CURA provides grants and technical assistance to University of Minnesota faculty who carry out research projects that involve significant public policy issues in Minnesota, and that include interaction with community organizations or public agencies. CURA can help to:

• broker relationships between faculty and community partners
• frame a research question to facilitate engaged scholarship
• create connections with other faculty interested in applied or engaged research
• support interdisciplinary work (CURA is an all-University center)
• translate applied research for scholarly purposes
• mentor graduate students on applied research projects
• facilitate outreach to policy makers and other stakeholders on important public policy issues

Request Project Support

CURA houses several programs that support research by faculty at the University of Minnesota. For general inquiries, or to learn which program is most appropriate for your project, contact associate director Will Craig at wcraig@umn.edu or 612-625-3321.

Project Resources

• Guidelines for CURA Reporter articles
• CURA Identity Guidelines
• Get publicity for your CURA project
• Being a Faculty Mentor for a CURA research assistant

Research Resources

• Search for CURA publications and reports
• Search for CURA projects
• The CURA Reporter (CURA's quarterly report of research)