- Award mechanisms
- Research Priorities
- Social and behavioral prevention and treatment
- cancer health disparities
- Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
- Environmental Exposure and Toxicology
- Neuroscience of Nicotine Addiction and Treatment
- Oral Diseases and Dental Health
- Pulmonary Biology and Lung Diseases
- State and Local Tobacco Control Policy Research
- Other tobacco-related health effects
- award processes
- Past Calls for Applications
- Key Dates
Research Priorities
All applications must address one or more of TRDRP’s nine research priorities.
The Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP) funds research that spans social, behavioral and biomedical sciences and has the common objective of achieving positive health equity for all Californians.
Despite having one of the lowest smoking rates in the country, smoking prevalence remains high among California populations that are also plagued by other negative effects of structural and social determinants of health. A primary goal of TRDRP is to reduce the negative impact of tobacco use within these “tobacco priority populations”. To address this goal, applicants should focus on diseases that are causally linked to tobacco use and on studies that can discern and reduce tobacco-related health disparities.
In addition, culturally-informed behavioral research is needed to better understand use patterns and barriers to quitting commercial tobacco products in order to develop more effective cessation strategies, particularly for tobacco priority populations. Research outcomes should be useful for informing policymakers and the general public about the physical harm of tobacco product use and tobacco and nicotine industry marketing practices.
Clear communication of evidence-based research to policymakers and the public helps inform the design of effective policy interventions. TRDRP requires investigators to plan how they will disseminate their research findings by communicating with and engaging community members.
These approaches are directly aligned with the TRDRP Five Year Strategic Plan, the plan of the Tobacco Education and Research Oversite Committee (TEROC), Achieving Health Equity: Standing Together Against Commercial Tobacco & Nicotine and the CA Endgame Initiative, which seeks to end the sale and use of all commercial tobacco products in the state.
Despite having one of the lowest smoking rates in the country, smoking prevalence remains high among California populations that are also plagued by other negative effects of structural and social determinants of health. A primary goal of TRDRP is to reduce the negative impact of tobacco use within these “tobacco priority populations”. To address this goal, applicants should focus on diseases that are causally linked to tobacco use and on studies that can discern and reduce tobacco-related health disparities.
In addition, culturally-informed behavioral research is needed to better understand use patterns and barriers to quitting commercial tobacco products in order to develop more effective cessation strategies, particularly for tobacco priority populations. Research outcomes should be useful for informing policymakers and the general public about the physical harm of tobacco product use and tobacco and nicotine industry marketing practices.
Clear communication of evidence-based research to policymakers and the public helps inform the design of effective policy interventions. TRDRP requires investigators to plan how they will disseminate their research findings by communicating with and engaging community members.
These approaches are directly aligned with the TRDRP Five Year Strategic Plan, the plan of the Tobacco Education and Research Oversite Committee (TEROC), Achieving Health Equity: Standing Together Against Commercial Tobacco & Nicotine and the CA Endgame Initiative, which seeks to end the sale and use of all commercial tobacco products in the state.