Community Engaged Research Learning Opportunities
Successful community engaged research and creative practice crosses all disciplines. However, it requires specialized approaches, methodologies, practices, and skillsets. The INSPIRE! Community Engaged Research Program provides opportunities for WSU faculty members to learn from experienced practitioners and other experts in community engaged work through information sessions as well as a more intensive training through structured workshops.
Workshops
Workshops are offered at least once per year to support faculty pursuing community engaged research. These workshops will be beneficial to faculty with all levels of experience with community engagement but will be particularly geared toward those just beginning or seeking to begin a community engaged research program.
Grant Writing Fundamentals for Community Engaged Research
This four week course is designed for faculty in all disciplines involved in community engaged research or creative practice. The course consists of four 1.5 hour sessions, inclusive of a lecture, in-class discussion, take-home assignments, and in-class sharing and feedback on the take home assignments. Participants will be provided with planning and visioning tools, and copies of the lecture slides.
The course is limited to 15 faculty systemwide and will take place 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, February 27th – March 26th, 2024 (skipping the week of spring break). Applications were due November 3, 2023. Further workshop opportunities will be announced at a later date.
Information Sessions
Information sessions on a variety of topics relevant to community engaged research will be scheduled throughout the academic year. Past topics have included the CER seed grant program, engagement with Tribal communities, and community engaged research broadly. Keep an eye out for announcements on future sessions which will include discipline-specific conversations around community engagement and more!
Community Engaged Research Opportunities
In this panel session, WSU scholars and researchers discussed their practice of community engaged research and the INSPIRE! program was formally announced. A recording of this session is available.
Foundations of Community Engagement
Not sure where to start with community engagement? Staff from the WSU Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) present the basics, including how to identify and develop mutually beneficial relationships with community partners. The CCE maintains a database of 1000 community partners affiliated with Washington State University and can provide guidance in collaborating with partners to develop your community engaged research.
Community Engaged Research Seed Grants
Associate Vice President for Research Kim Christen introduces the new Community Engaged Research Program and seed grants available to faculty at WSU Pullman. Dr. Christen will discusses the whys and hows of community engaged research, the types of projects the grants are intended to fund, deadlines, and how to apply. This session will be of interest to faculty at WSU Pullman who do community engaged research or who are interested in getting started.
Preparing for Tribal Engagement in Research
Dr. Ken Lokensgard, Co-Director of the Center for Native American Research & Collaborations (Native American Programs/Office of Tribal Relations) provided an overview of the things you should consider before submitting research protocols, requests for letters of support and collaboration, and grant proposals that involve working with Tribal partners.
Leveraging the Power of Extension in Community-Engaged Research
Four experts from WSU Extension share a bit of what Extension does and ways that Extension can be a partner for community engaged research in Washington state.