CIRCLE Fellowship

CIRCLE Fellowship Funding and Support

CIRCLE Fellows are awarded up to $50,000 over two years to conduct pilot research. One to two Fellowships are awarded per year.

CIRCLE Fellows are integrated into CIRCLE Center research, training, and mentorship opportunities, including:

• CIRCLE Center Quarterly Collaboratives, which are virtual meetings to promote team science and collaboration. They include brief updates on progress and challenges, upcoming events, collaborative opportunities, and announcements about relevant trainings, workshops, resources, and activities.
• The CIRCLE Center Annual Summit, which is an in-person meeting to foster synergy across the Center. The Summit includes progress reports by CIRCLE Cores and Fellows, break-out discussions, and publication and outreach planning.
• CIRCLE Fellows Mentorship and Training activities, which include a virtual kick-off meeting to welcome Fellows, determine mentorship needs and identify didactic sessions to meet Fellows’ needs, as well as quarterly CIRCLE Fellows virtual meetings. Mentorship and didactic sessions are tailored to Fellows’ needs but may include: grant writing, grants management, compliance with federal regulations/policies/human subjects protections, tips and tricks for writing productivity, CBPR/TDPR, and Indigenous Research Methodologies.

Fellows are also encouraged to avail themselves of additional CIRCLE Center resources including:

• The CIRCLE Center Elders in Residence (EIR) Program, which offers culturally appropriate support to enhance spiritual and cultural connections and uplifts Indigenous perspectives and ways of knowing in research.
• The CIRCLE Center Research Core, which provides comprehensive research design, methodological, and analytic support in:
  1. Indigenizing methodologies and measurement
  2. Community partnerships and culturally responsive engagement
  3. Substance use epidemiology
  4. Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods
  5. Multilevel and mixture modeling
  6. Implementation science
  7. Data management, sovereignty, and stewardship
• The CIRCLE FUN (Facilitating Support for Understanding Methods in Native Health Research) WIP (Work-In-Progress) and Analytic Meetings, which are held virtually on a biweekly basis to address requests for methodological support or novel methods.
• The CIRCLE Indigenous Methodologies Journal Club & Webinar Series, which is held virtually on a quarterly basis.
• The CIRCLE Resource Repository which includes examples and templates of research study materials, such as IRB protocols, consent forms, Data Safety and Monitoring Plans, recruitment materials, etc.
• The CIRCLE Measurement Repository which includes validated scales and measures used in diverse Indigenous contexts, including sources, adaptations, implementation details, and downloadable materials.