Innovations in Research Processes

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On this page you will find:

  • Insights into institutional barriers and solutions that impact collaborative and community-engaged research, including financial, ethical, and administrative challenges.
  • Strategies for building institutional capacity through organizational learning, improved infrastructure, and coordinated efforts to support equitable research partnerships.
  • Tools and guidance for navigating research processes, such as IRB considerations, partnership alignment, and frameworks for addressing power dynamics in community collaborations.

Current Efforts:

  • Collaborations with VCRO, IRB, & Committee on Research (COR) on public impact scholarship streamlining
  • OPHS FAQs for community engaged research
  • Efforts to streamline payments to external partners & “unique participants”

Community engagement and financial arrangements: Navigating institutional change | Journal of Clinical and Translational Science | Cambridge Core

by Linda Sprague Martinez, Riana C. Howard, Marieka Schotland, Rebecca Lobb, Tracy Battaglia, Susan Stone, Coco Auerswald, and Emily Ozer (November 16, 2023)

This paper in Journal of Clinical Translational Science examines financial arrangements between university researchers and community partners; and explores the efforts to bridge the gap between administrative barriers faced by researchers at UC-Berkeley and Boston University as two case examples of institutional change.

University’s absorptive capacity for collaborative research: examining challenges and opportunities for organizational learning to engage in research with community partners

by Moonhawk Kim, Valerie B. Shapiro, Emily Ozer, Susan Stone, Brian Villa, Marieka Schotland, and Colleen Kohashi (October 24, 2023)

This article highlights the importance of absorptive capacity in universities for effective collaborative research. Authors suggest recommendations and improvements in institutional learning and engagement.

Community-Engaged Research General Frequently Asked Questions

This FAQ, written in collaboration with our IRB, describes community engaged research and special challenges researchers may encounter.

Building Institutional Capacity for Engaged Research A Workshop | National Academies

hosted by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) (June 13-14, 2024)

This workshop from National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine highlights areas for coordination and capacity building to advance engaged research.