- Award mechanisms
- Research Award
- Pilot Award
- New Investigator Award
- Postdoctoral Award
- Predoctoral Award
- Pilot Community-Partnered Participatory Research Award (Pilot CPPRA)
- Full Community Partnered Participatory Research Award (Full CPPRA)
- Maternal Smoking Cessation Initiative (MSCI)
- Tobacco Policy Research Centers (TPRC)
- Smoke and Vape Free Scholars Initiative
- Cornelius Hopper Disparities Award Supplement
- Student Research Supplement
- Research Priorities
- award processes
- Past Calls for Applications
- Key Dates
2026 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 partnered research addressing tobacco-related health disparities with a strong rationale and potential to inform a tobacco prevention or treatment intervention in the future. |
$500,000 ($250,000/Co-PI) | 2 |
Community-Partnered Participatory Research Full Award |
Support partnered research addressing tobacco-related health disparities focused on the development, testing, or evaluation of a tobacco prevention or treatment intervention. |
$600,000 ($300,000/Co-PI) | 3 |
Smoke and Vape Free Scholars Initiative |
Funded awards will support mentorship and training activities that include enabling undergraduate, post-bac and master's level students from CSU/CCCs to conduct tobacco-related research projects in a mentor's laboratory or team, while also engaging in local tobacco control activities and participating in other educational activities. | See Call for Applications | 4 |
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 residing in communities disproportionately impacted by tobacco-related illness and adverse maternal outcomes. |
See Call for Applications | 2 |
AWARD SUPPLEMENTS |
Cornelius Hopper Diversity Supplement |
Allow active research training and participation by students and California residents 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 |
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 will not be offered during the 2026 cycle.