CHAI Pilot Awards to Advance Measurement of Healthy Aging
The CHAI Pilot Awards fund Columbia faculty to develop or validate innovative tools for measuring healthy aging across scientific disciplines.
Funder: Columbia University
Due Dates: July 8, 2026: Proposal submission deadline
Funding Amounts: $33,000 per award; three awards anticipated; one-year duration
Summary: Supports Columbia University faculty in developing or validating innovative measurement tools for healthy aging research.
Key Information: Open to assistant, associate, and full professors across all Columbia schools.
Description
The CHAI Pilot Awards, offered by the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center as part of the Columbia Healthy Aging Initiative (CHAI), are designed to stimulate innovation in the measurement of healthy aging. The program seeks proposals from all branches of science within the Columbia University community to develop or validate novel approaches to measuring healthy aging. Projects may focus on population-level measures, survey instruments, psychometric tools, physical or cognitive assessments, biochemical assays, composite indices, or innovative data/biospecimen collection methods. The aim is to advance tools that will inform future cohort studies and deepen understanding of the etiology and course of healthy aging.
