Community-Engaged Research to Promote Health Equity (CERPHE) Trainee Pilot Grants
The Stanford MCHRI is pleased to announce the Community-Engaged Research to Promote Health Equity (CERPHE) Pilot Grants. This initiative aims to use a community-engaged research approach to address the impact of structural racism and social injustice as key drivers of health disparities affecting maternal and child health.
APPLICATIONS CLOSED
AWARD START DATE
July 1, 2025
Category I: Pilot Grants
Eligibility: Instructors and Assistant Professors, (Early Career Investigators), Associate Professors and Professors (Mid/Senior Investigators), including Clinician Educators
Funding Amount: Up to $50,000 for up to 18 months
Full CERPHE Pilot Grant details here.
Category II: Pilot Trainee Grants
Eligibility: Postdoctoral Scholars and Clinical Fellows
Funding Amount: $5,000 for up to 18 months (non-salary support)
*For full funding details, please refer to the FY25 RFA.
- Applications are welcome from all faculty (instructors, CE, UML, NTLR, NTLT, UTL). Postdoctoral scholars and clinical fellows are eligible for pilot trainee grants.
- All applicants must have, or plan on having, a focus on maternal child health research. Research must be primarily related to maternal child health. “Child” refers to the expectant mother, oocyte, zygote, embryo, fetus, infant, child or adolescent.
- Partnerships with communities, patients, or other key groups using a CEnR approach are required. A focus on health equity is also required. Applicants must identify community partners in their application or provide a plan to engage and establish new ones.
- All applicants and their mentors must be MCHRI Members. Please apply here.
- A Primary Research Mentor must be identified for postdoctoral scholars and clinical fellows, instructors, and assistant professors in all faculty lines.
- All applicants must maintain appointments at the instructor rank or above for the duration of the award, including any no-cost extensions.
*For full eligibility details, including eligibility by investigator type, please refer to the FY25 RFA and policy.
Examples of Funded Projects:
- Research that engages with community partners to support under-represented racial/ethnic minority patients experiencing food insecurity and allergies through a pilot program.
- Research to determine whether shorter, more frequent telehealth visits are feasible for publicly insured children with type 1 diabetes without compromising outcomes.
- A pilot project to validate and improve an AntiRacism Perinatal Preferences Tool before use in a prospective study.
- A pilot project to collect vocabulary data of children from diverse backgrounds impacted by socioeconomic disparities (SES) to examine causal links between SES - related factors and children’s language outcomes
Further Resources
A recording of an previous info session:
"How to Embed a Racial and Ethnic Equity Perspective in Research Practical Guidance for the Research Process" by Kristine Andrews, Jenita Parekh, and Shantai Peckoo strongly encouraged to ensure that research topics include an equity perspective across the entire research process.