Practical Guidance and Resources

Section	Resource
Equity and Justice	Racial Equity Toolkit
1. Reflexivity	Community Tool Box: Enhancing Cultural Competence Community Tool Box: Assessing Community Needs and Resources DC CFAR Reflexivity Template for Academic Investigators Georgetown University’s National Center for Cultural Competence: self-assessments Cultural Competence and HIV from NEAETC
2. Shared research interests and priorities	Community Tool Box: Analyzing Problems and Goals HIP Research Code of Ethics Developing a Community Advisory Board for Research Toolkit University of Minnesota Research Partnership Checklist DC Epidemiological Resources
3. Funding opportunities and grant applications	Community Tool Box: Applying for Grants Community Tool Box: Developing an Intervention Grant application development template
4. Research Implementation	International Committee of Medical Journal Editors: Defining the Role of Authors and Contributors Project Papers Development Template Online management tools: ProofHub – Best for project management & collaboration Wrike – Best for complex projects ClickUp -Best for versatility Basecamp – Best for simple collaboration Trello – Best for visual organization. ProProfs – Best for team collaboration GanttPro -Best for timeline planning Monday.com – Best for automation Teamwork – Best for task management Jira – Best for software development Airtable – Best for database management
5. Research updates and dissemination	10 Simple Rules for Innovative Dissemination, Ross-Hellauer et al. Communication and Dissemination in Citizen Science Development of a Planning Tool to Guide Dissemination of Research Result
6. Post research Project Sustainability	Community Tool Box: Sustaining the Work or Initiative
Capacity Building	AmeriCorps Organizational Capacity Assessment Tool CITI Program: Research, Ethics and Compliance Training California Academy of Sciences; Community Science Boston University: Center of Excellence in Women’s Health: Connecting Community to Research Toolkit Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training. Community Leaders Institute
Resources	Sample ACP award budget (note: this redacted budget comes from an application for the DC CFAR’s Academic Community Partnership pilot award program)
Communication	Advancing Health Equity: A Guide to Language, Narrative and Concepts HIV Language Matters The praxis project: language justice toolkit APA Inclusive Language Guidelines