Full Community-Partnered Participatory Research Award (Full CPPRA) Grant

Full Community-Partnered Participatory Research Award (Full CPPRA) Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Regents Of The University Of California, Office Of The President
Amount: Up to US $1,800,000
Last Updated: September 15, 2025

Summary

The Full Community-Partnered Participatory Research Award (Full CPPRA) supports research targeting tobacco-related health disparities through community-academic partnerships. With a maximum award of $600,000 per year for up to three years, this funding encourages the development and testing of tobacco prevention interventions. Applicants must include both a Community Co-PI and an Academic Co-PI from California-based institutions, fostering collaboration to enhance research efficacy and community impact.

Overview

Full Community-Partnered Participatory Research Award (Full CPPRA) Purpose:  The goal of the Full CPPRA is to support partnered research addressing tobacco-related health disparities focused on the development, testing, or evaluation of a tobacco prevention or treatment intervention. Full CPPRA research plans may describe the need to collect a small amount of feasibility data; however, specific aims must mainly focus on intervention development and testing. A competitive application will include preliminary data and have a strong theoretical rationale supporting the research questions and methods. The Full CPPRA is intended for well-integrated teams of academic and community experts with a previous working relationship. A Full CPPRA may have a specific aim focused on strengthening and/or evaluating the community-academic research partnership. In most cases, a community-academic team will use the Full CPPRA to complete a research plan developed and initiated during the Pilot CPPRA phase or a pilot grant from another funder (e.g., NIH R25/R34 grant types). Although a previous pilot award is not a requirement for a Full CPPRA application, a pilot project is strongly recommended as preparation for a Full CPPRA. Award overview Maximum award amount per year: $600,000 per year (Direct Costs)Community Co-PI budget max: $300,000 per yearAcademic Co-PI budget max: $300,000 per yearMaximum Duration: 3 yearsAllowable direct costs: Salaries, trainee/internship costs, fringe benefits, supplies, participant incentives, subcontracts*, equipment (costing more than $5,000), travel, publishing costs and other dissemination activities.Travel:Project-related travel: As needed in each Co-PI budget (must be fully justified)Travel to TRDRP conference (Mandatory): $750 for the Community Co-PI; $750 for the Academic Co-PIScientific conference travel: maximum of $2,000 per year for the Community Co-PI; maximum of $2,000 per year for the Academic Co-PIIndirect costs: Full indirect costs are allowed to non-UC institutions. Indirect costs to UC campuses are capped at 35 percent, or 25 percent for projects conducted off-campus. All out-of-state sub-contracts and collaborations must be well-justified; please note that funding for out-of-state expenses is extremely limited and TRDRP does not encourage such expenses.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. The submitted Full CPPRA application must include leadership from a team that includes one Community Co-PI and one Academic Co-PI. Each CPPRA application can have only one Co-PI representing the community side and one Co-PI representing the academic side. If there is a need for other close collaborators, they can be designated in Key Personnel as a Co-Investigator, consultant, or collaborator.The qualifications of a Community Co-PI:Based in California.Affiliated with an organization, nonprofit community-based group, or institution (i.e., they cannot be a lone person who is not connected to relevant community-based groups) that primarily provides services or resources to people in a community in California. Committed to representing the views of the community of interest.Have the support of their organization, nonprofit, or institution in order to serve as a Co-PI for the project.There is not a requirement for a degree.U.S. citizenship is not a requirement.The Academic Co-PI should have research expertise and publications related to the research questions in the proposal and a commitment to developing or enhancing an existing program of research focused on community partnered participatory research or theoretical frameworks for community science. For the CPPRA award type, the Academic Co-PI will be responsible for managing their budgeted expenses while their university or research institution will be responsible for the fiscal administration of the academic research budget as a whole. An academic partner must be named, and their California-based university or research institution must be named in the submitted application. The qualifications of an Academic Co-PI:Based at a California academic or nonprofit research institution.Has a university faculty appointment or a community research scientist designation with an appointment at a community-based research organization or private research institution.Research scientists and community-oriented academics working at a non-university research organization that is a nonprofit can serve in this role.U.S. citizenship is not a requirement.Committed to accurately depicting the state-of-the-science for the community’s benefit.Committed to conducting long-term community-partnered participatory research.Must have PI status. PI status permits the academic applicant access to their institution’s infrastructure support for managing research grants.