The need to increase support for healthy ageing and longevity research in the EU by establishing a Coordination and Support Programme on Healthy Ageing and Longevity

Ilia Stambler; Alexander Tietz-Latza; Björn Schumacher; Hartmut Geiger; Helen Morrison; Oliver Tüscher; Georg Fuellen; Roland Meisel; Andreas Simm; Andreas Pfeiffer; Axel Steinhage; Aurel Popa-Wagner; Wolfgang Wagner; Oliver Cornely; Mario Krause; Georgios Mitrou; Marios Kyriazis; Morten Scheibye-Knudsen; Suresh Rattan; Richard Siow; David Weinkove; Shuvarthi Bhattacharjee; Didier Coeurnelle; Niccolò Invidia; Nicola Marino; Maddalena Illario; Calogero Caruso; Ennio Tasciotti; Federico Schena; Francesca Cesaroni; Salvatore De Rosa; Francesco Neri; Dmitry Bulavin; John Rowell; Bruno Vellas; Edouard Debonneuil; Lilia Lens-Pechakova; José Luis Cordeiro; Eduardo Díaz-Rubio; María Cordón Muro; Mayca Marín; Cayetano Santana Gil; Sergio Guillen; Dolores Corella; Pedro Barata; Amelia Pilar Rauter; Mónica Sousa; Linus Petersson; Brun Ulfhake; Valdis Pīrāgs; Svjatoslavs Kistkins; Emīls Sjundjukovs; Dmitrijs Bliznuks; Leonas Valius; Silvija Valdonė Alšauskė; Maria Teresa Arredondo; Marek Postula; Igors Berkovics; Karol Kaminski; Antonella Santuccione Chadha; Evelyne Bischof; Alessandro Puiatti; Raluca Prodan; Ionel Blănculescu; Lacramioara Frasineanu; Anca Andreea Sandu; Milena Georgieva; Angel Marchev; Angel Marchev; Alexander Tchernev; Martin Lipovšek; Dóra Horváth; Harald Sourij; Hana Vankova; Marjolein Visser; Kinga Matuła; Oleh Lushchak; Zoia Dikhtiarenko; Abraham Kebede; Rada Sandic-Spaho; Michelle Adams; Efstathios S. Gonos

doi:10.1016/j.mad.2026.112187

The need to increase support for healthy ageing and longevity research in the EU by establishing a Coordination and Support Programme on Healthy Ageing and Longevity

Ilia Stambler
, Alexander Tietz-Latza
, Björn Schumacher
, Hartmut Geiger
, Helen Morrison
, Oliver Tüscher
, Georg Fuellen
, Roland Meisel
, Andreas Simm
, Andreas Pfeiffer
, Axel Steinhage
, Aurel Popa-Wagner
, Wolfgang Wagner
, Oliver Cornely
, Mario Krause
, Georgios Mitrou
, Marios Kyriazis
, Morten Scheibye-Knudsen
, Suresh Rattan
, Richard Siow

David Weinkove, Shuvarthi Bhattacharjee, Didier Coeurnelle, Niccolò Invidia, Nicola Marino, Maddalena Illario, Calogero Caruso, Ennio Tasciotti, Federico Schena, Francesca Cesaroni, Salvatore De Rosa, Francesco Neri, Dmitry Bulavin, John Rowell, Bruno Vellas, Edouard Debonneuil, Lilia Lens-Pechakova, José Luis Cordeiro, Eduardo Díaz-Rubio, María Cordón Muro, Mayca Marín, Cayetano Santana Gil, Sergio Guillen, Dolores Corella, Pedro Barata, Amelia Pilar Rauter, Mónica Sousa, Linus Petersson, Brun Ulfhake, Valdis Pīrāgs, Svjatoslavs Kistkins, Emīls Sjundjukovs, Dmitrijs Bliznuks, Leonas Valius, Silvija Valdonė Alšauskė, Maria Teresa Arredondo, Marek Postula, Igors Berkovics, Karol Kaminski, Antonella Santuccione Chadha, Evelyne Bischof, Alessandro Puiatti, Raluca Prodan, Ionel Blănculescu, Lacramioara Frasineanu, Anca Andreea Sandu, Milena Georgieva, Angel Marchev, Angel Marchev, Alexander Tchernev, Martin Lipovšek, Dóra Horváth, Harald Sourij, Hana Vankova, Marjolein Visser, Kinga Matuła, Oleh Lushchak, Zoia Dikhtiarenko, Abraham Kebede, Rada Sandic-Spaho, Michelle Adams, Efstathios S. Gonos

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International Longevity Alliance (ILA)
Vetek (Seniority) Association – the Movement for Longevity and Quality of Life
Longevity Alliance Baltic (LAB)
Bar-Ilan University
Gesellschaft für Gesundes Altern und Prävention e.V. (The Society for Healthy Aging and Prevention/Heales)
PRIMA Longevity Policy Institute
European Federation for Aging Research (EFAR)
University of Cologne
German Society for Aging Research (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Alternsforschung - DGfA)
Ulm University
Scientific Commission “Demographic Change” of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Leibniz Research Alliance “Resilient Ageing”
Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
University of Rostock
Longevity Initiative e.V. Rostock
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Future-Shape GmbH
University of Duisburg-Essen
RWTH Aachen University
Deutsches Zentrum für Individualisierte Prävention und Leistungsverbesserung (German Center for Individualized Prevention and Performance Improvement)
European Society of Preventive
European University Cyprus
National Gerontology Centre
Nordic Aging Society
University of Copenhagen
Aarhus University
King's College London
University of Oxford
European Society of Preventive Medicine
British Society for Research on Ageing
Durham University
Magnitude Biosciences Limited
University of Brighton
Bengal Rural Welfare Service (BRWS)
HEALES - Healthy Life Extension Society
AEON Foundation
Women’s Brain Foundation
European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP-AHA) Reference Site Collaborative Network (RSCN)
University of Naples Federico II
International Longevity Science Association
University of Palermo
IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana - Roma
University of San Raffaele Roma
University of Verona
COOSS Marche Onlus S.c.p.a. - Department of Research and Training
Magna Græcia University
University of Turin
Université Côte d′Azur
CHU de Toulouse
Longévité & Santé
Life Extension Beyond Borders Association
Millennium Project
World Academy of Art & Science
Royal Spanish Academy of Medicine (RANM)
Complutense University
Memorial Publio Cordón Hospital
Asociación Parkinson Madrid
Fundación Canaria ALCASIV (Fundación Longenia)
Active Ageing Association (Activage Association)
University of Valencia
CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn)
Sociedade Portuguesa Ciência e Medicina Longevidade (Portuguese Society for Longevity Medicine and Science)
University Fernando Pessoa
European Chemical Society (EucheMS) Division of Glycoscience
European Carbohydrate Organisation
University of Lisbon
AD ELO - Associação de Desenvolvimento Local da Bairrada e Mondego (Association for Local Development of Bairrada e Mondego)
Åldrandefonden (The Aging Fund)
Swedish Longevity Cluster
Karolinska Institutet
Paula Stradina Clinical University Hospital
University of Latvia
Riga Technical University
Longenesis
Lithuanian College of Family Physicians
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
Aranimi BRIDG OÜ
Polish Society of Longevity Medicine
Medical University of Warsaw
Biocatalyst Foundation
Medical University of Białystok
University of Basel
University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland
Association for Genetics and Personalized Medicine (AGMP)
Longevity Clinic Romania
Blanc Alliance Public Affairs
Fundatia Dan Voiculescu pentru Dezvoltarea Romaniei (Dan Voiculescu Foundation for the Development of Romania)
Bulgarian Longevity Society
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
University for National and World Economy
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Bulgarian Association for the Biology of Aging (BABA)
Society for Vital Life Extension of Slovenia
University of Ljubljana
Hungarian Longevity Foundation
Corvinus University of Budapest
Medical University of Graz
Czech Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Charles University
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
QurieGen
Carpathian National University
Kyiv School of Economics
Public Organization "Association of Educators and Scientists of Ukraine"
National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine
Nord University
Bilkent University
Institute of Chemical Biology

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Abstract

Europe faces rapidly accelerating population ageing, driving multimorbidity and unsustainable healthcare costs. This paper calls for the establishment of an EU Coordination and Support Programme on Healthy Ageing and Longevity to integrate research, innovation, regulation, and capacity‑building across Member States.

Original language	English
Article number	112187
Journal	Mechanisms of Ageing and Development
Volume	231
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mad.2026.112187
Publication status	Published - Jun 2026

Keywords

Ageing
Geroscience
Health policy
Healthy longevity
Longevity dividend

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Stambler, I., Tietz-Latza, A., Schumacher, B., Geiger, H., Morrison, H., Tüscher, O., Fuellen, G., Meisel, R., Simm, A., Pfeiffer, A., Steinhage, A., Popa-Wagner, A., Wagner, W., Cornely, O., Krause, M., Mitrou, G., Kyriazis, M., Scheibye-Knudsen, M., Rattan, S., ... Gonos, E. S. (2026). The need to increase support for healthy ageing and longevity research in the EU by establishing a Coordination and Support Programme on Healthy Ageing and Longevity. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, 231, Article 112187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mad.2026.112187

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The need to increase support for healthy ageing and longevity research in the EU by establishing a Coordination and Support Programme on Healthy Ageing and Longevity. / Stambler, Ilia; Tietz-Latza, Alexander; Schumacher, Björn et al.
In: Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, Vol. 231, 112187, 06.2026.

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The need to increase support for healthy ageing and longevity research in the EU by establishing a Coordination and Support Programme on Healthy Ageing and Longevity

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