Speculative Fiction Grant for Older Writers.

Usually, it's the young and new writers that are given encouragement in the form of grants or other kinds of funding.

But if you're over the age of fifty, and you write speculative fiction (the hip name for science fiction, if you must know), take heart, for there is a grant just for you:

The SLF Older Writers Grant is awarded annually to a writer who is fifty years of age or older at the time of grant application, and is intended to assist such writers who are just starting to work at a professional level. We are currently offering one $750 grant annually, to be used as the writer determines will best assist his or her work.

More details at the Speculative Fiction Foundation.