Academic Research Grants Program
Borchard Foundation Center on Law and Aging
Small research grants for scholarship on new or improved public policies, laws and programmes that improve quality of life for older adults, especially those isolated by poverty, language, culture, disability or lack of education. Results must be publishable in academic journals.
- Indicative award
- up to $20k (total award)Up to four grants of a maximum of $20,000 each are awarded per cycle. No minimum is published.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · Sep, OctNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Annual cycle: the online application opens around September 15 and applications are due around mid-October, with selections around December 15. The cycle I verified had an October 13 due date that has now passed; check the Center's news page for the next RFP.
- Who can apply
- Any faculty rank, Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Doctoral candidate, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- Open to legal, health sciences, social sciences and gerontology scholars and professionals; the RFP names no institution-type or citizenship restriction. Funded projects must begin by the stated start date and conclude within 12 months.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- elder law · aging policy · older adults · legal protections · quality of life
- Apply at
- https://www.borchardcla.org/activities/center-news/borchard-center-on-law-aging-requests-proposals-for-2026-academic-research-grants
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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