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

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

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

Summary

The Pilot Community-Partnered Participatory Research Award (Pilot CPPRA) aims to support collaborative research addressing tobacco-related health disparities. With a funding cap of $500,000 per year for up to two years, this award encourages partnerships between community and academic researchers. Projects should focus on enhancing the feasibility of methods for interventions, developing collaborative relationships, and collecting preliminary data to improve future funding opportunities. This initiative fosters community engagement in tobacco research.

Overview

Pilot Community-Partnered Participatory Research Award (Pilot CPPRA) Purpose:  The goal of the Pilot CPPRA is to provide initial support for partnered research addressing tobacco-related health disparities with a strong rationale and potential to inform a tobacco prevention or treatment intervention in the future. The Pilot CPPRA provides up to 2 years of support for the initial phase of a project, including testing the acceptability and feasibility of methods, strengthening collaborative relationships, developing tools and methods for a later intervention, collecting preliminary data, and demonstrating proof-of-principle to support the feasibility of a new paradigm or research hypothesis. A Pilot CPPRA may have a specific aim focused on developing, strengthening, and/or evaluating the community-academic research partnership. Collaborative teams can be newly developed or new to tobacco science. Results from Pilot CPPRAs should enhance the team’s ability to leverage future funding from TRDRP or other funders. Award overview Maximum award amount per year: $500,000 per year (Direct Costs)Community Co-PI budget max: $250,000 per yearAcademic Co-PI budget max: $250,000 per yearMaximum Duration: 2 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 Pilot 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. 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.Must have PI status. PI status permits the academic applicant access to their institution’s infrastructure support for managing research grants.Committed to conducting long-term community-partnered participatory research.Committed to accurately depicting the state-of-the-science for the community’s benefit.U.S. citizenship is not a requirement.