The Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Funders Interest Group (FIG) is comprised of government funding agencies, philanthropies and other funders that are committed to advancing CBPR as a strategy for conducting rigorous research that builds community capacity and changes practices and policies that make a real difference in people’s lives. The FIG is expanding its membership to include other entities that wear hats as funders (e.g., university-based centers that provide seed grant funding for CBPR partnerships).
The CBPR FIG was formed in April 2007 to advance CBPR by fostering networking, shared learning and collaboration among funders in the U.S. and Canada who invest in CBPR. As defined by the Kellogg Health Scholars Program, CBPR is “a collaborative approach to research that equitably involves all partners in the research process and recognizes the unique strengths that each brings. CBPR begins with a research topic of importance to the community and has the aim of combining knowledge with action and achieving social change.” (www.cbprcurriculum.info). Community-Campus Partnerships for Health provides staff and technological support for the CBPR FIG. FIG membership is open to any funder in the U.S. or Canada that is interested or involved in funding CBPR. Membership is free and voluntary. A list or CBPR FIG member affiliations appears below.
The FIG meets quarterly by conference call and has occasional in-person meetings. To join the FIG, complete this 2011 quarterly call scheduling form, which also asks a few questions about the organization and the ways in which it supports CBPR:
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