Participatory Action Research Grants - Frequently Asked Questions - Table of Contents

What do you mean by a participatory action research methodology? At the core of the PAR methodology is the belief that research must be done with people, and not for them or on them.1 The ‘action’ part of PAR refers to how evidence is gathered, and how issues are researched. [...] We are accepting applications for a diversity of projects, which can include, but are not limited to: • Salaries and benefits for each of the research team members to be hired to work on the project (e.g. [...] Are there activities that you will not be fund? Participatory Action Research Grants do not fund the following: • Program development and evaluation • Direct service (unless part of a broader project proposal that focuses primarily on influencing the systemic behaviors that are creating the pressing issue for your constituents, or that are holding the issue in place) • Salary costs of researchers. [...] Convene grants are short-term grants to help teams to unpack a complex heath issue and to question the systemic behaviours that have created that issue, or that are holding the issue in place. [...] Convene grants help teams to articulate a research question and to develop a participatory research project plan that can then be submitted to funding organizations in the future.