Funding for Faculty
Stanford University School of Medicine
Office of Community Health (OCH)
CTSA Seed Grants: Funding for Community-Academic Partnerships
Purpose: The CTSA Seed Grants Program has been established in order to expand Stanford’s capacity to engage in community-based research through strengthening collaborative partnerships with the local community.
- Stanford faculty with PI eligibility
- Funding must be used to form new community-based partnerships, enhance existing partnerships or support the development, implementation, or evaluation of a community-based research project in either San Mateo or Santa Clara Counties involving local health issues.
- Priority will be given to projects that have not been previously funded through OCH CTSA Seed Grants.
- It is expected that these early stage projects will lead to additional external support and be developed into longer term, collaborative, comprehensive research projects.
- Candidates must provide a letter of commitment (per the internal guidelines below) from the leadership of the community-based agency.
Program
The Office of Community Health is the home in the School of Medicine for informed, committed, and sustained community engagement in local health issues. Our mission is to develop community-responsive education, research, and clinical training programs aimed at building leaders in community health and improving and health of underserved populations. For more information on OCH, please see the following website: http://och.stanford.edu/
Through funding made possible by Stanford’s Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA), the OCH is offering funding to encourage community based research through collaborative relationships with community agencies such as community health centers, schools, county health departments and/or hospital systems or other local nonprofit community based organizations. The CTSA, funded by National Institutes of Health, is designed to assist medical centers to develop a transformative home for clinical and translational science through innovation, education and optimization of resources. The OCH oversees Stanford’s CTSA Community Engagement Program, which focuses on two primary aims:
- Develop and expand existing relationships with community-based agencies to foster development of a mutually-beneficial research agenda.
- Strengthen Stanford’s capacity to support community-based research.
Contact information
The 2013 funding cycle has not yet been announced. Please contact Jill Evans (jille@stanford.edu) with any questions about the Seed Grant Program.
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2010 CTSA Seed Grant Recipients
The Office of Community Health is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2010 CTSA Seed Grants. The Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA), funded by National Institutes of Health, is designed to assist medical centers to develop a transformative home for clinical and translational science through innovation, education and optimization of resources.
The CTSA Community Engagement Program aims to develop and expand existing relationships with community-based agencies to foster development of a mutually-beneficial research agenda. The Seed Grant Awards provide research project funding for faculty to engage in community-based research through strengthening collaborative partnerships with the local community.
The seed grant funding will be used to form new community-based partnerships, enhance existing partnerships or support the development, implementation or evaluation of a community-based research project.
This year’s award recipients include:
Lisa Chamberlain, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Elizabeth Barnert, MD, MS Pediatric Resident, School of Medicine, partnering with The Mind Body Awareness Project for: Evaluation of a one-day intensive mindfulness-based training program for incarcerated youth in San Mateo County.
LaVera M. Crawley, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, partnering with Circle of Care Program, East Bay Agency for Children for: Building Mutual Capacity for Community-Based Outcomes Research in Pediatric Bereavement.
Sun H. Kim, MD, MS, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, partnering with San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services for: Improving Metabolic Health in Patients with Severe Mental Illness.
Abby C. King, PhD, Professor of Health Research and Policy and Medicine, Acting Director, Stanford Prevention Research Center, School of Medicine and Christopher D. Gardner, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Stanford Prevention Research Center, School of Medicine, partnering with San Mateo County Health System and BRIDGE Housing Corporation for: Developing Community Participatory-Based Neighborhood Audit Tools to Promote Healthful Eating and Active Living in Local Counties.
Dee W. West, PhD Professor, Department of Health Research and Policy, School of Medicine and Bang Hai Nguyen, DrPH , Consulting Assistant Professor, Department of Health Research and Policy, School of Medicine, partnering with Community Health Partnership for: Sustaining Community-Academic Partnerships to Conduct Community-Based Participatory Research.
Congratulations to all of the Seed Grant Recipients!
