The Partnership Development and Joint Pilot Project Awards are now closed. Awardees will be announced in May.
About the Program
Launched in 2022, PolicyLab’s Community Partnerships in Research Program funds community-engaged research pilot grants. The program seeks to promote health equity in the Greater Philadelphia area by building and deepening community-academic partnerships for research targeting health improvements among children and their families.
Through two grant mechanisms, the program promotes capacity-building at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) for community-academic partnered research and the conduct of translational research using best practice in community-engaged research methods, while supporting the next generation of health equity researchers.
Two grant mechanisms are available in this program:
Partnership Development Awards provide seed funding to support activities related to the development of new or emerging community-academic research partnerships.
Joint Pilot Project Awards are geared towards established community-academic partnerships who seek funds for a well-defined research project that may produce preliminary data or programs for future competitive grant applications. Joint Pilot Project Awards will be supported for a maximum of $40,000 for up to two years (resource specifics subject to change).
The spring 2026 application period in now closed. Awardees will be announced in May.
How to Apply
Click here for additional information on this RFA.
To apply of the Partnership Development Award, click here. For the Joint Pilot Project Award application, click here.
Program Contacts
Dr. Meredith Matone, Director, MatoneM@chop.edu
Dr. Tanisha Belton, Program Manager, BeltonT@chop.edu
Dr. Jennifer Whittaker, Training Lead, WhittakerJ@chop.edu
About the Program
Launched in 2022, PolicyLab’s Community Partnerships in Research Program funds community-engaged research pilot grants. The program seeks to promote health equity in the Greater Philadelphia area by building and deepening community-academic partnerships for research targeting health improvements among children and their families.
Through two grant mechanisms, the program promotes capacity-building at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) for community-academic partnered research and the conduct of translational research using best practice in community-engaged research methods, while supporting the next generation of health equity researchers.
Two grant mechanisms are available in this program:
Partnership Development Awards provide seed funding to support activities related to the development of new or emerging community-academic research partnerships.
Joint Pilot Project Awards are geared towards established community-academic partnerships who seek funds for a well-defined research project that may produce preliminary data or programs for future competitive grant applications. Joint Pilot Project Awards will be supported for a maximum of $40,000 for up to two years (resource specifics subject to change).
Program Contacts
Dr. Meredith Matone, Director, MatoneM@chop.edu
Dr. Tanisha Belton, Program Manager, BeltonT@chop.edu
Dr. Jennifer Whittaker, Training Lead, WhittakerJ@chop.edu