The application process for the 2024/25 cohort is now closed - information about our new cohort will be posted here soon!
CU Engage’s Graduate Fellowship in Community-Based Research helps train a generation of scholars in CBR practices/principles and prepares doctoral students for public scholarship careers. Emerging scholars are often forced to make a difficult choice – either engage in the community or do peer-reviewed research. The goal of this fellowship is to enable emerging scholars to build strong academic careers while working on public issues in partnership with community groups.
Applicants may propose a wide range of approaches to community based reasearch; preference will be given to projects that propose meaningful community engagement across the full research process.
Applicants must be in their 2nd-6th years during the 2024-25 academic year, and already have established a relationship with a community partner. The online application will open on February 21, 2024 and close on Friday, April 12, 2024 at 5pm.
We give priority to partnerships with people or organizations working with historically marginalized communities or projects that work to promote equity. Because we want to encourage graduate students to align CBR with their academic training and traditions, we are open to a range of types of projects. Although the language of community-based research tends to prioritize social science or citizen science methods, we welcome applications from the arts and humanities which characterize their research as creative work.