Research and Creative Work

The research and creative work grant is open to faculty and students whose work reflects community-engaged collaborations or projects that create symbiotic relationships and promote innovative, creative, and critical approaches to addressing real world challenges and/or advancing unique opportunities for communities and cities. 

Award:
Faculty — Up to $7,500
Students — Up to $3,500

Eligibility: Open to all AAP faculty and students.

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Convenings

The convenings grant is for faculty to bring together community partners and internal or external collaborators working on community-engaged projects to share learnings and practices that have evolved over the course of their collaborations. The grant is meant to provide partial funding for community partner participation for community-engaged symposia, lectures, and other platforms.

Award: Up to $2,500

Eligibility: Open to all AAP faculty.

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Curricular Innovation

The curricular innovation grant supports faculty and academic leadership in developing and implementing engaged, innovative curricular initiatives or course-based developments that could be stand-alone or integrated and sustained over time. These could include new courses, course enhancements, publications, or platforms that contribute to community engagement or engaged learning. The grant can be used toward an existing or proposed departmental course or for new cross-departmental, cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Award: $8,000–$12,000

Eligibility: Open to department chairs and faculty.

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