Maternal Smoking Cessation Initiative

Purpose: 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).

**The MSCI Award mechanisms have a separate Call for Applications, which must be read and adhered to by applicants.**

Partnered Maternal Cessation Award (Partnered-MSCI) Overview:  

• Maximum award amount per year: $500,000 per year (Direct Costs)  
  • Community Co-PI budget max: $250,000 per year 
  • Academic Co-PI budget max: $250,000 per year 
• Maximum Award Duration: 2 years 
• Allowable direct costs: Salaries, trainee/internship costs, fringe benefits, supplies, participant incentives, subcontracts*, equipment (costing more than $5,000), travel, publishing costs and other dissemination activities. 
• Travel:  
  • Project-related travel: As needed in each Co-PI budget (must be fully justified) 
  • Travel to TRDRP conference (Mandatory): $750 for the Community Co-PI; $750 for the Academic Co-PI 
  • Scientific conference travel: maximum of $2,000 per year for the Community Co-PI; maximum of $2,000 per year for the Academic Co-PI 
• Indirect costs: Full indirect costs are allowed to non-UC institutions. Indirect costs to UC campuses are capped at 35 percent, or 25 percent for projects conducted off-campus.  

Partnered MSCI award requirements: The nuanced requirements for the Partnered MSCI Award mechanism and expectations for Community and Academic Co-PIs are described in detail in the standalone MSCI RFA.

Single Investigator Maternal Cessation Award (Single Investigator-MSCI) Overview:   

• Maximum award amount per year: $250,000 (direct costs) 
• Maximum duration: 2 years  
• Allowable direct costs: Salaries, fringe benefits, supplies, publishing, sub-contracts*, equipment (costing more than $5,000), and travel. 
• Travel:   
  • Project-related travel: As needed (must be fully justified)  
  • Travel to TRDRP conference: $750 (mandatory)  
  • Scientific conference travel: Up to $2,000 per year (excluding a mandatory allocation of $750 in one year of the project for travel to the TRDRP conference)  
• Indirect costs: Full indirect costs are allowed to non-UC institutions. Indirect costs to UC campuses are capped at 35 percent, or 25 percent for projects conducted off-campus.

Single Investigator MSCI award requirements:

• Applicants must have a PI-status at the sponsoring institution
• Awardees are required to commit at least 10 percent of their effort each year to activities supported by this award
• U.S. citizenship is not a requirement

Rreview criteria: Detailed review criteria are described in the MSCI Call for Applications.

For more details, please read the Maternal Smoking Cessation Initiative Call for Applications https://trdrp.org/funding-opportunities/.