Community Collaborative Grants Program

The Office of Community Engagement for Health (OCEH) annually awards pilot grants to community–university partnerships to stimulate new research in the area of community and population health. The pilot grants are also aimed at generating pilot data to allow new applications for extramural funding. Projects focused on issues in community and population health that involve both university and community-based researchers are eligible to receive pilot funding.

Application procedure: The current application cycle is open. The OCEH sponsored a pre-application workshop Monday, March 25, 2013. Download workshop materials, the partnership checklist, and Q&A. An optional letter of intent is due April 8, 2013 with full proposals due May 24, 2013.

Download the RFP. Please email ctsi@umn.edu if you have any difficulties with the submission process.

Link to the on-line application form in the CTSI portal https://ctsi.ahc.umn.edu/portal/

Log in with UMN x500 or set up a guest account to access the application. Please email ctsi@umn.edu with questions.

2012 Grantees

CHILD HEALTH COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH

Personalized Early Intervention Program for Children with Behavior Disorders
Michael Bloomquist, PhD, LP – School of Medicine, Psychiatry
Joel Oberstar, MD – PrairieCare

Somali, Latino & Hmong Radio Stories about Children
Chrisa Arcan, PhD, MPH – School of Public Health, Epidemiology and Community Health
Kathleen Culhane – Pera, MD and Shannon Pergament, MPH – SoLaHmo/West Side Community Health Services

Holistic Stress Reduction Program for Children
Marilyn Calvert and Andrea Hoeppner – Compass Center for Healing

Using OnLine Learning to Improve Forensic Interview Performance with Child Victims
Jean King, PhD – Organizational Leadership, Policy and Development/Evaluation Studies
Jennifer Anderson – CornerHouse

HEALTH DISPARITIES PILOT RESEARCH

Somali family and youth leadership intervention: pilot test
Cheryl Robertson, PhD, MPH, RN – School of Nursing
Sahra Noor and Bisharo Gardad – Somali Women’s Education Network

Understanding the medical and cultural contexts of diabetes self-management in a Latino population in rural Minnesota
Melissa Walls, PhD – School of Medicine, Duluth Campus
Jennifer Andrashko, Kent Cova-Suarez, and Jennifer Theneman – Open Door Health Center

SYSTEMS FOR HEALTH IMPROVEMENT COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH

Medical and financial impacts of cognitive screening in an elderly community population
Kamakshi Lakshminarayan, MD, PhD – School of Medicine, Neurology
Michael Rosenbloom, MD – HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research

Evaluation of mental health service delivery system for newly arriving refugees
Patricia Shannon, PhD – School of Social Work
Greg Vinson, PhD, MA - Centers for Victims of Torture

Does viewing 3D posture and center of gravity throughout posture modifying therapy improve patient experience?
Karen LaBat, PhD – Design, Housing and Apparel
Mark Wolf – Impact Physical Medicine

RURAL HEALTH COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH

Transforming Evidence-based Obesity Guidelines into Clinical Practice
Karen Monsen, PhD – Nursing
Kristin Erickson and Diane Thorson – Ottertail County Public Health

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