The objective of the Research Assistance for Primary Parents (RAPP) Initiative is to provide technical support to outstanding faculty members, both male and female, who are primary caregivers for an infant or child. The awards are designed to assist researchers who are primary parents in continuing to advance their projects while balancing childcare needs.
The program provides non-renewable grants of $50,000 for one year to faculty researchers working in labs and departments that do not have the resources to offer technical research assistance of this kind. Applicants may be engaged in basic, translational, or clinical research projects. Funding must be used to cover salaries for technical personnel such as lab technicians, research assistants, and programmers.
Please click here to see the 2026-2027 RFA.