Funding Opportunities
Partnership and Innovation Accelerator Pilot Program
Facilitate collaboration with local organizations on health research that benefits our communities. See projects below and check back for future opportunities.
PIAP Projects
2022
| Investigator | Academic Partner | Community Partner | Project Title |
| Sara Heinert | Rutgers | New Brunswick Health Sciences Technology High School (NBHSTHS) | Engaging Youth as Citizen Scientists to Determine Health Needs of New Brunswick Adults |
| Lisa Mikesell | Rutgers | Rotary Club of Plainsboro | A Culture-Centered Approach to Assessing the Mental Health Needs of Adolescents and Young Adults of South Asian Descent |
| Amesika Nyaku | Rutgers | North Jersey Community Research Initiative | Engaging People Who Use Drugs in the Development of Tailored Health Education Material |
2021
| Investigator | Academic Partner | Community Partner | Project Title |
| Qiana Brown | Rutgers | New Jersey State Police | The COP Study: Communities and Officers working together to Prevent opioid use disorder |
2020
| Investigator | Academic Partner | Community Partner | Project Title |
| Slawa Rokicki | Rutgers | Central Jersey Family Health Consortium | An Academic-Community Partnership to Prevent Perinatal Depression Among Low-income and Black Women |
| Walter Zahorodny | Rutgers | Statewide Parent Advocacy Network (SPAN) | Partnership for Autism Awareness |
| Jose Centeno | Rutgers | RWJUH-CHPP and United Community Corporation | Identifying Needs, Barriers, and Facilitators in the Care and Rehabilitative Services for Hispanic Adults with Post-stroke Aphasia: Perspectives from Caregivers |
| Christine Dimaculangan | Rutgers | Hyacinth AIDS Foundation | Vaccination Outreach and Integrated Cardiovascular Risk Education in People Living with HIV |
| Richard Marlink | Rutgers | New Brunswick Tomorrow | New Brunswick Tomorrow |
2019
| Investigator | Academic Partner | Community Partner | Project Title |
| Kathryn Edin | Princeton | Trenton Health Team | Housing and Health in New Jersey’s Capital City |
| Pamela Rothpletz-Puglia | Rutgers | Leaguers, Inc. | Needs Assessment of Family Functioning around Food Related Behaviors |
| Joachim Sackey | Rutgers | North Jersey Community Research Initiative | Exploring diet quality and CVD risk factors among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex (LGBTQI) adults in Newark, NJ |
| Usha Ramachandran | Rutgers | Sai Datta Peetham Temple | Diabetes Prevention Program in South Asians |
| Helmut Zarbl | Rutgers | Groundwork Elizabeth | Healthy Air and Healthy Eating: Encouraging a Culture of Health in Elizabeth, NJ |
If your research has benefited from one or more of NJ ACTS resources, please remember to:
- Cite our CTSA grant, UL1TR003017, KL2TR003018 or TL1TR003019 in any relevant publications, abstracts, chapters, and/or posters.
- Submit your publications to PubMed Central (PMC) for compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy.
- Share our research updates with us by sending an email to: njactscommunity@rwjms.rutgers.edu