Community-Engaged Research and Creative Activity Grants

The collaborative methods that are central to community-engaged scholarship and other forms of creative activity, including participatory action research, frequently require time and resources beyond the normal scope of traditional academic research.

Recognizing this, the CCE is pleased to offer a small grants program to support the development, production, and dissemination of community-engaged scholarship undertaken by UR faculty in conjunction with community collaborators in the Greater Richmond region. This grant can be used to support collaboration at all stages of a community-engaged research project.

Potential uses include:

• serving as a seed grant to solidify partnershipsand/or research planning and to form the basis of future grant proposals;
• augmenting partnership and engagement activities within a current research program, including by compensating community collaborators, funding space or material rental, etc.;
• supporting the production of scholarly and creative artifactsemerging from the collaboration; these may take a variety of forms depending on the nature and purpose of the project;
• and supporting the public dissemination of scholarly and creative products in a variety of venues, again depending on the nature and purpose of the project. NOTE: funds for community partner participation in conference presentations is available via the CCE’s Faculty Conference Grants.

Regardless of the stage of work this grant is supporting, the proposed grant must reflect our definition of community-engaged scholarship and must specifically reflect engagement with the expertise of community collaborators. The CCE encourages the use of this grant as supplement to existing funding sources, either internal or external; however, if that is the case, it must be used for a portion of the work not explicitly otherwise funded. 

Funds must be used within one calendar year of accepting the award.