CAPS awards 2 to 4 pilot grants each year to CAPS affiliates and their collaborators. The purpose of the pilot grant program is to:
- generate new lines of innovative, interdisciplinary, policy-relevant, and cross-institution research in CAPS signature and cross-cutting themes
- encourage innovative team science in the demography and economics of aging
- accelerate research and external funding success of CAPS affiliates
Each fall, CAPS affiliates receive a call for pilot proposals. Proposals are due in January.
Questions about the pilot program should be sent to CAPS@maxwell.syr.edu
Click on the links below for more information on the pilot grants awarded by CAPS.
2020-2021
Health Shocks and Changes in Spatial Proximity between Parents and Children
The Consequences of Disabilities in Late Middle Age for Consumption Well-Being
Medicare Part D and Disparities in Chronic Disease among the U.S. Elderly Population
2020-2022
2021 ADRD Supplement Pilots
Health Shocks and Changes in Spatial Proximity between Parents and Children (Extension)
Consequences of Disabilities in Late Middle Age for Consumption Well-Being (Extension)
Comparing Alzheimer’s Related Mortality Among People with and without Down Syndrome
2021-2022
Increasing access to SNAP for older adults through the Standard Medical Deduction
Elderly Health in Rural America: Impact of Hospital Closure
Effect of Medicaid expansion on low-income, aging adults’ use of informal care
2022 – 2023
Marital Sorting and Health Inequalities in Later Life
Biological Aging and Functional Limitations: Moderation by Discrimination
2023 – 2024
U.S. State Policy Contexts and Disability Risk among Midlife Latino Adults in the United States
Family Complexity and Economic Resources Within and Across Households
2024 – 2025
Life Histories and Trajectories of Physiological Functioning of Aging Latinos
Temperature and Chronic Pain among Older Adults: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Survey