Partnership Toolbox

This policy is intended to inform and assist University of Minnesota researchers and practitioners, including faculty, staff, research scholars, clinicians, postdoctoral researchers, graduate and undergraduate students who are pursuing work with Tribal partners, Tribal communities, Tribal natural resources, and other Tribally-controlled or Tribal-serving institutions, Indigenous Peoples, places, and objects of cultural significance to Indigenous Peoples, wherever those Indigenous peoples, places, and objects may be.

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UMN Libraries Guides are resources compiled and curated by University librarians to aid in academic research. Each guide includes links to article databases and library research tools. Guides include titles such as  Research with Indigenous Partners, National Science Foundation Broader Impacts can be tools for community-engaged research.

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From Transaction to Transformation

Developed by the Office for Public Engagement, From Transaction to Transformation is a professional development learning journey for community-engaged leaders and learners. The ten-minute module offers a captivating, interactive roadmap for conducting public engagement and features the wisdom and talents of some of the University's most successful engagement scholars and practitioners. 

Customized Engaged Scholar Workshops

The Office for Public Engagement's Engaged Scholar Workshops are designed to help University faculty take advantage of the benefits of publicly-engaged scholarship. Workshops combine discussions with presentations and hands-on exercises to explore ideas and best practices specific to community-engaged research and teaching. Workshops can be customized to departmental needs.

This checklist, developed by the University's Clinical and Translational Science Institute, provides a guide for discussing common issues in community-engaged research projects.

The Office for Public Engagement, with input from the University's Office of the General Counsel, has developed  a Partnership Memorandum of Understanding template that may be a helpful starting point when formalizing partnerships between the University and community organizations.

In partnership with University of Minnesota's Purchasing Services, the Office for Public Engagement provides the following guide for program and financial staff on University of Minnesota community partner payment options.

Compensation Options for Community Partners

PHDR Community Centered Dissemination Toolkit 

The University's Program in Health Disparities' Community-Centered Dissemination Toolkit is designed to help research teams incorporate community-engagement principles into dissemination. The toolkit is broken down into five steps to help researchers and research partners plan their dissemination. 

Emerging Engagement Scholars Workshop: Annotated List of Interdisciplinary Community Engagement Journals

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