Planning and Development Grants

NOW ACCEPTING PROPOSALS: PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT GRANTS FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECTS

CCREC is now accepting proposals for planning and development grants for projects that use collaborative methodologies to address the interrelated crises affecting the state of California.

DEADLINE: MARCH 21, 2012 at 5:00PM

You can view the application criteria and download the 2012 RFP below.  A link to the online application form is below.

Successful applications will:

• Have a UC Academic Senate faculty member or eligible UC researcher serve as PI;
• Be inter/multi-disciplinary and ethically grounded;
• Address at least two of the CCREC focal areas (economy, education, employment, environment, health, housing, and nutrition) in an integrated way, although preference will be given to projects that include attention to economic and employment issues;
• Include community-based and policy partners in substantive ways (letters of demonstrated support will be required to release funds);
• Provide a clear connection between the proposed research and significant policy and/or community change;
• Demonstrate continuous value-added benefits to the community;
• Make creative use of new media in research and public learning/deliberative activities, and in dissemination of results; and
• Identify potential funders for taking the project to scale.

We especially encourage:

• Projects that include more that one UC campus;
• Projects with a regional focus; and
• Projects that include a graduate student training component.

Find out more about the last year's awardees and their projects on our Funded Projects page or by clicking here.

Apply here.

Download the 2012 RFP below.