The Civic Engagement Research Fellowship Program provides three
fellowship opportunities for UB faculty members to advance their
community-based research and engaged scholarship that address
social and policy challenges. The research requires
collaboration with an external partner, and will confront issues
whose scope ranges from the local to the global.
Proposals are invited from UB full-time faculty members in the
spring semester for a fellowship for the following academic year
(July – June). Fellows will receive a maximum of $3,500 for
direct grant support for a specific research project and/or
external grant development and submission. Such grants are provided
to help defray direct costs only and support is limited to
research-related activities.
No more than one research fellowship will be awarded to any
department. To be considered, applications must be complete and
endorsed by the relevant department chair and dean.
Application information for 2013-14 fellowships will be
available in January 2013.
The Research Fellowship for
Grant Development is dedicated to supporting the preparation and
submission of external grant proposals for community-based research
projects.
Support of up to $3,500 helps defray direct costs only and is
limited to activities related to the development of external grants
including grant writing, hiring grant consultants, statistical or
other technical assistance necessary for a competitive proposal,
travel to visit potential funders (foundations, agencies), and
workshops or other activities to further the submission of
sponsored research proposals.
A Civic Engagement Research
Dissemination Fellowship of up to $3,500 for direct costs supports
efforts to disseminate the results of community-based research in
anticipation of not only advancing knowledge but also contributing
to making a difference in the lives of external constituencies and
potentially affecting policy and practice. For example, this
fellowship may be used to craft a dissemination plan to be included
in an external grant proposal; to rework a report or practice
recommendation into a scholarly publication; to prepare the
research results for use in non-academic publishing outlets, such
as policy reports; to present research findings to legislative
bodies and other policymaking groups; or to assist in developing a
plan with the community research partner to change current
practice.
Information about former fellowship recipients is available in
these UB Reporter Articles from August
2011, May
2010, and January
2010.
Questions and applications should be forwarded to: Laura Mangan,
Coordinator, Civic Engagement and Public Policy, at lmangan@buffalo.edu.
