The University of Utah has been awarded a $157,855 Project Grant under the National Institutes of Health's Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865). The grant will fund the establishment of the "ASCENT Research Training Program in Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice (SRHRJ)." The program aims to develop an innovative, interdisciplinary research training experience to increase diverse representation and enhance future SRHRJ-related biomedical, behavioral, policy, clinical, and translational research. Key activities include providing 10 weeks of hands-on research experiences, mentoring, and funding for a cohort of 8 nationally recruited SRHRJ scholars, as well as developing regional and national partnership opportunities to support scholar advancement. The program seeks to increase accessibility to advanced community-engaged research techniques and train a new generation of diverse reproductive health scholars. The grant award period runs from September 2024 through June 2029.