Emory Woodruff Health Sciences Center for Health in Aging: Request for Pilot Proposals

Emory Center for Health in Aging Mission
Identify, attract, and catalyze Woodruff Health Sciences Center and Emory-wide creative resources to promote the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual health of older adults and to address the challenges that threaten their health and well-being.

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The Center for Health in Aging is seeking applications that fit the overall mission of the center, can be completed in one year, and require no more than $45,000 in direct costs. Pilots can include basic science, translational studies, and health services research. Cross-disciplinary proposals with investigators from more than one School or Department/Division are encouraged.

Examples of possible studies include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Understanding interactions between and innovative strategies to manage multiple chronic conditions
• Piloting interventions focused on navigating the healthcare system and promoting Age Friendly Health Care (see What Is an Age-Friendly Health System? | IHI – Institute for Healthcare Improvement)
• Optimizing self-determination, including at the end of life
• Mastery in caregiving in a variety of conditions (e.g., MCI; transition from hospital)
• Addressing turbulence management: Aging as Change
• Nurturing the Spirit: Creativity, Civic Engagement, Spirituality

Submissions are due to Naquia Mitchell by Friday, November 5, 2021 at 5 pm EST and should include the following:

• NIH biosketch of the Project Lead (must be an Emory faculty member at any rank)
• Two-page project description including the project title, project lead, senior/key personnel, and a structured description of the project (background, aims, methods, and fit with the Center for Health in Aging mission).
• One-page budget justification along with completed budget template

Applications will be reviewed and project leaders of those projects will be selected for funding by December 15, 2021. Award funding will begin January 1, 2022. Each selected pilot project will receive up to $45,000 in direct costs for the project year, depending on scope, and will be required to provide progress reports at least quarterly to CHA leadership.

For inquiries regarding the Center for Health in Aging, the pilot projects, or upcoming events, contact Associate Director of Programs, Naquia Mitchell, BSN, MPH.