Pilot Grant Projects

Our Pilot Grants support innovative research to advance our understanding of healthy brain aging. These grants empower investigators to explore emerging ideas that could lead to significant insights into promoting cognitive health well into old age.

Pilot grant projects

Brain Resilience Pilot Awards | 2024 Promoting neurovascular repair to improve cognitive resilience across the lifespan
Lead Researcher(s)

Marion S. Buckwalter, MD, PhD

Sarah Heilshorn
Research Keywords

Brain resilience

Clinical / translational research
Brain Resilience Pilot Awards | 2024 Mapping and rejuvenating the brain glycocalyx to improve resiliency
Lead Researcher(s)

Longzhi Tan

Carolyn Bertozzi
Research Keywords

Aging science

Discovery science

Technology development
Brain Resilience Pilot Awards | 2024 The effect of live-attenuated herpes zoster vaccination on blood-based biomarkers of neurodegeneration
Lead Researcher(s)

Pascal Geldsetzer
Research Keywords

Neurodegenerative disorders

Clinical / translational research
Brain Resilience Pilot Awards | 2024 Optimizing endogenous signaling pathway activity to enhance cognitive resilience
Lead Researcher(s)

Philip Beachy
Research Keywords

Clinical / translational research

Brain resilience

Pilot grant projects

Brain Resilience Pilot Awards | 2024 Promoting neurovascular repair to improve cognitive resilience across the lifespan

Lead Researcher(s)

Research Keywords

Brain Resilience Pilot Awards | 2024 Mapping and rejuvenating the brain glycocalyx to improve resiliency

Lead Researcher(s)

Research Keywords

Brain Resilience Pilot Awards | 2024 The effect of live-attenuated herpes zoster vaccination on blood-based biomarkers of neurodegeneration

Lead Researcher(s)

Research Keywords

Brain Resilience Pilot Awards | 2024 Optimizing endogenous signaling pathway activity to enhance cognitive resilience

Lead Researcher(s)

Research Keywords