DID YOU KNOW?

New funding opportunity:
The Civic Innovation Challenge (CIVIC) is a multi-agency, federal government research and action competition that aims to fund ready-to-implement, research-based pilot projects that have the potential for scalable, sustainable, and transferable impact on community-identified priorities. Led and funded by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and the U.S. Department of Energy, and supported by MetroLab, CIVIC aims to flip the community-university dynamic, inviting communities to identify civic priorities ripe for innovation and to then partner with researchers to address those priorities. CIVIC is a 2-stage competition providing 6-month planning grants of $50k in Stage 1 with a downselection to full awards of $1 million over 12 months in Stage 2. 

Proposals can be submitted starting now until May 5, 2022. 
Proposals should focus on one of the following community-identified priorities: 1) Living in a changing climate or 2) Resource & service equity

Learn more here.

EVENTS

WHEN: Tuesday, February 22, at 3 pm ET / 2 pm CT / 12 pm PT

CHALLENGE: What are best practices for RPPs during times of transition or crisis? For example, how can partnerships work with and support school district partners as they deal with staff shortages and burnout during the pandemic? What are strengths and/or weaknesses of the RPP model during transition and crisis? We invite you to join us as we workshop this challenge together! (Members only.)   

ABOUT the workshop series:
We are testing out a new, regularly occurring workshop series where we take on RPP challenges and design possible solutions together. These workshops will allow us to draw from and continue to build collective knowledge as a community as we address common challenges we experience in our RPP work. Workshops will alternate monthly with member spotlights, where we will continue to hear from NNERPP members about their partnerships, research findings, and impact.