Borchard Foundation Academic Research Grant

The Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging underwrites an Academic Research Grant Program to further scholarship about new or improved public policies, laws and/or programs that will enhance the quality of life for older adults. Each grant recipient is required to publish a scholarly article on their research in an academic journal. Applicants are encouraged to disseminate research findings through additional channels such as conferences, stakeholder meetings, and white papers.

Academic Research Grant Program Information

Online applications may be submitted starting on or about September 15 and are due on or about October 15. Selections are made on or about December 15 of each year. Funded projects must begin no later than June 1 and should be completed one year after commencement. No-cost extensions may be granted on a case-by-case basis.

What Are the Objectives of the Grants?

The Center recognizes the need for further research and scholarship about new or improved public policies, laws and/or programs that will enhance the quality of life for older adults (including those who are poor or otherwise isolated by language, culture, disability, lack of education, or other barriers).

What Kinds of Projects Will be Funded?

The Center expects grantees to meet the objectives of the grant program through individual or collaborative research projects that:

• Analyze and recommend changes to one or more important existing public policies, laws, and/or programs relating to older adults; or
• Anticipate the need for and recommend new public policies, laws, and/or programs for older adults necessitated by changes in the number and demographics of the country’s and the world’s elder populations, by advances in science and technology, by changes in the health care system, or by other developments.
• Scholars in the fields of health, law, medicine, economics, gerontology, psychology, and sociology have been awarded grants. Topics are demonstrated by past recipients.

Amount

The Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging awards up to four grants of up to $20,000 each year.

Eligibility

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• This Academic Research Grant Program is open to all interested and qualified legal, health sciences, social sciences, and gerontology scholars and professionals.
• Two or more individuals in the same institution or different institutions may submit a collaborative proposal as long as one researcher is designated the principal investigator.
• The principal investigator must be a U.S. citizen or legal resident of the U.S. and must be affiliated with a U.S. based tax-exempt institution or organization such as a university, government agency, or charitable organization.
• Prior and current grant recipients are eligible to apply for support for new research projects.

Ineligibility

• Organizations per se are not eligible to apply, although they may administer the grant.
• The Foundation will not provide continued funding for previously- or currently-funded projects through multi-year grants.