title: Connecting community with campus to address cancer health disparities: a community grants program model.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  With growing interest in the CBPR approach to cancer health disparities research, mechanisms are needed to support adherence to its principles. The Carolina Community Network (CCN), 1 of 25 Community Network Programs funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), developed a model for providing funds to community-based organizations.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This paper presents the rationale and structure of a Community Grants Program (CGP) model, describes the steps taken to implement the program, and discusses the lessons learned and recommendations for using the grants model for CBPR.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three types of projects-cancer education, implementation of an evidence-based intervention, and the development of community-academic research partnerships-could be supported by a community grant. The CGP consists of four phases: Pre-award, peer-review process, post-award, and project implementation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The CGP serves as a catalyst for developing and maintaining community-academic partnerships through its incorporation of CBPR principles.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Providing small grants to community-based organizations can identify organizations to serve as community research partners, fostering the CBPR approach in the development of community-academic partnerships by sharing resources and building capacity.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health, USA.
authors.forename: Anissa I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Vines
authors.forename: Randall
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Teal
authors.forename: Crystal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Manning
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Godley
mesh_terms: D057191:Capacity Building; D019058:Community Networks / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005380:Financing, Government; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D054547:National Cancer Institute (U.S.) / Q000191:economics; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology*; D009657:North Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D014481:United States