Eligibility: Faculty at the level of assistant professor, associate professor, or professor with a minimum 51 percent FTE appointment from the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), or University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP). UMBC and UMCP applicants must include a UMB co-principal investigator (co-PI).
Budget: Up to $10,000 in direct costs for 12 months
Deadline to Apply: Monday, June 3, 2024, at 5 p.m. EST
Notice of Award: August 2024
The UMB Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) Community Engagement Research (CEnR) Voucher Award is specifically for developing a successful and sustainable community partnership(s) in the Maryland and/or District of Columbia (D.C.) area. The purpose of this award is to prepare for a future, competitive ICTR CEnR pilot grant proposal, or for other extramural CEnR-type grant applications.
Activities supported by the CEnR Voucher Award include the following:
- Developing a community-academic research partnership(s) infrastructure (e.g., advisory boards, partnership roles and responsibilities, policies and procedures, memorandums of understanding). Eligible community partners include nonprofits such as community service organizations, advocacy groups, neighborhood associations, faith-based organizations or coalitions, public agencies, and private organizations within the state of Maryland and District of Columbia.
- Facilitating formal and informal meetings for partners to identify shared goals, priorities, research interests, and sharing of resources and funding.
- Facilitating open dialogue and bidirectional learning around challenges and opportunities to address community health needs.
- Identifying community partner(s) to engage the community to help define the research question.
- Building research capacity for community partners (e.g., Institutional Review Board training, training on research design and methods, etc.)
- Building CEnR capacity for academic partners (e.g., principles of community engagement, 10-step framework, etc.)
- Identifying the needs of traditionally underserved or marginalized/minoritized populations.
For more information about this CEnR Voucher funding opportunity and how to apply, click here.
Contact the ICTR Navigator at ICTR-Navigator@umaryland.edu.