• The six-principle community engaged framework, an informative resource from National Opinion Research Center (NORC)  out of the University of Chicago, is grounded in practice and literature. This continuum they include is adapted from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) Principles of Community Engagement and the Wilder Foundation’s Using a Framework for Community-Engaged Research is helpful in understanding how community involvement can range from a low level (advising) to high engagement (leading).
  • The Community Toolbox, University of Kansas, is designed as a step-by-step guide to community building. Topics include assessing community needs, communications. strategic planning, leadership, intervention design and implementation, cultural competence, advocacy, evaluation, quality assurance, sustainability, and marketing. The "Taking Action in the Community" section provides a useful model and guidance how to begin taking action in the community. If you are unsure where to begin, this is it.
  • CAMPUS COMPACT is a national nonprofit that “empowers colleges and universities to advance their academic and civic missions by partnering with communities to address complex social issues and further equity, justice, and prosperity for all.” Their website is chock full of searchable resources including those related to not only community engaged research but also teaching, faculty development, global engagement and more.
  • Community Campus Partnerships for Health also a national nonprofit organization “promote[s] health equity and social justice through partnerships between communities and academic institutions.” They have a free to access media library on a host of topics such as building advisory boards, sustaining partnerships, culturally-responsive dissemination, community -based participatory research and more.
  • The Institute of Translational Health Sciences, out of the University of Washington, has a searchable data base for investigators with items such as collaboration tools. They also published the pithy Community Partnership Guide for Engaging with Academic Research which can give researchers some insight into being on the community side of the partnership.
  • The Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences (AAPS) states its purpose: “advancing knowledge through research and monitoring done by, for, and with members of the public.” Their mission is to “[c]atalyze the field of participatory sciences to enrich research inquiries and serve community priorities.” Resources include those for project design, best practices, engaging volunteers, dissemination and more.