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Visit funder's website →Public Engagement Content Awards is sponsored by Research! America (with funding from Lasker Foundation, Dana Foundation, and Dennis Mangan). Offers stipends to fund open-access curriculum development in science communication and other public engagement skills.
The content developed may enable scientists to apply best practices in science communication to effectively engage with underserved communities.
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Public Engagement Content Awards - Research! America Public Engagement Content Awards Sparked by initial support from the Lasker Foundation , with additional funding from the Dana Foundation and science communicator Dennis Mangan, Research! America launched a new category of award in 2024 — Public Engagement Content Awards .
The program offers stipends up to $5,000 each to fund open access curriculum development in science communication and other public engagement skills. Additional support in 2025 came from the Rita Allen Foundation . Meet the 2025-2026 Recipients Research!
America welcomes novel ideas to develop and test civic science training content for those in STEMM fields. It is our goal to support current practitioners engaged in public engagement training and to bring new practitioners into the field. Furthermore, the content created through these awards will be publicly available, which will help fill the gap in public engagement training in current graduate STEMM curriculum.
Hone skills in curriculum design for science communication and other public engagement knowledge and skills Expand professional networks in public engagement with science Collaborative peer learning around curriculum development Opportunity to pilot and refine curriculum content Increased visibility for created curricula Learn more about previous years’ projects. 2024-2025 Awardee Projects Each proposal is reviewed by Research! America.
Highly competitive proposals will address the areas listed in the rubric . Stipends will be open to PhD candidates, post-docs, professional degree candidates, and junior faculty in STEMM and STEMM-adjacent fields. This opportunity is available to U.S. citizens and permanent residents.
Applications closed on December 1, 2025, and decisions were announced early February 2026. What is the difference between the Civic Engagement Microgrant program and the Public Engagement Content Awards? The Public Engagement Content Award is a stipend, not a grant.
This money is provided directly to the individual, not overseen through a fiscal sponsor the way the Civic Engagement Microgrant is. The Public Engagement Content Awards fund curriculum development, not outreach projects per se. What are my reporting responsibilities to Research!
America?
Check-ins with the program manager via google form survey and/or one-on-one meetings about every 6 weeks Virtual oral presentation of your curriculum project to program managers Final deliverables: final report (with link to your open access curriculum) and programmatic feedback survey Externally published article or interview about your curriculum project Since the curriculum developed must be open access, what platform is recommended?
There are many free platforms available. For video recordings, we recommend Youtube or Vimeo. For written and visual content, we recommend Google sites.
For other questions, please contact [email protected] . For 30 years, Research! America has been committed to advocacy for science, discovery, and innovation to achieve better health for all.
Support for curricula development through awards is provided by the Lasker Foundation and Rita Allen Foundation and science communicator Dennis Mangan . Additional support received from the Dana Foundation for awards related to neuroscience. Science & Technology Action Committee (STAC) Federal Research Agencies OMB’s Proposed Federal Grant Rule COVID-19 and Pandemic Preparedness National Health Research Forum Research!
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