Eligibility

The foundation supports practitioner-researchers and action-researchers working to strengthen practice and assess results of practice in a number of areas. Eligible participants include practitioners employed in:

• Education (preK-12 and community colleges)
• Community-based non-profit child, family & youth service organizations
• Community-based non-profit health care clinics
• Community-based or school-based youth participatory action research (YPAR) initiatives

Also eligible are:

• Community-based and neighborhood initiatives involving collaborative action research and/or participatory research in which community members are co-equals with professional practitioners in a collaborative effort to address a community or neighborhood issue.

Priority: The Foundation wishes to focus its efforts on proposals by practitioners, preservice practitioners, and participatory action researchers (YPAR and CPAR) working in non-university settings.