Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Centers: 2027 Special Interest Project Supplements (SIPS)
This grant provides extra funding to CDC Prevention Research Centers to conduct special projects focused on real-world research and interventions for preventing major diseases and promoting public health.
Funder: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA
Due Dates (Anticipated): March 2027 (Full application deadline, projected)
Funding Amounts: Up to $600,000 per award; ~$11.7M total program funding; 14 awards expected; 1-year supplement
Summary: Provides supplemental funding to CDC Prevention Research Centers for Special Interest Projects in applied health promotion and disease prevention research.
Key Information: Only current CDC PRC awardees under RFA-DP-24-004 are eligible.
Description
This opportunity provides supplemental funding to the currently funded CDC Prevention Research Centers (PRCs) to conduct Special Interest Projects (SIPs) focused on applied health promotion and disease prevention research. The SIPs aim to inform public health practice by supporting high-quality research conducted in real-world settings, with the goal of identifying, designing, testing, evaluating, and disseminating interventions or resources to prevent and reduce the leading causes of illness, disability, and death in the United States.
Ten SIP topics are expected for this cycle, including:
- Automating cancer survivorship care plans
- Using Medicare data to evaluate prostate cancer care
- Improving access to gynecologic oncologists for ovarian cancer patients
- Messaging and community approaches for alcohol reduction in cancer prevention
- Leveraging cancer registry data to improve clinical trial enrollment
- Visual aids for sunscreen application
- Weather-related emergency preparedness for cancer prevention/control
- Frameworks for improving prostate cancer care and support services
- Public health approaches to hereditary cancer prevention, detection, and treatment
- Research on emerging issues in chronic disease prevention and care
