A Community Translational Research Pilot Grants Program to Facilitate Community-Academic Partnerships: Lessons From Colorado's Clinical Translational Science Awards

National growth in translational research has increased the need for practical tools to improve how academic institutions engage communities in research. One used by the Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CCTSI) to target investments in community-based translational research on...

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Published in:Progress in community health partnerships 2012, Vol.6 (3), p.381-387
Main Authors: Main, Deborah S, Felzien, Maret C, Magid, David J, Calonge, B. Ned, O'Brien, Ruth A, Kempe, Allison, Nearing, Kathryn
Format: Article
Language:English
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Awards and Prizes
Capacity development
Colorado
Committees
Community involvement
Community-Based Participatory Research - organization & administration
Community-Institutional Relations
Conferences
Councils
Grants
Humans
Meetings
Partnerships
Pilot Projects
R&D
Research & development
Research projects
Science
Translational Medical Research - organization & administration
Universities - organization & administration
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Summary:National growth in translational research has increased the need for practical tools to improve how academic institutions engage communities in research. One used by the Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CCTSI) to target investments in community-based translational research on health disparities is a Community Engagement (CE) Pilot Grants program. Innovative in design, the program accepts proposals from either community or academic applicants, requires that at least half of requested grant funds go to the community partner, and offers two funding tracks: One to develop new community-academic partnerships (up to $10,000), the other to strengthen existing partnerships through community translational research projects (up to $30,000). We have seen early success in both traditional and capacity building metrics: the initial investment of $272,742 in our first cycle led to over $2.8 million dollars in additional grant funding, with grantees reporting strengthening capacity of their community- academic partnerships and the rigor and relevance of their research.
ISSN:1557-0541
1557-055X
1557-055X
DOI:10.1353/cpr.2012.0036