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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: Jeff Corn, CURA community program assistant, curacbr@umn.edu, 612-625-0744
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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 Partnerships for Community Research (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:
Olaf Kuhlke, CCRR director, okuhlke@d.umn.edu,
218-726-7331 |
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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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Community Geographic Information Systems (CGIS) Program—Provides GIS data access, technical assistance, and educational and training opportunities to neighborhood groups, community organizations, and local government agencies in Minnesota. Contact: Jeff Matson, CGIS program coordinator, jmatson@umn.edu, 612-625-0081. |
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Community Growth Options (U-CGO)—Provides applied research assistance to local governments in developing communities on the edge of the Twin Cities metropolitan area, with the goal of helping these communities manage growth in ways that make development more sustainable, more environmentally responsive, and more economically efficient. Contact: Mike Greco, U-CGO program coordinator, cgo@umn.edu, 612-625-7501. |
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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:
Kris Nelson, ksn@umn.edu, 612-625-1020 |
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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:
Ed Goetz, CURA director,
egoetz@umn.edu, 612-624-8737 |
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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:
Ed Goetz, CURA director, egoetz@umn.edu,
612-624-8737 |
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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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Minnesota Center for Neighborhood Organizing (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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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:
Ed Goetz, CURA director,
egoetz@umn.edu, 612-624-8737 |
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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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Sustainable Development Research Opportunity Program (SDROP)—Supports cooperative research on sustainable development projects involving communities in northeastern Minnesota and University of Minnesota at Duluth students. Contact: SDROP program directors.
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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:
Ed Goetz, CURA director, egoetz@umn.edu,
612-624-8737 |
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