Call for Applications | MAPCI 2026: Methods for Adapting & Personalizing Cancer Control Interventions
April 6-9, 2027 | Ann Arbor, MI
Who it’s for: Researchers working anywhere along the cancer control continuum–including health behavior change, prevention, early detection, diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, and end-of-life care—who want to propose research to develop adaptive interventions, including digital adaptive interventions.
Focus
Adaptive interventions + just-in-time adaptive interventions (JITAIs) + AI-powered personalizing JITAIs (pJITAIs)
Experimental designs: SMART (sequential, multiple assignment, randomized trial), MRT (micro-randomized trial), Hybrid Experimental Designs
Data-analytic methods to propose and lead research in this area
Grant writing focused on optimizing adaptive interventions
What you’ll take away
A draft Specific Aims page
An experimental design schematic
An initial sketch of the research strategy
Consultations with expert faculty
Eligibility
Research focused on any aspect of the cancer control continuum, including health behavior change, prevention, early detection, diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, and end-of-life care.
At least one year of graduate-level statistics
Open to researchers at any career stage
Advanced graduate students are welcome
Key dates
Application open now
Application deadline: Nov 1, 2026
Decisions sent: February 1, 2027
Institute: April 6-9, 2027 (Ann Arbor)