General questions

Q: What is Phoenix Aerie?

A: Phoenix Aerie is a developing launchpad for emerging longevity talent.

It helps students and early-career people move from interest in aging and longevity into serious contribution through community, mentorship, field orientation, and focused exploratory formats.

As Phoenix Aerie develops, it is also building an intelligence function for the longevity ecosystem: mapping emerging talent, field bottlenecks, institutional needs, and opportunities for young people to contribute meaningfully.

Q: Is Phoenix Aerie currently a residency?

A: Not currently.

Phoenix Aerie began as a proposed co-living residency for young longevity builders. That original format did not launch as planned, and the project is now being refined into a lighter, more modular initiative.

Future versions may include residencies or retreat-style formats, but the current focus is on smaller pilot formats such as sprints, roundtables, mentor conversations, ecosystem mapping, and public field-building.

Q: Why does Phoenix Aerie exist?

A: Many young people are drawn to aging, healthspan, biotechnology, medicine, neuroscience, policy, venture, or science communication, but lack a clear path into meaningful contribution.

Phoenix Aerie exists to help close that gap.

The goal is to help emerging longevity talent understand the field, find where they fit, connect with serious people, and produce useful work that helps both the participant and the broader longevity ecosystem.

Q: Who is Phoenix Aerie for?

A: It is especially for people who feel pulled toward the field but want more structure, context, community, and guidance as they figure out where they fit.

Phoenix Aerie is also for mentors, researchers, founders, clinicians, funders, operators, writers, and organizations interested in supporting the next generation of longevity talent, including but not limited to:

• Aspiring and current longevity researchers

• Entrepreneurs and founders working on aging-related startups

• Engineers, designers, and strategists passionate about the future of aging science and its integration into society—via methods traditional and non-traditional alike

• Anyone committed to advancing human healthspan and/or lifespan

  
  

Current phase

Q: What is Phoenix Aerie building now?

A: Phoenix Aerie is currently refining its next pilot format.

Before expanding into larger programs, we are testing smaller, sharper structures that can help young people enter the longevity field while generating useful signal for the ecosystem.

Q: What is a sprint?

A: A sprint is a short, structured exploration around a specific longevity-relevant question, bottleneck, technology, organization, opportunity, or field area.

A sprint may produce a brief, map, essay, presentation, resource guide, interview series, or other concrete output.

The point is not just to learn passively. The point is to help participants orient while producing something useful.

Participation and Support

Q: Is P//A currently accepting applications?

A: Phoenix Aerie is not currently accepting applications for a fixed residency cohort.

We are currently gathering interest from prospective participants, mentors, collaborators, and supporters as we refine the next pilot format.

Q: How can I get involved?

A: You can join the interest list.

The interest form is for prospective participants, mentors, collaborators, supporters, and anyone who wants to stay connected as Phoenix Aerie develops.

Q: What kinds of people should fill out the interest form?

A: You should fill out the form if you are:

• A student or early-career person interested in longevity

• A researcher, founder, clinician, funder, operator, writer, or organizer in the field

• Interested in joining a future sprint, event, or cohort

• Interested in mentoring or speaking

• Interested in collaborating with Phoenix Aerie

• Interested in supporting the next pilot

Q: Can organizations collaborate with Phoenix Aerie?

A: Yes.

Phoenix Aerie is open to aligned collaborations with a variety of organizations, including but not limited to labs, startups, funds, nonprofits, student groups, and longevity-focused organizations.

The best collaborations at this stage are lightweight, concrete, and pilot-friendly: speaker sessions, roundtables, resource-sharing, lab visits, sprint topics, interviews, or small-format events.

Q: Can I support Phoenix Aerie financially?

A: Phoenix Aerie is currently refining its next pilot format.

At this stage, aligned support may help with pilot development, small-format convenings, mentor engagement, public field-building, ecosystem mapping, and participant access.

Phoenix Aerie is not currently fundraising for a fixed residency cohort.

If you are interested in supporting the next phase, please reach out through the interest form.