CHAI Pilot Awards to Advance Measurement of Healthy Aging
Columbia University's CHAI Pilot Awards fund research to develop or validate innovative methods for measuring healthy aging across scientific disciplines.
Funder: Columbia University
Due Dates (Anticipated): July 2027 (Full application deadline, projected)
Funding Amounts: Each award is $33,000; typically three awards per cycle; one-year grant period.
Summary: Funds innovative research to develop or validate novel ways to measure healthy aging within the Columbia University community.
Key Information: Eligibility limited to assistant, associate, and full professors at Columbia University.
Description
The CHAI Pilot Awards to Advance Measurement of Healthy Aging, administered by the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center as part of the Columbia Healthy Aging Initiative (CHAI), are designed to catalyze innovation in the measurement science of healthy aging. The program supports pioneering research projects that aim to inform new cohort studies on the origins and progression of healthy aging. Proposals may focus on developing or validating novel measurement tools, including population-level indicators, survey instruments, psychometric tools, physical and cognitive performance assessments, biochemical assays, composite indices, or new data/biospecimen collection methods. The competition is open to all scientific disciplines within the Columbia University community.
