Community Engagement in Research: Building Partnerships for Impact

Looking for a partner for your research projects? Want to connect with someone who shares your interests? Join our in-person matchmaking event and meet likeminded community groups and academics from University of Limerick! The goal of this event is to facilitate more partnerships between academics and community sector representatives working on similar topics so that they can work together more cohesively, and ultimate access funding for engaged research projects. Engaged Research is an approach that involves collaboration with communities to societal challenges. Research following this approach is advanced with community partners rather than for them. Engaged research provides an important opportunity for the community sector to play an active role in shaping research and innovation in our areas or work, and to benefit from research outcomes that can inform their services and advocacy. Featuring input from experts from the nonprofit sector and the University of Limerick, this event will include: • An introduction to research-community partnerships • The opportunity to network and connect with potential partners • An overview of funding opportunities for engaged research projects at national and EU level and support available • Book launch • Networking lunch To get the most out of this networking-based event, we strongly encourage you to watch our preparatory online workshop “Building a Research Plan”. This event is a collaboration between The Wheel’s Access Europe programme and University of Limerick. Access Europe is funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs.