CHAI Pilot Awards to Advance Measurement of Healthy Aging
Columbia University's CHAI Pilot Awards support innovative research to develop and validate new scientific tools and methods for measuring healthy aging.
Funder: Columbia University
Due Dates (Anticipated): July 2027 (proposal submission deadline, projected)
Funding Amounts: $33,000 per award; typically 3 awards per cycle; 1-year duration.
Summary: Supports innovative pilot projects to develop and validate new tools and methods for measuring healthy aging.
Key Information: For Columbia University assistant, associate, and full professors only.
Description
The CHAI Pilot Awards to Advance Measurement of Healthy Aging are internal seed grants from the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center as part of the Columbia Healthy Aging Initiative at Columbia University. These awards are designed to stimulate groundbreaking work in measurement science to propel the next generation of cohort studies focused on healthy aging. Projects may involve the development or validation of innovative tools, methods, or indices for assessing healthy aging, including but not limited to population-level measures, survey scales, psychometric assessments, physical and cognitive performance tests, biochemical assays, composite indices, and novel data or biospecimen collection methods. The program encourages proposals from all scientific disciplines within the Columbia University community.
