Tools & services for conducting research

Academic or Community Partnership Assistance

Helping researchers identify partners and foster relationships across academic and community settings

Community Reviewer Training Program Toolkit

This toolkit serves as a guide to the Community Reviewer Training Program (CRTP). CRTP provides community reviewers with training materials to help with the NIH grant review process. Building trust between researchers and underrepresented communities is crucial to improving research relevance, participation, and outcomes (National Institutes of Health, 2011). This is the goal of the community reviewer training program​.

Community-Based Study Design

Providing assistance in adapting traditional research methods to the community setting

Community-Engaged Research Support

Offering new pathways to address the health and social needs across communities in Southern California and beyond

COVID-19 Vaccine Access in the LGBTQIA Community Report

Developing a Community Advisory Board for Research Toolkit

This toolkit is intended to assist researchers in navigating the processes of developing and establishing a community advisory board (CAB) for their research studies. Practical tips and step-by-step guidelines are provided

Successful Research Recruitment: A Toolkit for a Community-Based Approach

This toolkit aims to develop greater capacity and success in research participant recruitment, particularly in the recruitment of underrepresented populations such as ethnic minorities

Toolkit for Developing Community Partnerships

This community partnership toolkit outlines the process and approach needed during every phase of community-engaged research including: relationship building, proposal development, project execution and dissemination