Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA)

330 HHH Center
301 19th Ave S
Minneapolis,MN 55455
Phone: (612) 625-1551
Fax: (612) 626-0273
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CURA Programs/Grants for Community Initiated Projects

CURA Programs for Community-Initiated Projects The following CURA programs provide grants or technical assistance for community-initiated projects:
	CURA Community-Based Research Programs—CURA houses three programs that provide graduate or undergraduate student assistance for applied research projects, program planning and development, program evaluation, and other short-term projects (view application form): Community Assistantship Program (CAP)—applied research assistance for community-based nonprofits, citizen groups, and government agencies in Greater Minnesota Communiversity—support for community-based nonprofit organizations and agencies in Minnesota with a specific project need Neighborhood Planning for Community Revitalization (NPCR)—research assistance for neighborhood organizations and community development corporations in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Twin Cities suburbs
	Community Development Work Study Program—Provides fellowship and internship opportunities for disadvantaged or underrepresented students at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs who have a career interest in housing and community development issues.
	Hennepin–University Partnership—An initiative to make the connection between the state’s premier research institution and largest county more strategic, including collaboration on important community-based research, sharing of academic and practitioner expertise, and providing students with field experience.
	Minneapolis Neighborhood Information Systems (MNIS)—capacity-building and technical assistance for neighborhood organizations using maps, geographic information systems (GIS) analysis, and City of Minneapolis parcel-level data
	Northside Seed Grant (NSG)—Supports community organizations that operate programs serving residents of the Northside community by providing student research assistants and faculty researchers to carry out neighborhood-initiated and neighborhood-guided projects.
	Neighborhood Partnership Initiative (NPI)—Supports partnerships among neighborhood organizations and youth, immigrant, or arts organizations that increase involvement of immigrant, underrepresented, and youth constituencies in solving neighborhood problems
	University-Neighborhood Network (UNN)—course-based project support for neighborhood-based revitalization organizations in Minneapolis and St. Paul
	Minnesota Center for Neighborhood Organizations—training for organizers and staff at neighborhood and community organizations in the Twin Cities metro area and Greater Minnesota
	Minnesota Center for Survey Research (MCSR)—survey research and consultation services for government agencies and nonprofit organizations working on public policy issues in Minnesota
	Center for Community and Regional Research (CCRR)—support for cooperative research involving University of Minnesota at Duluth faculty and students, and community agencies in northeastern Minnesota
	New Initiatives—supports projects by community groups and government agencies that are unrelated to an existing CURA program

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