UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., July 20 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Penn State Social Science Research Institute's Community-Engaged Research, Action and Partnerships (CERAP) unit recently awarded six seed grants to support interdisciplinary community-engaged research.

According to CERAP co-director and professor of biobehavioral health, Lori Francis, the funding will help develop new or strengthen existing community-engaged research partnerships. The purpose of this seed grant program is to support teams of community partners and Penn State investigators who aim to build equitable partnerships with the long-term goal of co-creating and co-leading a community-engaged research proje...