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The Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging Requests Proposals for 2024 Academic Research Grants
Legal, health sciences, social sciences, and gerontology scholars and professionals are invited to submit research proposals to The Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging. The objective of the Academic Research Grants Program is to 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.
Up to four grants of a maximum of $20,000 each will be awarded. The Center expects grantees to meet the objectives of the grant program through individual or collaborative research projects that analyze and recommend changes in 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 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. It is expected that the research product will be publishable in a first-rate academic journal.
Further information about the research grant program and the application process is available on the Center’s website at www.borchardcla.org. The on-line application is available on the Center’s website as of September 15, 2023. Applications should be submitted no later than October 16, 2023. Selections will be made on or about December 15, 2023. Funded projects must begin no later than June 1, 2024 and be completed within 12 months.
For more information, contact Mary Jane Ciccarello, Director, Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging, at .
Former Fellow Awarded Tenure in Gerontology
Catheryn Koss was awarded tenure and received promotion to Associate Professor of Gerontology at Sacramento State University in June, 2023. Catheryn has been associated with the Borchard Center on Law & Aging for many years. She was a fellow in 2007-2008, and then served as the Fellows Coordinator and later as the Academic Research Coordinator. Catheryn has been a mentor to other fellows and participates on the review panel of our Academic Research Grant applications. Congratulations, Catheryn!
Professor Courtney Hughes and Professor Erin Vernon, 2021 recipients of a Borchard Academic Research Grant, published an article based on their research. The article, Experiences of caregivers and hospice leaders of palliative care with telehealth: a mixed methods study, appeared in the July 2022 issue of Annals of Palliative Medicine.
The Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging Requests Proposals for 2023 Academic Research Grants
Legal, health sciences, social sciences, and gerontology scholars and professionals are invited to submit research proposals to The Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging. The objective of the Academic Research Grants Program is to 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.
Up to four grants of a maximum of $20,000 each will be awarded. The Center expects grantees to meet the objectives of the grant program through individual or collaborative research projects that analyze and recommend changes in 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 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. It is expected that the research product will be publishable in a first-rate academic journal.
Further information about the research grant program and the application process is available on the Center’s website at www.borchardcla.org. The on-line application is available on the Center’s website as of September 15, 2022. Applications should be submitted no later than October 17, 2022. Selections will be made on or about December 15, 2022. Funded projects must begin no later than June 1, 2023 and be completed within 12 months.
For more information, contact Mary Jane Ciccarello, Director, Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging, .
2022 Academic Research Grant Recipients Announced
The Albert and Elaine Borchard Foundation Board of Directors are pleased to announce the recipients of the Center on Law and Aging's 2022Academic Research Grants. They are:
- Allen Glicksman, FROM MIGRATION TO ACCESS OF LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES AND SUPPORTS: MODELING THE EXPERIENCE OF LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKING ELDERS
- Jacqueline McGinley and Christina N. Marsack-Topolewski, HOW WE DIE ALONE: A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF HEALTHCARE FACILITY VISITATION POLICIES DURING THE PANDEMIC
- Lindsay Peterson, ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF A NEW PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANT PROGRAM IN NURSING HOMES IN FLORIDA
- Anna-Marie Tabor and Elizabeth Dugan, THE ROLE OF AGING SERVICES IN PREVENTING TECHNOLOGY-BASED SCAMS
- Cindy Vang, Yeonjung Jane Lee, and Youjung Her-Xiong, TRANSCENDING INVISIBILITY AND SILENCE: EXPERIENCES OF CHALLENGES AND DISCRIMINATION AMONG ASIAN AND ASIAN AMERICAN OLDER ADULT
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Congratulations to the 2022 grantees!
Request for Proposals for 2022 Academic Research Grants
The Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging Requests Proposals for 2022 Academic Research Grants
Legal, health sciences, social sciences, and gerontology scholars and professionals are invited to submit research proposals to The Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging. The objective of the Academic Research Grants Program is to 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.
Up to four grants of a maximum of $20,000 each will be awarded. The Center expects grantees to meet the objectives of the grant program through individual or collaborative research projects that analyze and recommend changes in 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 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. It is expected that the research product will be publishable in a first-rate academic journal.
A detailed Request For Proposals and on-line application can be accessed after September 15, 2021 on the Center’s website, www.borchardcla.org.
Applications should be submitted no later than October 15, 2021. Selections will be made on or about December 15, 2021. Funded projects must begin no later than June 1, 2022 and be completed within 12 months. For more information, contact Mary Jane Ciccarello, Director, Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging, .
Borchard Fellow Publishes Article on Heirs Property
Will Breland, a 2020-2021 Borchard Fellow in Law & Aging, has published an article in the Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy. Acres of Distrust: Heirs Property, the Law's Role in Sowing Suspicion Among Americans and How Lawyers Can Help Curb Black Land Loss examines the tremendous loss of Black lands that occurred in the latter half of the twentieth century and into the current decade and argues that many such losses can be attributed to the prevalence of “heirs property,” or property defined by the existence of a tenancy-in-common form of ownership as a result of intestacy, and speculators, developers, and legal professionals’ exploitation of such landowners’ tenuous form of ownership through partition sales. The article argues that such exploitation has caused many, particularly in the African American community, to view legal professionals with distrust, particularly regarding property matters. To illustrate the connection between Black landownership and its past interactions with the legal system, the article outlines the social and legal history of Black landownership. While scholars debate the impact of mistrust in the legal system and its practitioners on estate planning, the article contends that past negative interactions with the legal system inhibit the utilization of estate planning services. As a result, this perpetuates a cycle of inheritance through intestacy on a massive scale. Finally, the article provides proposed solutions for legal professionals to consider when dealing with such legal issues.
2021 Academic Research Grant Recipients Announced
The Albert and Elaine Borchard Foundation Board of Directors are pleased to announce the recipients of the Center on Law and Aging's 2021 Academic Research Grants. They are:
- Deborah Carr and Pamela Smock, Revamping Social Security Rules for 21st Century Families
- Courtney Hughes and Erin Vernon, Telehealth for Hospice Care: Implications for Racial/Ethnic and Rural Disparities
- Gary Stein and Cathy Berkman, Experiences of LGBTQ Patients and Families in Hospice and Palliative Care: Survivor Perspectives
- Xiaochuan (Sharon) Wang, Examining Facility, Quality, and State Contextual Factors Associated with COVID-19 Outbreaks in U.S. Nursing Homes
Click here for more information about the grant recipients and the Academic Research Grant program.
Congratulations to the 2021 grantees!
Request for Proposals for 2021 Academic Research Grants
The Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging Requests Proposals for 2021 Academic Research Grants
Legal, health sciences, social sciences, and gerontology scholars and professionals are invited to submit research proposals to The Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging. The objective of the Academic Research Grants Program is to 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.
Up to four grants of a maximum of $20,000 each will be awarded. The Center expects grantees to meet the objectives of the grant program through individual or collaborative research projects that analyze and recommend changes in one or more important existing public policies, laws, and/or programs relating to older; or, anticipate the need for and recommend new public policies, laws, and/or programs 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. It is expected that the research product will be publishable in a first-rate academic journal.
A detailed Request For Proposals can be accessed on the Center’s website, www.borchardcla.org. The on-line application form will be available after September 15, 2020. Applications should be submitted no later than October 15, 2020. Selections will be made on or about December 15, 2020. For more information, contact Catheryn Koss, .
2020 Academic Research Grant Recipients Announced
The Albert and Elaine Borchard Foundation Board of Directors are pleased to announce the recipients of the Center on Law and Aging's 2020 Academic Research Grants. They are:
Nadia Greenhalgh-Stanley and Katie Fitzpatrick, How to Incentivize Eligible Elderly to Take-Up SNAP Benefits
Nina Joyce, The Effect of Driving Cessation on Mental Health Outcomes and the Transition to Long-Term Care Among Community Dwelling Older Adults
Anna Muraco and Sylvia Zamora, Advance Care Planning Among Older Latinx Immigrants in Los Angeles
Lindsay Peterson, State Laws and Policies for the Protection of Older Adults in Natural Disasters
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Congratulations to the 2020 grantees!
