AAMC CHARGE Investigates: 2026 Call for Research Application

The AAMC Center for Health Justice collaborates with academic health systems, public health and community-based organizations, government and health care entities, the private sector, community leaders, and community members to improve the health of people everywhere. The Center builds a case for health justice through research, analysis, and collaborations that drive our efforts to build a better future.

The Center regularly conducts nationally representative polling to ask the public about the health equity issues that matter to them. Every two years, the Center collaborates with the AAMC CHARGE community to identify priority population health- and health equity-related topics, and then develops and fields a poll focused on those topics. Once data are collected, the AAMC CHARGE Investigates Call for Research provides AAMC CHARGE members with the opportunity to access the data for free, to further their own health equity peer-reviewed research.

2026 Call for Research

The 2026 Call for Research survey collected information on :

• Health status
• Health care access
• Health-related social needs
• Caregiving

Applicants should submit a health equity-focused research proposal based on the items in the 2026 survey. Access the 2026 survey instrument information document.

Survey instrument information: 2026 CFR Survey Information

Applications will be evaluated by AAMC and external reviewers using the scoring criteria available here: 2026 CFR Selection Criteria

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