My Dad fulfilled his lifelong dream of being a pastor while in his 50's. My Grandma, his mom, told him for years he couldn't do it because he was too old. I told him, "It's a good thing Grandma isn't God."
A woman at my old church got her nursing degree and started working in the field when she was around 70.
Moses led the people out of Egypt when he was 80. (Of course, he lived to be 120, but still.)
Age doesn't mean much to God.
If the funding is legit, I say, go for it!!!
It'll be an awesome opportunity to learn, and help people.
And God is all about that, at any age.