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Doctoral Student Representative Precision Medicine Research

Grantor:
CA Health and Human Services Agency
Portal ID:
27602
Status:
Active
Opportunity Type:
  • Grant
Last Updated:
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Details

Purpose:

This funding opportunity aims to support doctoral student representative research within California that uses a precision medicine framework, includes underrepresented populations, who have been underrecognized or historically excluded, as research participants, and reduces health disparities, so that research benefits all people within California, and promotes health innovation for all California communities. 

Description:

The California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine (CIAPM) will award approximately $2.3 million to support around 15 doctoral students conducting representative precision medicine research projects in California over a 2.5-year project term.

Precision medicine calls for the modern application of scientific data and clinical practice toward the individualization of prevention, diagnosis, measurement, and treatment of disease and wellbeing. Recognizing that doctoral students are a critical component of the biomedical research enterprise in California, this funding opportunity aims to support doctoral student representative research within California that uses a precision medicine framework, includes underrepresented populations, who have been underrecognized or historically excluded, as research participants, and reduces health disparities, so that research benefits all people within California, and promotes health innovation for all California communities. 

The applicant must be a current PhD, DrPH, MD-PhD, or other doctoral-level student conducting research at a non-profit California academic research institution and in good academic standing. Research projects must aim to make biomedical research more inclusive, and thus more applicable and beneficial to all Californians. The applicant must describe how their application will support representative research, incorporate a precision medicine approach to reduce health disparities, potentially including social determinants of health data and/or community-engaged research approaches, and enhance their own education and training. Projects must take place in California, and data should focus on people that live in California but are not limited to only California populations. Projects must demonstrate prioritization of recruiting, enrolling, and retaining participants who are from underrepresented populations.  The proposed research must include the creation of promotional materials that encourage participation of individuals from underrepresented populations in the research study, and that describe the importance of biomedical research in the context of the research question and populations engaged. The materials would potentially be disseminated by CIAPM in reports or on the CIAPM website, or in convenings to increase capacity among State and non-state employees to discuss and encourage participation in biomedical research with underrepresented communities. 

Applicants should have identified a specific research project and a mentor(s) that will supervise and support the research. Applicants should not propose to lead an independent clinical trial but can propose research experience within a clinical trial led by a mentor or co-mentor. There is no limit to the number of applications from any single institution. 

Support, provided by reimbursement, will not exceed $62,000/year, which includes reimbursement for an institutional stipend not to exceed $40,000, tuition, fees, and institutional allowance (e.g. health insurance) not to exceed $18,000, and research/professional development costs not to exceed $4,000 (includes ~$1,500/award period for CIAPM convenings). 

Eligibility Requirements

Eligible Applicants:

  • Individual

Must be a current doctoral-level student conducting research at a non-profit California academic research institution and in good academic standing. At the time of award, must pursue their research training full-time.

Applicants who have received CIAPM funding for doctoral research or with faculty mentors who have received CIAPM funding as the Lead PI or co-PI, or are currently receiving full-time doctoral student research funding, are ineligible.

Eligible Geographies:

The applicant must be conducting research at a non-profit California academic research institution.

Projects must take place in California, and data should focus on people that live in California but are not limited to only California populations.

Selection considerations may include the project location and which populations are studied within California to balance geographic and institutional diversity of awarded institutions and topics.  

Important Dates

The date (and time, where applicable) by which all applications must be submitted to the grantmaker. Time listed as “00:00” equates to midnight.
The date on which the grantor expects to announce the recipient(s) of the grant.
April 2026
The length of time during which the grant money must be utilized.
2.5 years

Funding Details

The total projected dollar amount of the grant.
$2,300,000
A single grant opportunity may represent one or many awards. Some grantors may know in advance the exact number of awards to be given. Others may indicate a range. Some may wish to and wait until the application period closes before determining how many awards to offer; in this case, a value of “Dependent” will display.
14 – 15
Grant opportunities representing multiple awards may offer awards in the same amount or in varied amounts. Some may wish to wait until the application period closes before determining per-award amounts; in this case, a value of “Dependent” will display.
$155,000
Certain grants require that the recipient(s) provide a letter of intent.
No
Certain grants require that the recipient(s) be able to fully or partially match the grant award amount with another funding source.
No
The funding source allocated to fund the grant. It may be either State or Federal (or a combination of both), and be tied to a specific piece of legislation, a proposition, or a bond number.
  • State
The manner in which the grant funding will be delivered to the awardee. Funding methods include reimbursements (where the recipient spends out-of-pocket and is reimbursed by the grantor) and advances (where the recipient spends received grant funds directly).
  • Reimbursement(s)

Funding Method Notes:

Provide a budget plan that includes institutional stipend, tuition, fees, and health insurance, and activities for research/professional development, according to institutional policies. Institutional stipend not to exceed $40,000/year, tuition, fees, and institutional allowance (e.g. health insurance) not to exceed $18,000/year, and $4,000/year for research/professional development (includes ~$1500/award period for CIAPM convenings).   

How to Apply

State agencies/departments recommend you read the full grant guidelines before applying.

Resources

For questions about this grant, contact:
California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine, 1-916-279-6335, ciapm@chhs.ca.gov

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