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CURA currently supports more than a dozen programs
that sponsor research projects related to urban and regional affairs in
Minnesota. Each program has a specific focus, as well as its own application
procedures and deadlines. Choose a link below for more information about
a particular program and the funding opportunities available.
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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):
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Community Assistantship Program (CAP)—Provides applied research assistance to community organizations, citizen groups, and government agencies in Greater Minnesota. Contact: William Craig, CAP program director, capcura@umn.edu, 612-625-3321
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Communiversity—Provides project support for nonprofit organizations or government agencies in Minnesota, with an emphasis on projects that serve diverse communities. Contact: Jeff Corn, CURA community program assistant, curacbr@umn.edu, 612-625-0744
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Neighborhood Planning for Community Revitalization (NPCR)—Provides research assistance for neighborhood organizations and community development corporations in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Twin Cities metro area suburbs. Contact: Kris Nelson, NPCR program director, ksn@umn.edu, 612-625-1020
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Center
for Community and Regional Research (CCRR)—Supports
cooperative research involving community agencies in northeastern
Minnesota and University of Minnesota at Duluth faculty and students.
Contact:
Larry Knopp, CCRR director, lknopp@d.umn.edu,
218-726-6246 |
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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. Contact: Humphrey Institute Admissions Office, admissions@hhh.umn.edu, 612-626-7229, www.hhh.umn.edu/admissions/financial_aid.html.
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CURA
Housing Forum—A monthly brown-bag discussion of
housing issues and research in the Twin Cities metropolitan area that
is free and open to the public. Contact:
Barbara Lukermann, CURA Housing
Forum director, blukermann@hhh.umn.edu,
612-625-4310 |
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Faculty
Interactive Research Program (FIRP)—Competitive
program that supports interactive public policy research between University
of Minnesota faculty and community organizations or government agencies
in Minnesota. Contact:
William Craig, CURA associate director,
wcraig@umn.edu, 612-625-3321 |
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Fesler-Lampert
Chair in Urban and Regional Affairs—Endowed chair
position that supports faculty work on projects related to urban and
regional affairs in Minnesota. Contact:
Thomas Scott, CURA director, scott001@umn.edu,
612-625-7340 |
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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. Contact: Kathie Doty, Hennepin County–University of Minnesota Liaison, kdoty@umn.edu, 612-625-4383 |
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Minneapolis
Neighborhood Information System (MNIS)—Provides
capacity-building and technical assistance for neighborhood organizations
using maps, geographic information systems (GIS) analysis, and City
of Minneapolis parcel-level data. Contact:
Jeffrey Matson, MNIS associate program
director, jmatson@umn.edu, 612-625-0081 |
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Minnesota Center for Neighborhood Organizations (MCNO)—Provides training for organizers and staff at neighborhood and community organizations in the Twin Cities metro area and Greater Minnesota. Contact: Jay Clark, MCNO program director, clark037@umn.edu, 612-625-2513 |
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Minnesota
Center for Survey Research (MCSR)—Provides survey
research and consultation services for University faculty and staff,
government agencies, and nonprofit organizations working on public
policy issues in Minnesota. Contact:
Rossana Armson, MCSR director, armso001@umn.edu,
612-627-4282 |
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Minnesota
3-D (M3D)—A GIS-based application that combines
labor market, housing, and development information and analysis to
support informed planning and community development decisions in the
Twin Cities metro area. Contact:
Jeffrey Matson, M3D associate program
director, jmatson@umn.edu, 612-625-0081 |
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Neighborhood Partnership Initiative (NPI)—Supports innovative, effective partnerships among neighborhood organizations and youth, immigrant, or arts organizations that increase involvement of immigrant, underrepresented, and youth constituencies in solving neighborhood problems and improving the community. Contact: Kris Nelson, ksn@umn.edu, 612-625-1020; Jay Clark, clark037@umn.edu, 612-625-2513; or Jeff Corn, curacbr@umn.edu, 612-625-0744. |
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New
Initiatives—Supports projects by faculty, community
groups, government agencies, or students that are unrelated to an
existing CURA program. Contact:
William Craig, CURA associate director,
wcraig@umn.edu, 612-625-3321 |
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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. Contact: Kris Nelson, ksn@umn.edu, 612-625-1020. |
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St.
Paul Community GIS Consortium—Provides data access,
technical assistance, educational and training opportunities, and
connections to partners and local universities (including the Ramsey
County GIS Users' Group) to member organizations. Contact:
Jeffrey Matson, jmatson@umn.edu,
612-625-0081 |
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University-Neighborhood
Network (UNN)—Provides course-based project support
for neighborhood revitalization organizations in Minneapolis and St.
Paul through Twin Cities colleges and universities. Contact:
Jeff Corn, CURA community program assistant,
unn@umn.edu, 612-625-0744 |
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Visiting
Scholar Program—Supports
visiting scholars working on projects concerning public policy in
Minnesota. Contact:
Thomas Scott, CURA director, scott001@umn.edu,
612-625-7340 |
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