Research that Matters Faculty-Community Partner Grant Program:

The USF Office of Community Engagement and Partnerships’ (OCEP) Research That Matters Faculty–Community Partner Grant Program seeks to promote activities that involve partnerships between USF and the broader community. OCEP administers a small grant program to provide support for research that focuses on community identified issues, and is intended to support pilot work on a research project that has the potential for a long lasting impact and the possibility to draw funding from external sources.

To receive funding, proposed research must meet the following criteria: (1) include partnerships in the community; (2) demonstrate the potential to lead to longer-lasting community engaged activities; (3) include a rigorous and feasible research design; and (4) demonstrate the potential to receive external funding. OCEP welcomes and encourages applications from all disciplines and departments within USF. Click here to apply.

$1000 AT&T Scholarships for CAS Students:

Students from the College of Arts and Sciences who have participated in one or more community-based learning courses can apply for an AT&T scholarship. The contact for this program is Robin Jones (robinjones@usf.edu). For more information on the program, click here: AT&T Scholarship package.

Community-based Learning Expense Minigrant:

We are making funds available to service learning faculty to cover actual expenses incurred in teaching a service learning course.

• Amount: up to $500 plus an additional $250 stipend upon completion of the course and grant requirements
• Purpose: to cover actual expenses associated with development/implementation of a service learning course. Some examples: costs for travel to site or at USF; costs for background checks; supplies used in class; datasets needed for student projects; copying or printing costs for “deliverables.” These funds cannot be used for food.
• Eligibility: faculty (full or part time) and PhD students teaching service learning courses. All projects must have an indentified community partner whose support is indicated in a letter. Any applicants who have received previous grants from the OCE must be up to date on their reporting.
• Grants available: 5 each semester as long as budget permits. Deadline: Spring semester: November 15; Summer semester: March 15; Fall semester: May 1.
• To download the Mini-Grant Application Click Here: Service Learning Grant 2012

Please click here to contact us for further funding information

Outside Funding Opportunities

Academic-Community Partnership Conference Series (R13) Grant

The purpose of the Academic-Community Partnership Conference Series is to bring together academic institutions/organizations and community organizations to identify opportunities for addressing health disparities through the use of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR). The objectives of meetings conducted as part of this award will be to: (1) establish and/or enhance academic-community partnerships; (2) identify community-driven research priorities, and (3) develop long-term collaborative CBPR research agendas. Deadline is October 17, 2013. To find out more visit, click here.