2025 CASI Pilot Awards in Aging and Palliative Care Application |
The Center for Aging and Serious Illness (CASI) is now accepting applications for our Early Career Pilot Awards!
These awards support innovative applied clinical research (involving humans) or clinical implementation pilot project(s) focused on improving the evidence base for aging or serious illness care. This award will fund initial pilot work to provide data and planning for an externally funded, full-scale project grant (e.g., K award, R01, PCORI, etc.)
Each award is $50,000 in direct costs per year, plus 20% indirect costs. Project Period: 12 months.
The Chong Jin Park Innovative Early Career Pilot Award in Aging and Palliative Care will support research focused on improving the lives of older people and or those with serious illness through research in population and health care delivery science.
The Ki Sub Joung Innovative Junior Faculty Pilot Award in Aging and Palliative Care will support research focused on improving the lives of older people and or those with serious illness, with an emphasis on the care of those living with cognitive impairment or their caregivers.
PROJECT START UP REQUIREMENTS
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Awardees must provide a copy of their IRB approval prior to receipt of award funds.
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Awardees must provide a recipient fund to received award
PROGRESS REPORT REQUIREMENTS
Awardees are required to provide a progress report 12 months after their notice of award. Reporting requirements will be communicated by the sponsor.
Questions should be directed to the CenterforAgingandSeriousillness@mgh.harvard.edu