September 20, 2018

Community Engaged Research mini-grant applications due Oct. 26

The Meharry-Vanderbilt Community Engaged Research Core announces a new round of mini-grants for October. The deadline for application is Friday, Oct. 26.

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@vumc.org by Monday, Oct. 15.

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

  • Monday, Sept. 10, 2:30-3:30 p.m. at 2525 West End Ave. in the Sixth Floor Board Room.
  • Wednesday, Sept. 12, 1:30-2:30 p.m. at 2525 West End Ave. in the 11th Floor Stadium Conference Room.
  • Thursday, Sept. 13, noon-1 p.m. at 2525 West End Ave. in the Sixth Floor Board Room.

Please contact Lexie Lipham at Lexie.Lipham@vumc.org to RSVP.

 

2018 Community Engaged Research Grant Guidelines

 

2018 Partnership Development 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@vumc.org.