Indiana Community Health Partnerships Trailblazer Award

chep@iupui.edu

Sarah Glock
sardowns@iu.edu

The Indiana Trailblazer Award provides funding for collaborative, community-engaged research projects focused on topics that have potential to improve health in Indiana.

Projects should pursue 1 or more of the following:

• Implement exploratory research that has the potential to improve health or address barriers to good health and healthcare access
• Evaluate a program that has the potential to improve health or address barriers to health and healthcare access
• Implement and do a preliminary evaluation of a health-related program

Research topics of interest include:

• Affordable housing
• Food security and nutrition programs
• Community safety and violence prevention
• Education and employment initiatives
• Environmental health
• Access to green spaces
• Transportation and mobility solutions
• Cancer
• Obesity prevention
• Infant mortality
• Access to care
• Diabetes
• Mental health
• Substance use disorder

Eligible projects will have both a university lead and a community lead, and both partners must currently work in an Indiana-based institution or organization.

Up to $25,000 over 2 years.

Links to application instructions and the online application portal are available on the program website.

While not required, applicants are strongly encouraged to email a letter of intent to chep@iupui.edu by May 18, 2026.

Applicant webinar
(Registration required)
April 24, 2026
11:00 a.m. Eastern