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Research Engagement Collaborative Alliance with Partners (RECAP)

RECAP is dedicated to supporting authentic research partnerships between Western's researchers and diverse research partners to facilitate the mobilization and impact of research, scholarship, and creative activity.

Key to social impact in research is meaningful inclusion of highly engaged partners, including individuals, communities, industry, government, and non-government agencies locally, nationally, or internationally.

• Partners from diverse sectors such as health, education or the environment can bring lived experience and critical perspectives about the relevance and priority level of research questions, inform key aspects of research design/recruitment/outcomes to be measured, and ensure the uptake of research findings through tailored mobilization strategies.
• Research can help address pressing partner needs and grand challenges to advance societal impact or a change/benefit beyond academia to the economy, society, culture, public policy or services, health, the environment or quality of life.  

Recognizing the many benefits of partnered research, funding agencies are increasingly requiring meaningful inclusion of research partners with evidence of commitment and authentic engagement in research.

RECAP supports partnerships through:

• A learning platform with self-directed modules for researchers and partners to increase capacity around establishing research partnerships;
• Research engagement events bringing together academic and non-academic experts to build connections and consider potential partnerships; and
• Recommendations to support and recognize partner engagement in research including through internal funding opportunities.

 

Check out the modules and find more information on the RECAP webpage.