Pilot Grant Program
Pilot Grant Program
What is it?
The Center on Aging sponsors an annual pilot grant program to promote the development of aging research at the University of Utah. The goal of this program is to encourage the development of new investigators, attract established investigators to aging research, and stimulate interdisciplinary research collaborations ultimately leading to new externally funded research.
Since the Center began an annual pilot grant program in 2006, 120 applications (representing 108 unique investigators due to re-submissions) have been reviewed and, of these, 39 have been funded. A total of $1.0M has been invested in this program.
The 2025 Center on Aging Pilot Grant RFP is up and running.
This year’s program will offer two award types - the standard Center on Aging Pilot or the Innovations in Aging Research. Step one is a “letter of intent” submitted via a RedCap survey that will provide enough information to be reviewed by the Center on Aging Steering Committee and for it to invite applicants to submit a full proposal in Step two.
Step 2:
Proposal details for both the "Center on Aging Pilot RFP" and the "Innovations in Aging Research RFP" are found below.