The Carnegie Foundation defines community engagement as a “collaboration between institutions of higher education and their larger communities (local, regional/state, national, global) for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity.”
Community-engaged research centers on deep partnerships between academics and community members committed to addressing issues impacting local populations. Community is seen as more than just research subjects. It is recognized for the context and expertise it brings to the project.
Programs offered by the Confluence Collaborative that support and celebrate community-engaged research include:
| Research Affinity Networks | |
| Research consultations | |
| Proposal Development Cohort Program | |
| The William H. Danforth Confluence Award | |
| Research pilot funding | |
| Letters of support (grant applications, promotion and tenure, etc.) |
For more information about our community-engaged research support, please email Erica Bumpers:
The whole idea of community-engaged research, particularly at the level of what we call “community-based participatory” or “community action research,” is that notion of community benefit. That’s really what we want to facilitate.
Vetta Sanders-Thompson, PhD, Brown School