Who Should Attend?

Academic-community partners who seek to deepen experience in collaborative health promotion and prevention research in order to advance public health and preventive approaches to decreasing adverse health outcomes such as suicide and releated individual, family, and social factors.

• Applicants must apply as a team of at least two (one researcher and a lead community member). These partners must have a demonstrable commitment to work together fully and equitably in leading research on health issues (e.g., exposure to violence, substance use, and others).
• A researcher is someone professionally engaged in scientific inquiry, such as a faculty member or an advanced trainee (post-docs, residents, etc.) at a university setting, or a qualified researcher within a non-govermental agency. Terminal degrees must be completed at the time of the application.
• A community member is a person affected by a condition/issue under study, or another stakeholder, including, but not limited to a health practitioner, but excluding someone whose primary professional affiliation is based at a university or another research institution.

The Third annual Institute advances the development of:

• Knowledge of approaches for preventing adverse health outcomes related to behavior and social factors such as suicide, violence, and lifestyle.
• Knowledge of approaches that consider individual, family, community, and system issues.
• Effective collaborative teams.
• Skills necessary for writing peer-reviewed grants to the NIH and other comparable funding agencies.

The Institute includes:

• Specialized focus sessions addressing health promotion and prevention in distinct populations, such as youth or victims of intimate partner violence.
• The opportunity to engage with national experts to advance concept papers and formulate future research proposals.

Application Process

Packets must include:

1. At least one letter of support for each team members written by a director, dean, or department chair.
2. A jointly authored three-page statement of collaborative research intent in concept paper form that includes:
• Names of partners, brief description of the partnership, basis of their interest in the training, how the training experience will advance the research goals of the partnership, and what is innovative about their proposed effort (1 page).
• Research context, research aims, study design, information about the study population, expertise of the research team, location and expected public health and policy relevance (2 pages).
3. Up-to-date Curriculum Vitae/Resume and applicant information sheets for each team member.

Applicants will be notified of a decision no later than January 5, 2010.