Table 2.

Researcher-identified benefits

Benefits	CTSI Opportunities
Researcher benefits:
Stakeholders ability to give input on decisions made around research goals and how they are applied and disseminated	Informed decision making on funding priorities Provide pilot funding to support and maintain partnerships
Increase ability to advocate for research that is meaningful to stakeholders and their organizations and communities	Support advocacy skills for investigators (i.e., local, regional and national policy)
Training students, and next generations of researchers to engage community stakeholders in science	Require community engagement training to all trainees in CTSA trainee programs (TL1, KL2, etc.)
Reduce skepticism in engaging stakeholders	Increase participation in community-engaged research by basic science researchers
Increase researchers’ ability to explain research in lay language to funders and policy makers	Communication training for researchers that includes lay people Provide informal opportunities for researchers to present work (i.e., Pint-of-Science, Nerd night, etc.) Provide opportunities for researchers to disseminate their research through articles in local newspapers and ethnic media, lay-language poster sessions
Discussions with patients and caregivers would lead to increased motivation for research	Development of scientific literacy training materials that are culturally and linguistically appropriate for such stakeholders
Increased ability to frame required dissemination plans for grants	Develop boiler-plate wording informed by stakeholders for use in grants and funding proposal
Researcher-identified stakeholder benefits:
Community representatives’ ability to give input on decisions made around research goals and how they applied and disseminated	Community-specific training on research methods and how to communicate issues faced by their communities (i.e., Community Faculty, etc.)
Reduce mistrust of the healthcare system and research in certain communities	Increased participation in research Better health outcomes for minority communities
Increase ability to advocate for research that is meaningful to stakeholders and their organizations and communities	Support venues for researchers to disseminate and distill research for presentation to policy makers in partnership with stakeholders
Inclusion of stakeholders and community organizations in required dissemination plans for grants	Assist with grant preparation to ensure appropriate funding for stakeholders and community partners Provide pilot funding to build and maintain partnerships