Community Engagement and Research

We help University of Massachusetts researchers and community leaders work together to improve health. We do this by helping them form equal partnerships for health research. This approach is called community engaged research.

Join us

• Annual Fall Symposium for researchers and community leaders to meet each other and begin to work together (Click for for Agenda, Slides, and Posters from past Symposia),
• Webinars on timely and relevant topics,
• Pilot and Special Project Funding to support community-engaged research,
• Listserv for regular updates, conversation, questions,
• Access to information at the Lamar Soutter Library,
• Links to Funding Opportunities, UMass Researchers, Community Partners, Education & Training, and Current Research Projects Across UMass from the left tabs on this page                  

Would you like a consultation? Click on the "Contact Us" box above and let us know how we can help. We can assist with:

• Finding partners
• Training in community engaged research
• Creating a participant recruitment & retention plan
• Creating an evaluation plan
• Using library, information, and knowledge management services
• Research study design