The Community Engagement and Research Core (CEAR) at the University of Pennsylvania has awarded pilot grant funding for 2024-2025. Three projects were selected to receive funding through the CEAR Pilot Grant Program.
CEAR pilot grant recipients:
Design and Pilot Evaluation of E4E Drivers License Academy Program
Catherine McDonald, PhD, RN, FAAN (Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Co-Director, Penn Injury Science Center)
A Community Partnership to Improve Mental Health in Philadelphia Youth Diversion
Emily Perkins, PhD, MS (MindCORE Postdoctoral Fellow)
Enhancing Perinatal Care for Substance Use Disorders in West Philadelphia
Nai Bhadra-Heintz, MD, MS (Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Co-director of PROUD)
The Community Engagement and Research (CEAR) Core of the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) at the University of Pennsylvania has made pilot grant funding available for research with public and community health relevance since 2014.
Pilot Grant Program
The Community Engagement and Research (CEAR) Core of the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) at the University of Pennsylvania is making pilot grant funding available for research with public and community health relevance.
This call for proposals is open to faculty and postdocs with significant public and community health-related experience at Penn and is intended to:
- Foster interdisciplinary research in public health at Penn that will have meaningful results at the community level.
- Assist in garnering external support for large-scale studies in the field of public health.
- Encourage additional faculty and staff at Penn to become involved in public health research.
- Identify the innovative methodologies in the field of public health that have the potential of informing local, state, and national policy and programming.
The call for proposals will open in early 2022.
Any questions should be directed to Krista Scheffey (krista.scheffey@pennmedicine.upenn.edu) or Jade Avelis (jade.avelis@pennmedicine.upenn.edu).
CEAR Core also awards pilot grant funds through Community Driven Research Day (CDRD). Community Driven Research Day is a collaboration between community groups and researchers at Penn, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Temple University, Drexel University, and Thomas Jefferson University. CDRD is an opportunity for members of community organizations and academic researchers to come together to meet and discuss potential collaborations and community-academic partnerships.
Other Pilot Grant Opportunities Available at Penn
Community Driven Research Day Pilot Grants
CEAR Core Pilot Grant Awards
Award Recipient
Awardee titles and affiliations
at the time of the award
Title of Project
2017-2018
Kristen Feemster, MD, MPH, MSHPR, FAAP
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine
Attending Physician, Division of Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia“Evaluating the Impact of Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Educational Videos on Parental Knowledge of Respiratory Virus Transmission and Etiquette”
2016-2017
Julia Alber, PhD, MPH
Postdoctoral Fellow, Perelman School of Medicine
Raina Merchant, MD, MSHP, FAHA
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
“Increasing Hepatitis B Screening among Chinese and Vietnamese
Philadelphians: Exploring the Feasibility of a Community Liaison Social Media Program”
Carolyn Cannuscio, ScD
Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health
Director of Research, Center for Public Health Initiatives, University of Pennsylvania
Anna Uma Morgan, MD, MSc
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program
“Building the Capacity of Libraries to Address the Social Determinants of Health”
2014-2015
[Anu Asnaani, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
“Testing and Dissemination of a Screening Measure for PTSD in Youth”
Jeffrey Gerber, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Attending Physician, Division Infectious Diseases, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Keith W. Hamilton, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship
Associate Healthcare Epidemiologist, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Julia E. Szymczak, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Infectious Diseases
Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness (CPCE), The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
“Development of a Citywide Antimicrobial Stewardship Collaborative”
Community Driven Research Day Pilot Grant Awards
2020-2021
Terri Lipman, PhD, CRNP, FAAN
Professor of Nursing of Children, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Angela Huc
Learning Central Preschool
“Enhancing children’s readiness for school: Using goals of community parents”
2017-2018
M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
Cory Long
Team Making A Change
“Examining A Partnership Between Youth and Community Stakeholders in Violence Intervention: A Qualitative Approach”