Anti-Racism Research Pilot Grants
ForecastedInternal — University of California San Francisco only
Anti-Racism Research Pilot Grants support UCSF teams and community partners in building research partnerships and studying structural racism to understand its health effects and identify ways to dismantle it.
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Funder: University of California San Francisco
Due Dates (Anticipated): March 2027 (Spring cycle) | September 2027 (Fall cycle)
Funding Amounts: Up to $10,000 for capacity building or $50,000 for research projects; one year, nonrenewable
Summary: Supports UCSF teams and community partners developing or conducting anti-racism research on structural racism and health.
Key Information: Every proposal requires an eligible UCSF PI, substantive community partnership, and an anti-racism framework.
Description
The UCSF Office of Research offers these pilot grants through the Resource Allocation Program (RAP) consortium to build capacity for community-based anti-racism research in biomedical research and healthcare. Projects must use theories and frameworks addressing structure and power, explicitly examining racism’s contribution to health disparities and power sharing between academics and community partners. Priorities include understanding structural racism’s effects on health and identifying approaches to dismantling structural and institutional racism.
Capacity-building awards support partnerships that develop shared research questions, methods, and a collaborative plan for future empirical research. Research awards support empirical studies, pilot data collection, or intervention refinement. Eligible work includes original or existing data analysis, historical analysis of unjust policies or institutions, and evaluations of policies, programs, or training intended to reduce health disparities.
