aging · 24 April 2026Inaugural Congress
Mechanisms of aging, in dialogue.

Three days of plenary lectures and poster sessions on the biology of aging.

14–16 Oct 2026 · Cologne, DEThe Case
By 2050, one in three Europeans will be over 65.

Why a continental voice on geroscience is no longer an academic luxury.

Demographic premise →

Sections

Five sections of the federation site
01 · AboutThe FederationFounding statement, charter, and the federation's published correspondence in Nature Aging.02 · ScienceThe PremiseWhy a coordinated European voice on the biology of human aging is now essential.03 · MembersMember SocietiesThe EFAR Member Societies: British, Dutch, French, German and Nordic.04 · CongressAnnual CongressThe federation's inaugural plenary congress, hosted by CECAD in Cologne.05 · BoardBoard & GovernanceFounding board members and the federation's three-year term, 2024–2027.06 · ApplyMembershipAn open call to European investigators of the biology and medicine of aging.

Federation news

  1. 2026EFAR's mission, defined in Nature AgingThe EFAR board defines the mission of connecting fragmented aging research through the European Federation for Aging Research. Read in Nature Aging ↗Publication
  2. Oct 2026Inaugural Congress · CologneThree days of plenary sessions on the mechanisms of aging at the CECAD Cluster, University of Cologne.Event
  3. 2024Federation founded, and rapidly expandingEFAR is founded with four board members and four founding aging research societies and is now rapidly expanding, with members joining from all member and associated member states of the European Research Area.Federation