2019 Fellow Applications

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Fellowships for the 2019-2020 academic year are open. Get the full RFP here.

Applications are due October 15th.

CoRPI offers support for research projects at various stages of development. Exploratory projects seek to develop an idea or get a program off the ground. CoRPI can help the move toward funding for a project that has not been implemented before. Developing projects might have an existing research program that is not community-focused, or might be conceptually community focused but lacks partnerships. For these types of projects, CoRPI will help to make matches with community members, establish new partnerships, find new sources of funding, or add a community-engaged component to an existing research project. CoRPI can also help Established researchers move an existing community-engaged research project to the next level and secure major grants from national and international funders.

CoRPI Fellows will receive:

  • One course release ($6,000)
  • Grant writing assistance including targeted grant submission, peer review, writing, and editing help
  • Project development support
  • $2000 stipend to put toward faculty mentoring program

Review Process and Selection Criteria

We highly encourage applicants to discuss their research proposal ideas with the CoRPI Director or Associate Director prior to submitting an application.

Proposals will be reviewed by CoRPI officers and affiliated faculty. Applications will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

  • Clarity of the application and description of the research program that is free of jargon and understandable by a general audience of readers
  • Clarity of the goals and specific aims of the research
  • Relevance of the aims to community-engaged research and learning • Scholarly merit, feasibility, and/or innovativeness of the research approach and methods
  • Experience and expertise of the investigators to carry out the research with clear expectations of the time and resources available • Clear and achievable work plan for submitting external grant applications
  • Dissemination plan that is appropriate to the audiences for whom the research is most relevant

Proposal Guidelines

  1. Cover Page that includes:
    • Research title
    • Name of research team member(s) and their department(s) and college(s)
    • Date of submission
    • Abstract/summary: executive summary of the proposal that briefly describes the goals, specific aims and approach, potential benefit of findings to research/scholarship, and/or communities
  2. Letter of Support from the Department Chair that includes language that, if awarded, course release time will be accommodated by the department.
  3. Letter of Collaboration from the community partner(s) describing the role that the partner expects to play in the collaboration.
  4. Narrative that should not exceed more than five single-spaced pages with Times New Roman, 12 pt font and 1” margins. The narrative should include the following:
    • Introduction: Provide an overview of the research project that includes how developed the project is (exploratory, developing, or established), the problem(s) it seeks to address, a statement on the intellectual merit and the broader impacts or potential of the project, and the overarching goals of the research.
    • Community Partner: Describe the community partner, their role, and key members of the partner organization and their roles in the project.
    • Aims: Describe the specific aims of the project and the relevance of the aims to both disciplinary knowledge and other public or community-oriented purposes.
    • Methodology: Provide the methods and analytical approaches that will be used to achieve the aims.
    • Communication/Dissemination: Summarize the audiences for whom this research is most relevant.
    • Funding: if known, the grants/funders that will be targeted.
  5. Narrative bio or CV of each scholar/investigator comprising the team.