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Center on Health, Aging, And Disability

Supporting Interdisciplinary Research in the College of Applied Health Sciences

Funding

For more information or guidance on identifying and applying for optimal funding opportunities for your project contact the Center on Health, Aging, and Disability.

CHAD Pilot Grants

The goal of the Center on Health, Aging, and Disability’s Pilot Grant Program is to support innovative, groundbreaking interdisciplinary research aimed at advancing our understanding of health and wellness, aging, disability and the maintenance of a high quality of life.  This annual call is issued in the spring semester and is limited to tenured and tenure-track faculty with in the College of Applied Health Sciences.  Support is limited to $30,000 and 18-month projects.

Pilot Grant Application Guidelines can be found here.

Please use this page to submit your application.

For more information, please contact Wendy Bartlo at wbartlo@illinois.edu

Recent CHAD Pilot Grant Recipients

2022

  • Hyojung Kang
  • Assistant Professor, Kinesiology and Community Health
  • Geospatial Variability of Illicit Opioid Use and Disparities in Treatment Resources
  • Alicia Kraay
  • Assistant Professor, Kinesiology and Community Health
  • Population heterogeneity and behavior change drive risk of COVID-19, norovirus, and rotavirus transmission

2021

  • Raj, Mina
  • Assistant Professor, Kinesiology and Community Health
  • Towards the development of guidelines for inclusive foods in long-term care
  • Hernandez, Manuel
  • Assistant Professor, Kinesiology and Community Health
  • Artificial intelligence energy-regulation modeling to predict and classify fatigue levels and types in people with multiple sclerosis: A feasibility study
  • Allen, Jacob
  • Assistant Professor, Kinesiology and Community Health
  • Gastrointestinal And Metabolic Effects from a Prebiotic, Lifting, and Aerobic iNtervention (GAMEPLAN)

2020

  • Zou, Sharon
  • Assistant Professor, Recreation, Sport and Tourism
  • Exploring an Efficient and Equitable Entrance Fee for Public Lands: A Community-based Investigation in the Indiana Dunes National Park

2019

  • Mattie (Hahn), Laura
  • Assistant Professor, Speech and Hearing Science
  • Impact of Child and Maternal Gestures on Word Learning in Down Syndrome
  • Khan, Naiman
  • Assistant Professor, Kinesiology and Community Health
  • Role of Omega-3 Lipid Metabolites in Obesity and Cognitive Function
  • Konopka, Adam
  • Assistant Professor, Kinesiology and Community Health
  • Establishing the common marmoset as a model of age-related osteoarthritis

2018

  • Berdychevsky, Liza
  • Assistant Professor, Recreation, Sport and Tourism
  • Tailored Internet -Based Sexual Health Education for Older Adults: Conducting Seniors’ Needs Assessment and Developing the Messages
  • Mejía, Shannon
  • Assistant Professor, Kinesiology and Community Health
  • Intraindividual Dynamics of Fall Risk
  • Monson, Brian
  • Assistant Professor, Speech and Hearing Science
  • Capturing perinatal auditory experience
  • Wilund, Ken
  • Associate Professor, Kinesiology and Community Health
  • Implementation of an Anti-Hypertensive Medication Deprescribing Protocol in Hemodialysis Clinics

For more information, please contact Wendy Bartlo at wbartlo@illinois.edu

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