We have a variety of opportunities to share this summer and hope you will find them of value to your work. View our Summer Community-Academic Research Network Newsletter by clicking on this link!  

You may also view archived newsletters on our CAR-Network Newsletters page.

Six new funding opportunities from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offer a variety of stakeholders — including public health departments, community coalitions, school districts, local housing and transportation authorities, American Indian tribes, national and community based organizations — the opportunity to build healthier communities with federal support. Potential applicants will need to demonstrate strong partnerships and the capacity to engage local organizations. Letters of intent for three of the programs are due June 5 or June 6 (typically LOIs are not scored), with full applications to follow by July 22 and 23rd.

The Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center (Detroit URC) is pleased to announce the 4th round of scholarships to attend the summer short course entitled, "Methods in Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) for Health". 

Starting July 14, 2014 a team of ten trainers (5 university researchers and 5 Detroit-based partners) will provide a week-long training on collaborative research through the Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology based at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Employees from Detroit community-based organizations and Detroit-based health services organizations are eligible to apply for scholarships to attend the session (non-credit seeking only).

There will be 2 scholarships awarded to individuals who are interested in building their organization's capacity to engage in collaborative research. The application form and additional details about the program are available on our CBPR Scholarships webpage.

Application Deadline: Extended to May 30, 2014
Anticipated notice of award: June 6, 2014
Application Form

We look forward to receiving your submission!

This spring edition includes a variety of relevent events, resources and funding opportunities. We highlight the new collaborative research initiatives taking place in Detroit and congratulate the 4th round of Small Planning Grant recipients. We also invite CAR-Network memebrs to share feedback about any new connections they have made over the past year, or ways that we might better facilitate collaboration. View this and other archived newsletters on our CAR-Network Newsletters page.