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Institute for Society, Culture and Environment requests proposals for Community Participatory Health Research

From: Office of the Vice President for Research

ISCE requests proposals for Community Participatory Health Research

As government and private funding agencies are putting more and more emphasis on community engaged research, the Institute for Society, Culture and Environment (ISCE) invites grant applications from faculty to forge partnerships with health organizations and agencies, such as Carilion or departments of health or mental health services, in the development of social and behavioral health research projects. This grant program provides funding to stimulate collaborative partnerships between Virginia Tech faculty and community agencies to pursue pilot studies, feasibility studies, or other preliminary investigations that will initiate a larger line of research to impact human health.

Approximately five grants will be awarded, with no individual award exceeding $10,000. Proposals are welcome from any and all departments and programs at Virginia Tech. The principal investigator, however, must be a tenure-track or tenured faculty member in a college represented by the ISCE stakeholders (College Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, College of Science, Pamplin College of Business, or College of Architecture and Urban Studies. Proposals from interdisciplinary teams are encouraged.

Proposals are due by 5:00 p.m., December 1, 2009. Awards will be announced the following week. Direct questions to Karen A. Roberto, ISCE director, at kroberto@vt.edu or 231-7657, or Betsy McDonel Herr, senior research scientist with ISCE, bmcdherr@vt.edu; or 231-9250.

Detailed instructions are at www.isce.vt.edu in the News column.

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