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.
For more information, please contact Wendy Bartlo at wbartlo@illinois.edu
Travel Grants
This fund is designed to support tenure-track faculty, tenured faculty, academic professionals, and lecturers/instructors/clinical associates/research associates (not post-docs or students) who are presenting research papers or posters.
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This fund is to be used after other sources of funding, like the Campus Research Board’s Scholars Travel Fund, have been exhausted. Travel grants can be used for multiple trips but are limited to $1,000 per year per person.
Grant Database
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Use the grant database, Grant Forward, to look for any funding opportunities that are compatible with your research interests.
Campus Funding
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The Jump Applies Research for Community Health through Engineering and Simulation program in partnership with the University of Illinois College of Engineering.
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The IHSI connects and supports like-minded interdisciplinary researchers at Illinois.