Bronx Community Research Review BoardSubmit Your Research Proposal

Submit Your Research Proposal

The BxCRRB is now accepting applications!

If you would like to receive community consultation from the BxCRRB, complete the form below, you can also download the pdf, by visiting this link:

BxCRRB Research Application Form 2024.

Please submit your application at least two weeks prior to our monthly meetings.

Our upcoming meetings are:

Meeting locations to be announced.

BEFORE you proceed with this application, PLEASE:

READ the BxCRRB brochure and our About Us page on BxCRRB.org.

ATTACH the following to your application:

An abstract of your proposed study in jargon free language.
Your curriculum vitae or resume.
Copies of documents (publications/reports) relevant to this proposal.
Study materials and anything else you would like us to consult on (ex. consent forms, questionnaires, survey instruments, focus group(s) guides, semi-structured interview guides, flyers/ads).

KNOW that this service is provided free of charge to researchers, however:

You will be asked to complete a post-meeting evaluation form in exchange for our review.
We will use your responses to questions on this form in our popular education and scholarly writings about the importance of community research review processes. We will share writeups, with you, prior to publication so that you may edit details. In the event that you, the researcher, disagrees with details of our characterization of a review session, we will include your perspective in the writeup as a means of honoring multiple viewpoints on this process.

BE AWARE that:

We do not recruit participants!
Our review does not constitute an endorsement of your research.

Review Proposal Application for Investigators

I. PROPOSAL INFORMATION
Study Title*
Study Timeframe
What type of research does your study plan to conduct?*
- Behavioral Research
- Biomedical Research
Principal Investigator(s) Contact Information
PI 1 Name:*
PI 1 Office Address:
PI 1 E-mail Address:
PI 2 Fax:
PI 1 Office Phone:*
PI 1 Mobile Phone:*
PI 2 Name:
PI 2 Office Address:
PI 2 E-mail Address:
PI 2 Fax:
PI 2 Office Phone:
PI 2 Mobile Phone:
Is your study funded? If yes, please list all funding sources.*
How can the Bronx Community Research Review Board help you?*
II. PROTOCOL INFORMATION
What question(s) do you want your research to answer? (no more than 300 words)*
Which is/are the identified community(ies)? Please include participant age, sex, racial/ethnic groups, and any other important demographics?*
Why are you (and/or your research team) interested in answering these questions?*
How will the proposed research address the questions posed?*
How will participants be recruited?*
What are the risks and benefits to individual participants involved in this study?*
What are the risks and benefits to individual participants directly involved in this study?* What are the risks and benefits to any unintended persons (the participants’ family, their communities they belong to, etc.) indirectly involved in your study?
How do you envision that your research would lead to tangible action(s)?*
III. COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Please list the community partner(s) you have identified to assist with your research efforts.*
Please include: A. The name and brief description of the agency B. The name of a contact person C. Email/phone number D. When the partnership was established E. Website of the agency F. The address of the agency G. Is there a memorandum of understanding defining any roles and responsibilities of partnership members? If so, explain.
Briefly describe your past experience(s) in working with community partners.*
Please explain how you plan to engage the community partner(s) in your research.*
Consider how they will be engaged throughout various steps in the research process, including: formulation on research questions, research design, protocol implementation, dissemination of results, analysis and interpretation of results, training of community residents/CBO, and the formulation of risks and benefits in participation.
How will the community partners be supported for their effort on the grant?*
If there are no community partners, please explain why not.*
How much funding will be allocated to community engagement? In what capacity (e.g. data collection, community advisory boards, recruitment, stipends, transportation, outreach)?*
IV. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT DURING STUDY
What will you do to make your study materials and questions clear and understandable to the affected person &/or community members under study (broadly defined to include but not limit to: disease, geographic, ethnic, and cultural communities)?**
If translation is needed, what services will be used?*
How/Where will you disseminate the results and what plans do you have to credit or include community partners in this process?
Will your plan to return findings (dissemination tools) be available in multiple languages? If yes, please list the languages below. If not, please explain why.
Do you intend to collaborate with CBOs and/or community members in the future and if so, how?*
How will you apply any lessons learned through the current study to strengthen community involvement in future studies?*
Please attach the following to your application in an email to [email protected]
- An abstract of your proposed study in jargon free language
- Your curriculum vitae
- Copies of publications/reports relevant to this proposal
- Study materials (eg. consent forms, questionnaires, survey instruments, focus group(s) guides, semi-structured interview, guides, flyers/ads)
Email
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Bronx Community Research Review Board

Submit Your Research Proposal

The BxCRRB is now accepting applications!

Review Proposal Application for Investigators

I. PROPOSAL INFORMATION

Principal Investigator(s) Contact Information

II. PROTOCOL INFORMATION

III. COMMUNITY PARTNERS

IV. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT DURING STUDY

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