Supplementary material to Schloendorn J (2005)

This is an adapted version of the Immortality Institute's sample funding request letter.

My name is Jonas Martin. I am a member of the US nonprofit educational organization “Immortality Institute” (http://www.imminst.org). The Immortality Institute is an umbrella organization that serves as a platform for its members to exhibit, exchange and debate ideas and information regarding the possibility of human physical immortality.

The members of the Immortality Institute are convinced that biomedical research has the potential to significantly extend the healthy human lifespan. We want to support leading biomedical aging researchers, so that a safe and effective anti-aging therapy can be made available as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, many exciting research projects can’t be realized because there is little adequate funding. We need the help of financially influential people, who want to support biomedical aging research.

We would be happy to provide you with documentation for the above and numerous other examples of valid research currently underway, as well as answer all your remaining questions. We can also give you the necessary contact addresses of the researchers.

Of course, you will be able to visit the laboratories of the researchers and talk to them personally, before making an investment/funding decision. We also believe that a safe and effective anti-aging therapy will have a large market potential worldwide. So this research can be interesting from a business point of view as well.

If you wish for this funding to be a private matter, we can assure your anonymity.

Sincerely, Jonas Martin, The Immortality Institute.