2027 Community-Partnered Participatory Research Awards (CPPRA)
Forecasted
2027 Community-Partnered Participatory Research Awards (CPPRA) support community-academic teams studying commercial tobacco prevention and treatment to address tobacco-related health disparities in California.
Funder: University of California
Due Dates (Anticipated): August 2027 (Letter of intent) | October 2027 (Full application)
Funding Amounts: Pilot: up to $500,000 annually for 2 years; Full: up to $600,000 annually for 3 years (direct costs)
Summary: Supports equitable community-academic research partnerships addressing tobacco-related health disparities in California through commercial tobacco prevention and treatment research.
Key Information: Each team needs one California Community Co-PI and one California Academic Co-PI; health services research is not responsive.
Description
The University of California’s Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP) supports Community-Partnered Participatory Research Awards to combine rigorous science with community expertise. Research questions must grow from community concerns and address tobacco-related health disparities in California. Community and academic partners share leadership throughout the research process, guided by a Community Advisory Board, with emphasis on equitable decision-making, capacity building, dissemination, and sustainable partnerships.
Pilot awards support feasibility and acceptability testing, preliminary data, tools and methods development, proof-of-principle research, and partnership building. Full awards support developing, testing, evaluating, and implementing tobacco prevention or treatment interventions, including efficacy, effectiveness, implementation studies, and randomized controlled trials. “Tobacco” means commercial nicotine and tobacco products, not traditional tobacco used for religious, ceremonial, or healing purposes.
