Work that will be funded 1
Gaps in research
knowledge
Small-scale, short-term
Community concerns
1 A function of controllable factors (framing, novelty, timing relative to global events, RFA specifics, PI status /history) and non-controllable factors (other submissions, reviewers)
Best case 2
Where most research is
What communities most want
How to choose an academic (public health) project to work on
2 this model assumes that there is knowledge creation that can be useful to communities (in the short term). Is this true? It doesn’t have to be, research ≠ policy.
Large-scale, long-term
public health needs
NGO work