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Community-Focused Clinical and Translational Science (CTS) Pilots support early-stage investigators focused on community-engaged, D&I science, and participatory research efforts that develop new CTS solutions to address local health priorities and promote access to care. These pilot projects must have community members embedded in the project team, who are engaged throughout the research process, fostering partnerships that develop generalizable community-focused CTS solutions to community-based obstacles for science translation.
Purpose of the ACTRI Community Pilot Award Program
The ACTRI Community Pilot grant program is intended to facilitate research collaborations that foster a mutually-beneficial, community-informed research agenda. Proposals should be developed in full collaboration with community-based agencies/individuals -- competitive applications should strengthen investigators’ capacity to conduct community-based research. ACTRI Community Research Partnership unit welcomes applicants from the San Diego region, including Imperial Counties and other neighboring rural regions. Both Researcher-initiated and Community-initiated proposals are encouraged.
The ACTRI team actively supports the development of new community-researcher partnerships by helping both researchers and communities identify and build partnerships and by providing ongoing consulting services for joint projects and grant applications – from planning through implementation to analyses and dissemination of findings.
Important information about the Community Pilot Awards
ACTRI submitted its funding request to the NIH and will incorporate feedback from the review committee into a revised submission. Due to the timing of this process, a community pilot project competition for the 2025-2026 round will not be possible. Further updates regarding funding for future community pilot project competitions will be shared as they become available.
Application Overview
The ACTRI Community Pilot proposals should support the priorities of local communities, health care, and health service stakeholders, and government and public health agencies. These priorities include projects that address risk factors and/or resulting diseases or conditions identified as priority focus areas in recent County of San Diego Community Health Assessments (CHA), and by community stakeholders. Across regions, current priorities include social determinants of health, and the specific risk factors, diseases, and health indicators.
Note – Applicants should specify which priority area(s) their project will address.
Community Pilot Past Awardees
- Tommi Gaines, Dr.Ph
- Pilot Project: Online Opioid Prevention Training for California American Indians
- Subsequent grant proposal post-pilot award: R21: Timely Opioid Overdose Detection Tool through a Tribally Engaged Approach
- H. Irene Su, MD
- Pilot Project: Multicomponent implementation strategy for fertility care for young female cancer survivors
- Subsequent grant proposal post-pilot award: Telehealth oncofertility care intervention in young female cancer patients: a stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial
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