Funding for undergraduates, faculty, and community partners interested in
Research Service-Learning projects was provided 2002-06 through a grant from
the U.S. Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary
Education (FIPSE).

See a list of Funded Projects here.

The Office of Service-Learning supported a limited number of community-based
research grants for the summer of 2007.

CBR grants were used to support research efforts with community partners, but
were not appropriate for providing direct advocacy support. Grants were used
to support community-based research courses and projects with the following
characteristics:

• The research question does not have a predetermined outcome but is open to
  evidence on all sides;
• Researchers will consider alternate hypotheses or viewpoints;
• Researchers will engage with and present ideas fairly and truthfully,
  including data, viewpoints, or interpretations contrary to their own;
• A successful research project will answer a question in a rigorous and nuanced
  fashion, even if the outcome is inconclusive or different from what the
  researcher, faculty member, or community partner anticipated.

For more information on our policy regarding the support of research versus
direct advocacy, please see the Draft of our policy statement.