CRC TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR APPLICANTS
Support and resources to help you build strong community-academic partnerships and navigate your CRC application with confidence.
Applying for Community Research Collaboration (CRC) funding? We’re here to help.
Whether you're applying for the first time or returning, our goal is to support strong, authentic partnerships between community organizations and academic researchers.
What Is a Community-Academic Partnership?
A strong CRC project brings together community and academic partners as equal collaborators. This takes time, effort, and a shared commitment to learning from one another.
- Teams must include:
- At least one community co-principal investigator (co-PI) from at least one community organization based in California
- At least one experienced academic co-PI based in California
- Community members
- Both the community and academic co-principal investigators (co-PIs) lead the project together.
- True collaboration means working together on:
- Defining the problem
- Writing the application
- Conducting research
- Analyzing and sharing results
- Projects must reflect broad community involvement throughout.
- Communication, mutual respect, and shared goals are key to successful partnerships.
What Makes a Strong CRC Application?
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