2025 Call for Applications: Award Types

award Types	Purpose of Award	Maximum Award/Year (Direct Cost)	Maximum Award Duration (up to X years)
Research Award	Conduct research based on preliminary data that will achieve or advance work within one or more stated research priorities.	$300,000	3
Pilot Award	Gather preliminary data or demonstrate proof-of-principle with potential for high impact within one or more stated research priorities.	$250,000	2
New Investigator Award	Support and enable new investigators to initiate an independent research program with potential for high impact within one or more stated research priorities.	$200,000	3
Postdoctoral Award	Support postdoctoral research training under a designated mentor to conduct high impact research within one or more stated research priorities.	See Appendix B of Call for Applications	3
Predoctoral Award	Support doctoral student research training with a designated mentor within one or more stated research priorities.	See Appendix B of Call for Applications	3
Community Partnered Participatory Research Pilot Award	Support development of an equitable community and academic research partnership to conduct pilot research that gathers preliminary data or address a research question on a tobacco-related health issue of importance to a community in California.	$500,000 ($250,000/Co-PI)	2
Community Partnered Participatory Research Full Award	Support an existing, equitable community and academic research partnership to conduct follow-on research that builds on preliminary data, addresses a research question on a tobacco-related health issue of importance to a community in California, and leads to a sustainable tobacco prevention or treatment intervention.	$600,000 ($300,000/Co-PI)	3
MATERNAL SMOKING CESSATION INITIATIVE	Supports research dedicated to developing, implementing, and evaluating culturally-tailored commercial tobacco cessation interventions specifically designed to improve health outcomes for pregnant individuals who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), American Indians, and Alaska Native (AIAN).	See Call for Applications	2

AWARD SUPPLEMENTS

Cornelius Hopper Diversity Supplement	Train promising individuals from underrepresented communities and/or those who wish to pursue careers in one or more stated research priorities focused on underserved communities. Supplements are funded above the award mechanism cap.	$20,000	2
STUDENT RESEARCH SUPPLEMENT	Allow active research training and participation by undergraduate and Master’s degree students under the mentorship of a currently-funded TRDRP PI of a non-training award. Supplements are funded above the award mechanism cap.	$20,000	2

Please note, Tobacco Policy Research Centers, Smoke- and Vape-Free Scholars Initiative; Scientific Conference Awards, Mackay Policy California-Pacific Rim Tobacco Scholar Award and Special Project Awards will not be offered during the 2025 cycle.