Programs at CURA

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 eligibility requirements, application procedures, and deadlines. Choose a link below for more information about a particular program and the funding opportunities or other assistance available.

Program	Description
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.
Charles R. Krusell Fellowship in Community Development	Provides fellowship and internship opportunities for disadvantaged or underrepresented students at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs who have a career interest in housing and community development issues.
Community Assistantship Program (CAP)	Provides applied research assistance to community organizations, citizen groups, and government agencies in Greater Minnesota.
Community Geographic Information Systems (CGIS)	Provides GIS data access, technical assistance, and educational and training opportunities to neighborhood groups, community organizations, and local government agencies in Minnesota.
Community Growth Planning Assistance Center (CGPAC)	CGPAC is on hiatus pending procurement of new program funding. If you are a Minnesota community looking for assistance with projects related to sustainability and livability, consider applying for assistance from the Resilient Communities Project.
Communiversity	Communiversity has been merged with the Kris Nelson Community-Based Research Program.
CURA Dissertation Research Grant	Provides one year of support to a doctoral candidate at the University of Minnesota to complete dissertation research on a significant issue or topic related to urban areas in the upper Midwest region.
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.
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.
Fesler-Lampert Chair in Urban and Regional Affairs	Endowed chair that supports the work of a University of Minnesota faculty member on a project related to urban and regional affairs in Minnesota.
Hennepin-University Partnership (HUP)	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.
Kris Nelson Community-Based Research Program	Provides research assistance for: community and neighborhood organizations in Minneapolis and St. Paul, and ommunity organizations and government agencies in Twin-Cities metro area suburbs.
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.
Neighborhood Partnership Initiative and Artist Neighborhood Partnership Initiative	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.
Resilient Communities Project (RCP)	The Resilient Communities Project builds community-university partnerships for sustainability by working with one city partner per year to facilitate faculty-supervised course-based projects that meet city-identified sustainability needs.
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.
University Metropolitan Consortium (UMC)	Links the centers, programs, faculty, and staff at the University engaged in teaching, research, and outreach concerned with understanding metropolitan change and development.

Center for Urban and Regional Affairs

Programs at CURA