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 2026 Seed Grant Awardees

Karen J. Parker, PhD

Advancing a novel treatment for autism spectrum disorder

Arthur Sung, MD, FCCP

Closing the Gap: Early Lung Cancer Detection in High-Risk Asian American Never-Smokers

Ngan F. Huang, PhD

AI-Mediated Drug Screening in Microgravity to Counteract Sarcopenia in Asian Americans

Lung Cancer & Asian Health

This year, Stanford CARE and the Stanford Cancer Institute (SCI) co-sponsored a specialized seed grant titled “Translational Therapeutics for Lung Cancer in People Who Have Never Smoked.” This funding supported the development of novel therapeutic entities (NTEs) for lung cancer.

Haopeng Xiao, PhD

A Chemoproteomics Platform for Drug Repurposing in EGFR-Mutant Lung Cancer

AI & Asian Health

Stanford CARE and the Stanford Center for Digital Health (CDH) co-sponsored a specialized seed grant titled “The Use of Generative AI to Improve the Health of Asian Populations.” This project focused on leveraging the power of artificial intelligence to advance, implement, and promote cutting-edge digital solutions for improving Asian health.

Anuja Anand Sathe, PhD

Advancing Target Discovery and Biomarker Development in Gastric Cancer Using Artificial Intelligence

Diabetes & Asian Health

This year, Stanford CARE’s ADVANCE (Accelerate Innovation in Diabetes LeVeraging Unique PAthways iN Asians) Program co-sponsored two specialized seed grants titled “Innovative Diabetes Research in Asian Populations Powered by the ADVANCE Biobank” to support innovative research on Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes in Asian populations using samples from the Stanford ADVANCE Biobank.