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Community Growth Options (U-CGO) invites proposals from University of Minnesota faculty for applied research projects that assist local communities on the edge of the Twin Cities metropolitan area in their efforts to manage the consequences of growth and development. U-CGO is a program of the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) and the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, with funding from the McKnight Foundation. The mission of the U-CGO program is to engage University faculty and graduate students in research that will help developing communities on the fringe of the Twin Cities metropolitan area address the challenges of rapid growth.

Regular faculty members are invited to apply. Each award will provide support for one (1) month of the faculty member’s time in the summer of 2009 and a 75%-time graduate research assistant for the summer of 2009. Where appropriate, limited support for miscellaneous research expenses may be provided. Please see the attached request for proposals for eligibility requirements and application procedures. Applications must be received in the CURA office by 4:30 p.m., Thursday, April 30, 2009.

For more information, contact Mike Greco, U-CGO Program Coordinator, at (612) 625-7501 or mgreco@umn.edu.

Request for proposals