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Community and Stakeholder Research Resource Unit (CSRU)

Welcome to our Community Engagement Resource Portal—a comprehensive online hub designed to empower individuals, organizations, and community leaders with essential tools and knowledge. Here, you’ll find:

Essential training resources
Engaging video content
Numerous publications
Specialized tools for researchers
Current funding opportunities

Training Resources

Grant Writing 101

Gain insight into identifying funding opportunities, comprehending the NIH grant process, and crafting competitive grant applications. This resource provides practical guidance on research, training, and career development grants.

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Strategies of Community Engagement in Research

Researchers and community members are working to define a clear continuum for engagement in health research, ranging from limited input to active decision-making. Learn how to refine strategies for better measurement and comparison.

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The Community-Engaged Research Framework

Discover the Community-Engaged Research Framework—a model built on six core principles that empower researchers to meaningfully connect with communities, fostering authentic and impactful social and behavioral science research.

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Research Resources

Funding Opportunities

12 Grant Opportunities for Community Development Projects

Community development grants provide crucial funding to local organizations, enabling them to launch projects that tackle social, economic, and environmental challenges. These grants help foster stronger, more vibrant communities. Learn more.

Community-engaged Alliance: Community Engagement Grants and Programs

Financial support is a key benefit of partnership with CEA, including access to community engagement grants and exclusive funding for projects, research, and collaborative initiatives. Technical assistance is available throughout the application process, along with consultation and coaching during project implementation to ensure success. Learn more.

Partner with the Public: Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR)

Want to team up with community members to do research that they need? Apply for the opportunity to partner with a community member to co-build a study, receive $30K, and benefit from the guidance of CBPR experts at ITM-Illinois Tech. Ready to get involved? Learn more.

The American Occupational Therapy Foundation: Community Engaged Research Grant

The American Occupational Therapy Foundation (AOTF) Community Engaged Research Grant funds collaborative projects rooted in the priorities of diverse communities. By building partnerships, AOTF strengthens occupational therapy research to improve health and well-being for all. Learn more.

Triangle Community Foundation: Grant Opportunities

Triangle Community Foundation is made up of over 800 philanthropic funds which are used in a variety of ways to provide support for nonprofit organizations. Grants from the Foundation are made in two ways: from discretionary grant programs and through donor-advised grants. Learn more.

Community and Stakeholder Research Engagement Program (C&SE)

Providing services to support and facilitate collaboration among community members, representatives of community organizations, providers, investigators and research teams.

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Regulatory

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Sponsored Research

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Helpful Resources

Community and Stakeholder Research Resource Unit (CSRU)

Training Resources

Research Resources

Funding Opportunities

12 Grant Opportunities for Community Development Projects

Community-engaged Alliance: Community Engagement Grants and Programs

Partner with the Public: Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR)

The American Occupational Therapy Foundation: Community Engaged Research Grant

Triangle Community Foundation: Grant Opportunities

Publications

Community and Stakeholder Research Engagement Program (C&SE)

Regulatory

Quick Links

Sponsored Research

Quick Links

Helpful Resources

Community and Stakeholder Research Resource Unit (CSRU)​

Training Resources

Research Resources

Funding Opportunities

12 Grant Opportunities for Community Development Projects

Community-engaged Alliance: Community Engagement Grants and Programs

Partner with the Public: Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR)

The American Occupational Therapy Foundation: Community Engaged Research Grant

Triangle Community Foundation: Grant Opportunities

Publications

Community and Stakeholder Research Engagement Program (C&SE)

Community and Stakeholder Research Resource Unit (CSRU)