TCRC Program Highlights
The Tisch College Community Research Center occasionally announces requests for proposals, supports community meetings, and promotes research conducted by our steering committee members, partners, and grantees. Here are some recent news and announcements from TCRC:
2023
2023 Tisch Community Research Forum: Identity, Impact, and Innovation
May 3, 2023 in the Lantern Room, Joyce Cummings Center, 9:30 am - 12 noon (breakfast at 9 am)
Valuable and trailblazing community research is happening all around us, across all Tufts campuses and in collaboration with wide range of community partners. To celebrate and learn from this, the Tisch College Community Research Center (TCRC), Tisch College Student Programs, and the Tisch Office of Community Partnerships invite students and community partners to share their community-centered research at the second annual Tisch Community Research Forum. The 2023 Tisch Community Research Forum theme: Identity, Impact, and Innovation.
The forum is an opportunity to share and learn from a wide range of community research. Community-centered research advances our collective learning towards an inclusive democracy and multiracial society through co-creating new knowledge. As we wrestle with ongoing questions around researcher positionality, new ideas, and different kinds of community outcomes, we invite Tufts students and community partners to share research that extends our thinking about the role of identity, innovation, and impact - open to all disciplines, fields, and communities.
A keynote panel will kick off our thinking on “Identity, Impact, and Innovation,” followed by concurrent sessions (research presentations and roundtable discussions). Participants can also share visual representations of their research through posters in the hall. All are welcome to attend. Lunch will be provided. The deadline for presentation and discussion proposals: March 31, 2023, 11:59 pm.
2022
The Tisch College Community Research Center (TCRC) shares three new Seed Research Grants in 2022-2023
These awards, totaling $36,000, support innovative community-university research collaborations across multiple Tufts departments and Chinatown, Somerville, Roxbury, and other communities. This year’s Seed Research Grants propel a broad range of initiatives that raise our local understanding and visibility of Brazilian art, assist research for a BIPOC-focused worker co-operative program, and address the urgent need for culturally responsive mental health services in Greater Boston. Learn more about the Seed Research Grant recipients.
2021-2022 TCRC Seed Grant supports archival research and exhibition:
Endurance Streets (堅韌的街道) Resilience and Response in Boston’s Chinese Community
Request for Proposals: 2022 TCRC Student Research Grants
The student RFP for microgrants has closed.
This RFP solicits requests for micro-grants to support community-engaged student research. Undergraduate and graduate students at Tufts from all disciplines are welcome to apply. View the request for proposals.
TCRC Seed Grant Program Accepting Applications
The Tisch College Community Research Center at Tufts (TCRC) has a round of seed funding available for faculty-community research. This is open to Tufts faculty and their community partners in any discipline, with awards up to $12,000. Application deadline: Friday, April 29, 2022, 5:00 PM EST.
More information about the grant opportunity and apply: Seed grant application
View sample of previously funded projects.
Please contact Elaine Donnelly with any questions.
Tisch Community Research Forum
Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2022 Tisch Community Research Forum on April 1!
The first annual TCRC Community Research Forum highlighted a selection from the diverse range of student-community collaborative research across the university. With a keynote on community-engaged research with local partners, the forum hosted concurrent sessions for students and community partners to discuss their collaborative work and highlight research experiences across academic fields at Tufts. Watch recordings of the sessions here:
- Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on the Health of Brazilian Immigrants with Jen Allen (Community Health), Heloisa Galvão (Brazilian Women’s Group), and partners.
- Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center and Culturally Responsive Social Services in Quincy, MA
- Defining Resiliency in Dorchester: A Climate Action Research Project to Understand Vietnamese American Residents’ Relationship with Climate Change with Hoai Thuong Tran
- Examining the Experiences of Progressive Political Campaign Workers with Gabriella Cantor
- Filipina American Women's Experiences & Attitudes Towards Seeking Mental Health Help During College with Florence Almeda
- Immigrant Experiences in Somerville during COVID-19: Lessons from a Community-Academic Research Partnership with the Welcome Project.
More information about the concurrent sessions.
Student Microgrants 2022: Request for Proposals
Students engaged in community research are invited to submit proposals for microgrant funding (rolling proposal deadline through June 6, 2022) for 2022 summer/fall projects with community partners. Please see the Request for Proposals and apply here.
2021
December 2021
New research opportunity for undergraduate students to work with the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center and TCRC, as well as reaching out to organizations in Quincy, the city with the highest percentage of Asian and Asian Americans in MA.
As part of the student cohort, you will gain first-hand research experience over the spring semester (Jan – May 2022). Prospective students should have a desire to engage with community organizations and an interest in community research. First generation, BIPOC, and low-income students are encouraged to apply for this position, as are any students with an interest or knowledge regarding the Quincy community. More information about applying can be found via Handshake.
Please contact Awes Hassan, AmeriCorps VISTA with any questions.
October 2021
Linking Storytelling to Community Research and Action: A student discussion
You have heard many stories today and yesterday. What about storytelling to foster community action for tomorrow? As a collaborative approach that involves reflexivity and reciprocity, storytelling is an emerging community-engaged research method. Michelle de Leon and Leanne Loo will explore the relationship between storytelling and action that is collaborative. They will share their experiences with Chinatown and the Passamaquoddy Tribe that emphasize the link between storytelling, action, and justice. The presenters’ goal is to share a renewed view of storytelling. Join the virtual event on Friday, October 22 at 11:00 a.m. EDT.
Michelle de Leon (she/her) is a master’s student in Ecology and Environmental Sciences and participant in the National Science Foundation Research Traineeship on Enhancing Conservation Science. She is interested in social-ecological systems, community resilience, and collaborative approaches to science. Leanne Loo (she/her) studies Anthropology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; and Public Health at Tufts University. Her research and organizing are centered in abolition, decolonial feminisms, and transnational solidarity. She is broadly interested in how power operates and how narratives are produced, reproduced, and silenced, with specific attention to imperializing narratives of disease and contagion.
Acknowledgements: This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1828466. The storytelling presentation is supported by the Tisch College Community Research Center and Tufts Office of Scholar Development.
August 2021 - Tisch College Community Research Center Awards New Seed Grants
Three new 2021-2022 Seed Grants totaling nearly $36,000 will support environmental justice, community wellbeing, and local archival research and bring together community partners from Boston’s Roxbury and Chinatown neighborhoods, Somerville, and Medford, with Tufts faculty from Public Health and Nutrition, Urban and Environmental Planning and Policy, Engineering, and Public Humanities. Read more.
March 2021 - Student Microgrants - Request for Proposals
Students engaged in community research are invited to submit proposals for microgrant funding (rolling proposal deadline through June 1, 2021) for 2021 projects with community partners. See the RFP and apply here. Note: Application period closed.
March 2021 - SEED Grant Program Accepting Proposals
The 2021-2022 SEED grant request for proposals is now accepting applications until April 30, 2021. These one-year seed grants are awarded to Tufts and community partner research teams who are collaboratively investigating critical community concerns, leveraging participatory and action research approaches. Find more information here, apply at this link, or contact TCRC Director, Elaine Donnelly. Note: Application period closed.
2014 - 2020
September 2020 - Tisch College Community Research Center Awards Student Grants
Three students received a total of $900 to support valuable research with implications for local communities. Read more.
February 2020 - Student Grant Opportunity for Community-Based Research - Request for Proposals
The Tisch College Community Research Center is currently requesting proposals for microgrant awards of $100-$300 each. All undergraduate and graduate students at Tufts are eligible to propose a community-based research project for consideration. There is a rolling deadline until May 1, 2020, 5:00 p.m. EST. Early application is recommended, as there is a limited amount of funding for proposals available. Note: Application period closed.
March 2019 - TCRC Releases RFP to Fund Community-Based Participatory Research
The Tisch College Community Research Center is now accepting proposals. Awards of up to $12,000 per project are available. All specifications, requirements, and application materials are available here. Note: Application period closed.
October 2018 - TCRC Requests Proposals
The Tisch College Community Research Center is currently requesting proposals for microgrant awards of $100-$300 each. Proposals are due by November 10 at 5:00 p.m. Note: Application period closed.
March 2018 - TCRC Releases RFP to Fund Community-Based Participatory Research
The Tisch College Community Research Center is now accepting proposals. Two awards totaling up to $20,000 are available ($12,000 maximum per project). Note: Application period closed.
December 2017 - TCRC Awards $18,000 for Community-Based Public Health Research
TCRC announced that it will fund two projects in 2018: one in conjunction with Asian Women for Health and one in partnership with the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center. Read more about the funded initiatives on Tufts Now and on The Tufts Daily.
October 2017 - TCRC Requests Proposals
The Tisch College Community Research Center is now accepting proposals for its main 2017-2018 research grants. Up to two awards and a total of $18,000 are available. Note: Application period closed.
February 2017 - Tufts Announces Recipients of 2017 TCRC Grants
In a news release, Tufts University highlighted the Tisch College Community Research Center's support for two important community initiatives: Shape Up Somerville and and Medford Conversations. Read more about the funded initiatives.
January 2017 - New RFP for Student Research
The TCRC has released a request for proposals that solicits applications for micro-grants to support community-engaged student research. Note: Application period closed.
September 2016 - TCRC Requests Proposals
The Tisch College Community Research Center is now accepting proposals for its main 2016-2017 research grants. Two awards of up to $15,000 per proposal will are available. Note: Application period closed.
May 2015 - Community Dialogue on Gentrification
The TCRC’s Community Impact Committee hosted a dialogue on gentrification in Somerville, bringing together various scholars and community leaders to share their perspectives on this complex issue.
October 2014 - Four Tufts Faculty Members Join the TCRC Steering Committee
The Tisch College Community Research Center is excited to welcome four new members to our Steering Committee:
- Sara Folta, Friedman School of Nutrition
- Nicole Holland, School of Dental Medicine
- Alex Blanchette, Department of Anthropology
- Cora Roelofs, Department of Community Health
October 2014 - TCRC Requests Proposals
The Tisch College Community Research Center is now accepting proposals for its main 2016-2017 research grants. Two awards of up to $15,000 per proposal will are available. Note: Application period closed.
May 2014 - New Course in Community-Based Research
The course is titled “Community-Based Research in Urban Borderzones” and will be co-taught by Deborah Pacini Hernández and Cathy Stanton.
January 2014 - TCRC Featured in the Tufts Daily
Tufts University's student newspaper recently published two articles highlighting the TCRC's support for community research: