Effective Engagement | Additional Resources to Support Partnership | Applicants’ Qualifications and Readiness |
Demonstrate how research will focus on issues of significance to communities. | Potentially include the use of subgrants awarded to pay for community-based organizations or community members’ participation. | Provide evidence of community support. |
Discuss how communities can effectively participate in the design and performance of the research project. | Describe data-sharing plan with community. | Describe personnel expertise and experience or past interactions with other organizations. |
Describe the results expected to be achieved through community involvement and the potential benefits to the communities and other stakeholders. | Articulate plan for the dissemination of research findings. | Demonstrate the ability to engage community of concern in implementing culturally relevant strategies (e.g., tribal knowledge). |
Identify the role of community members. | Include resources for partnership development, such as a Community Outreach and Translation Core. | |
Show how the research will enhance the capacity of the community. | ||
Describe the procedures in place for defining the community, obtaining its involvement in the research, and establishing and maintaining trust.a |
Reflects Environmental Protection Agency human subjects research template language.