Eligibility:
Columbia University faculty, post-docs, and graduate students are eligible for the awards.
Involvement of faculty from more than one discipline is encouraged. Non-Columbia faculty can participate in a project so long as a Columbia faculty member or post-doc is the principal investigator. Graduate student applicants may propose a faculty supervisor or will be matched with an appropriate faculty member if needed.
Amount:
Awards range up to a maximum of $20,000.
Description:
Pilot grants are available to support empirical or conceptual work on ethical, social, economic, legal, historical or philosophical issues related to genetics or precision/personalized medicine. Awarded by the Center for Research on Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Psychiatric, Neurologic & Behavioral Genetics and the Precision Medicine and Society Program at Columbia University. Priority is given to proposals that address:
- The promise and/or limitations of precision public health, including the relevance of personalized medicine techniques to the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of genetics on understanding the effect of the pandemic on patient populations
- The ethical, legal, and social implications of psychiatric, neurologic or behavioral genetics
- The application of machine learning and artificial intelligence to healthcare.
Apply:
Please visit the posting webpage for complete application information. Please email Paul S. Appelbaum ([email protected]) and Gil Eyal ([email protected]) with any questions.