Resources for Publicly Engaged Research
UC Davis funding opportunities
This program supports scholars throughout their careers at UC Davis. The Environmental Faculty Fellows and Scholars Program builds a professional development and mentorship network of scholars engaged in collaborative and transformative environmental research. Applications due annually in Winter Quarter
Environmental Health Sciences Center Pilot Projects
The Pilot Projects Program helps researchers who are early-stage investigators in environmental health sciences, established investigators new to environmental health sciences, or established environmental health sciences investigators exploring substantially new research directions in a field relevant to environmental health sciences All proposals to the EHSC Pilot Projects Program must include a plan for community engagement. .Applications due annually in Fall Quarter
Provost’s Faculty Development Program
The Faculty Development Program is designed to encourage further scholarly attainment by faculty members whose heavy involvement in service has reduced their time from their research specialty. Call annually in Fall Quarter
Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety Small Grant Program
The overarching goal of the WCAHS Small Grant Program is to encourage the development of creative research projects while nurturing researchers—particularly early-career researchers—interested in improving agricultural health and safety for the Western U.S. Projects that include collaboration with cooperative extension farm advisors or farm labor contractors and/or those that result in industry, community, and/or policy outputs are encouraged. Applications due annually, first week of September.
External Opportunities
International Association for Research on Service-Learning & Community Engagement (IARSLCE) Awards and Recognitions
In recognition of exemplary contributions through research on service-learning and community engagement, IARSLCE honors those whose research contributes significantly to the understanding and advancing community engagement, across all approaches and all educational sectors.
Nominations are due annually in September
HuMetricsHSS Initiative Community Fellowship
HuMetricsHSS Community Fellows are individuals who are engaged in transforming academic culture at their own institutions, whether by rethinking what forms of scholarship “count,” considering how indicators and metrics might be informed by values, or engaging their communities in values-inflected ways.
Proposals are due annually in October
The John P. McGovern Science and Society Award
The McGovern Award has recognized achievement by a scientist or engineer that transcends their career as a researcher. Past recipients of this award represent a broad spectrum of individuals whose varied activities supported research, the communication of science, and the impact of science on society.
Nominations are due annually in January
Whiting Public Engagement Programs
The Whiting Public Engagement Programs, including the Public Engagement Fellowship and the Public Engagement Seed Grant, celebrate and empower humanities faculty who embrace public engagement as part of their scholarly vocation.
Nominations are due from institutions annually in Spring
Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Awards
The W. K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Award and C. Peter Magrath Community Engagement Scholarship Award recognize four-year public universities that have made exemplary strides to become more closely and productively engaged with communities through their teaching/learning, discovery, and service activities. Check website for annual call for nominations
C. Peter Magrath Community Engagement Scholarship Award
Since 2006, the APLU C. Peter Magrath Community Engagement Scholarship Award has provided national recognition for public universities' outstanding community-university engagement work. The Magrath Award winner is chosen from one of four regional winners of the Kellogg Community Engagement Awards, which are presented each fall during the ESC Annual Conference.
Nominations are submitted by institutions each spring, for regional competition.
Conferences and Associations
Association of Public and Land Grant Institutions (APLU) Annual Meeting
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) is a research, policy, and advocacy organization dedicated to strengthening and advancing the work of public universities. APLU's 244 members span across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, four U.S. territories, Canada, and Mexico. During the meeting, APLU names a new board of directors, announces winners of its four institutional awards, hosted 5 keynotes and nearly 20 interactive concurrent sessions.
Campus Compact
Campus Compact is a national coalition of more than 1,000 colleges and universities committed to the public purposes of higher education and building democracy through civic education and community development.
Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities
The Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU) is an international coalition of colleges and universities that share common understandings of their institutional missions and values. CUMU serves and connects the world’s urban and metropolitan universities and their partners.
Engaged Scholarship Consortium Annual Meeting
The Engagement Scholarship Consortium (ESC), a non-profit educational organization, is composed of higher education member institutions, a mix of state-public and private institutions. Our goal is to work collaboratively to build strong university-community partnerships anchored in the rigor of scholarship, and designed to help build community capacity. Attracting more than 300 participants and offering more than 70 sessions, the meeting established that there was broad interest in the subject matter and set the stage for an annual conference.
Imagining America National Gathering
The Imagining America National Gathering is an annual convening of public scholars, artists, designers, students, and cultural organizers who are addressing the most pressing issues of our time. The gathering offers participants a three-day immersive experience in which to connect, dialogue, learn, and strategize around the ways to build new knowledge and inspire collective imagination towards transformative education and action.
International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE) Research Conference
The annual IARSLCE conference is a scholarly venue to disseminate new knowledge on service-learning and community engagement. The focus of presentations, symposia, and keynotes is on research incorporating a variety of theoretical methodologies and perspectives. The conference also serves as a gathering place for networking and association business meetings for members.
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference
The UC Davis Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Conference, hosted by the Center for Educational Effectiveness, is dedicated to celebrating and sharing the work of UC Davis’ growing community of scholarly educators. Together we will share research, ideas, practices and resources for evidence-supported teaching innovation at our university.