February 27, 2018

Meharry-Vanderbilt Community Engaged Research Core announces new round of mini-grants

The Meharry-Vanderbilt Community Engaged Research Core announces a new round of mini-grants for March 2018.

Deadline: Friday, March 2, 2018 

The Meharry-Vanderbilt Community Engaged Research Core invites proposals for activities that promote on-going, mutually beneficial, health-oriented research partnerships between community organizations and academic researchers. Both academic and community partners are expected to contribute to the development of the proposal. Applicants may propose a community-engaged research project or a capacity building project that enable the partners to pursue an identified research agenda. The long term goals of the research partnerships supported by mini-grants should be one or more of the following: to improve community health outcomes, increase access to health and health-related services, enhance quality and effectiveness of health interventions, and/or inform future health policy.

Two grant awards are available:

-Partnership Development Grants: Up to $2,500 to support the creation of new community-academic partnerships and the strengthening of existing community-academic partnerships.

-Community-Engaged Research Grants: up to $10,000 to enable community-academic research partnerships to undertake pilot research activities.

All applicants must:

(1) Submit a letter of intent to Lexie.Lipham@vanderbilt.edu by Monday, Jan. 29.

(2) Attend an information session on one of the following dates:

  • Tuesday, Jan. 30, 10-11 a.m. @ the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance (1999 Meharry Blvd). Please contact Lexie Lipham at Lexie.Lipham@vanderbilt.edu to RSVP.
  • Wednesday, Jan. 31, 12-1 a.m. @ the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance (1999 Meharry Blvd). Please contact Lexie Lipham at Lexie.Lipham@vanderbilt.edu to RSVP.
  • Thursday, Feb. 1, 2-3 a.m. @ the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance (1999 Meharry Blvd). Please contact Lexie Lipham at Lexie.Lipham@vanderbilt.edu to RSVP.

2018 Partnership Development Guidelines

2018 Community Engaged Research Grant Guidelines

Upload your completed application materials

If you have any questions or need more information regarding the mini-grant awards, please contact Lexie Lipham at Lexie.Lipham@vanderbilt.edu.