CHAI Pilot Awards to Advance Measurement of Healthy Aging
Columbia University's CHAI Pilot Awards support innovative research to develop or validate new measurement tools for understanding healthy aging.
Funder: Columbia University
Due Dates (Anticipated): July 2027 (Full application deadline, projected)
Funding Amounts: $33,000 per award; approximately 3 awards; one-year project period.
Summary: Supports innovative measurement science projects to develop or validate new tools for understanding healthy aging within the Columbia University community.
Key Information: For Columbia assistant, associate, or full professors only.
Description
The CHAI Pilot Awards to Advance Measurement of Healthy Aging are internal pilot grants offered by the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center as part of the Columbia Healthy Aging Initiative (CHAI) at Columbia University. These awards are intended to stimulate the development and validation of novel methodologies for assessing healthy aging, including but not limited to population-level measures, survey scales, psychometric tools, physical and cognitive performance tests, biochemical assays, composite indices, and improved data or biospecimen collection methods. The program encourages creative and cross-disciplinary approaches that will inform future cohort studies and clarify the etiology and progression of healthy aging.
