From sarena@u.washington.edu Tue Jan 25 23:31:28 2000 Received: from jason03.u.washington.edu (root@jason03.u.washington.edu [140.142.77.10]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id XAA38470 for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 23:31:27 -0800 Received: from homer37.u.washington.edu (sarena@homer37.u.washington.edu [140.142.16.3]) by jason03.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id XAA41318 for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 23:31:26 -0800 Received: from localhost (sarena@localhost) by homer37.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id XAA120356 for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 23:31:25 -0800 Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 23:31:25 -0800 (PST) From: Sarena Seifer To: ccp@u.washington.edu Subject: Matching university-based researchers to organizations Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Dear CCP'ers, Announcing LINK (http://www.LINKResearch.org) LINK matches university-based researchers to organizations with unmet research needs. LINK allows community-based organizations to post research projects and enables researchers to find meaningful research topics. Projects cover many academic disciplines During its pilot phase, LINK is marketing and evaluating its service in three primary metropolitan areas: New York City, Greater Seattle, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Using LINK involves three easy steps: 1. Organizations post research projects they would like to have done. 2. Researchers search the site for projects that match their interests and skills. 3. Researchers apply directly to organizations. The benefits of LINK-facilitated relationships accrue to both sides: organizations benefit from student work and university-based resources, while researchers apply academic learning to real-world topics and projects. Meanwhile, campuses and communities build productive relationships with each other. More specifically, LINK aims to: --Provide a research resource that will assist nonprofit organizations and public agencies in their efforts to integrate strategic research, planning, and project evaluation into their work. --Engage graduate, professional, and college students in projects that utilize their skills to address real needs while building networks in the community. --Develop new LINKs and reinforce existing ties between universities and communities of which they are a part, thus enhancing the potential for collaborative work and outcomes in the nonprofit and academic sectors. Community Agencies can register to post projects needing assistance: --investigating program effectiveness; --research on background issues; --accumulating evidence and data to guide your strategic planning; --surveying constituencies to shape program initiatives; --concentrate thinking on issues of growing importance to your organization's operations, growth, and sustainability. Students and Faculty can find opportunities to: --interpret case studies --write up literature reviews --construct curricula --generate feasibility studies --produce project evaluations --assess government policy analyze data --make recommendations LINK is a nonprofit organization in a pilot phase of development. LINK has been built with assistance from the Packard Foundation, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, the James Irvine Foundation, the Markle Foundation, and several generous individuals. LINK is especially grateful to the Stanford University School of Law for providing startup workspace, administrative support, and Internet connectivity. For more information contact LINK's Executive Directors Kristin Bosetti (Kristin@LINKResearch.org) or Michael McCrystal (Michael@LINKResearch.org). LINK 559 Nathan Abbott Way Stanford Law School Room 284 Stanford, CA 94305-8610 (650) 725-5833 (650) 292-2192 fax .