2027 American Academy of Pediatrics CATCH Planning Grants
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) 2027 Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Planning grant competition provides $10,000 per eligible individual clinician applicant for a 12-month community-based project increasing pediatric access to health services or child and adolescent well-being in the United States, territories or Canada.
Eligible Applicants
General pediatricians, pediatric medical and surgical subspecialists, pediatric fellowship trainees and pediatric advanced practice providers who name a pediatrician as co-applicant may qualify. AAP national and chapter membership must be current before grant funds are disbursed. Current CATCH grantees cannot apply; previous grantees must have closed earlier CATCH awards. Applicants may submit only one of Planning or Implementation during the cycle. Projects must reach children beyond the applicant’s own practice setting and establish genuine local community partnerships.
Planning Project Requirements
planning and developing a new community-based intervention, including community needs analysis, identifying health disparities, convening youth/family voices, partnership planning and developing an evaluation strategy. Pilot programs or direct service implementation are NOT eligible within a Planning Grant.
A special environmental-justice child-health priority is included within the regular CATCH competition and follows the same basic application requirements; applicants must explain the qualifying environmental issue and impact. It is not a separate unrestricted grant.
Funding and Restrictions
Each competitive award is $10,000 for a planned 12-month period beginning June 1, 2027; the funder does not state a universal cash matching requirement. Planning budgets must exclude implementation and pilot activities. No billable clinical encounter payments, professional development, clinical trials/research, health fairs/one-time events, medical equipment/pharmaceuticals (limited oral-health supplies exception), construction/repairs, capital equipment such as computers/tablets, fringe benefits, indirect costs or fiscal-agent fees. Budget category ceilings include up to $7,000 personnel, $2,000 meetings, $4,000 participant expenses, $4,000 relevant planning resources, $2,000 promotions and $3,500 technology development; overall total cannot exceed $10,000. The completed AAP budget spreadsheet must show justified line items and formulas. A tax-exempt fiscal agent is needed to manage award funds and a letter of intent from the proposed fiscal agent must accompany the application. The fiscal agent must be distinct from the individual grantee or co-grantee.
Application and Deadlines
Applications opened November 1, 2026 and must be submitted through the AAP individual-account grant portal by January 19, 2027 at 11:59 p.m. Central Standard Time. First-time requests for help from Chapter CATCH Facilitators should be initiated by January 8, 2027. Submit the online application, budget spreadsheet and fiscal-agent letter; optional support materials may be uploaded. Applicants must verify any AI-assisted application content and acknowledge AI assistance in accordance with AAP’s 2027 requirements. Awards are expected to be communicated April 9, 2027. A final narrative and financial report is due after project completion.
Official 2027 controlling Call for Proposals: AAP CATCH Planning Call for Proposals (PDF). Also review AAP applicant instructions and the active 2027 AAP application portal; current 2027 documents control over older 2026 webpage text. Verified November 7, 2026.