Component	Description
Purpose Stated in RFA	To build capacity and skills to conduct research in collaboration with academic researchers among CBOs interested in forming a research partnership with academic researchers affiliated with one of the BLINDED universities.
Funding	$30,000
Funding Period	Seventeen months
Proposal Elements	Background
	Experience and History
	Interest in Research
	Staff Capacity
	Job Creation/Retention
	Budget
Selection Criteria	Extent to which the community-specific need warrants the proposed project
	Organizational history, leadership needed to conduct project.
	Rationale for proposed approaches and realistic timeline for completion
	Realistic objectives that are connected to strategies and activities with specific ways to measure progress towards achievement
Faculty Involvement	Guidance on development and implementation of pilot project; Partner on writing grant proposal that builds on the pilot project.