FLARE, the European programme on ageing research funded by the Member States, will be launching a second round of funding in 2010. The first pilot project was launched in February 2007 when the joint programme provided eighteen 3 year post-doctoral fellowships for recently qualified scientists. FLARE has two innovative features: part of the fellowship must be spent in another country and involve a cross-disciplinary collaboration. These novel features reflect the strong scientific consensus in ERA-AGE meetings on the need to develop a multi-disciplinary approach to ageing research and also a European networking in this area. To submit an expression of interest email  a.kettle@sheffield.ac.uk. For further information http://era-age.group.shef.ac.uk/news/30/.