CHAI Pilot Awards to Advance Measurement of Healthy Aging
Supports Columbia faculty in developing and validating innovative tools and methods to measure healthy aging for future research studies.
Funder: Columbia University
Due Dates: July 8, 2026
Funding Amounts: $33,000 per award; typically 3 awards; 1-year project period
Summary: Supports Columbia faculty in developing and validating innovative measures of healthy aging to inform next-generation cohort studies.
Key Information: Only assistant, associate, and full professors at Columbia University are eligible.
Description
The CHAI Pilot Awards, administered by the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center (CAC) as part of the Columbia Healthy Aging Initiative (CHAI), aim to foster innovation in measurement science related to healthy aging. The program supports the development and validation of novel measurement tools—such as survey scales, psychometric assessments, physical and cognitive performance tests, biochemical assays, composite indices, and new methods for data or biospecimen collection—that can advance the science of healthy aging and inform future cohort studies. Proposals are welcomed from all scientific disciplines within the Columbia University community that seek to advance the measurement of healthy aging.
