Current Awardees
The Seed Grant Program provides funding for innovative and promising research projects on Asian health. Awards are typically announced in early March. The award period is for two calendar years, typically starting on May 1 and ending on April 30.
CARE 2025 Seed Grant Awardees
Vivek Charu, MD, PhD
Improving classification of variants of uncertain significance for the diagnosis of Mendelian kidney disease among patients of Asian descent
AI & Asian Health
For our 2025 cycle, the Stanford Center for Asian Health Research and Education (CARE) and the Center for Digital Health (CDH) co-sponsored one specialized seed grant titled “The Use of Generative AI to Improve the Health of Asian Populations.” This initiative focused on leveraging the power of artificial intelligence to advance, implement, and promote cutting-edge digital solutions aimed at improving Asian health.
Ruijiang Li, PhD
Validation of a vision-language foundation model for predicting lung cancer treatment outcomes in Asians