The Alliance for Research in Chicagoland Communities (ARCC) is a program of the Center for Community Health (CCH) and serves Northwestern’s Institute for Public Health & Medicine (IPHAM) and the Northwestern University Clinical & Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS). Guided by a steering committee of community- and faith-based organizations, public agencies and Northwestern scientists, we support the full spectrum of community-engaged research, including community-based participatory research, by providing partnership facilitation, capacity-building workshops and one-on-one technical assistance, seed grants, monthly information and resource updates, advocacy for supportive institutional policies and other activities. We support the CCH Principles of Engagement in our approach and the research we support. 

ARCC Efforts

Please also see the center's pages for community-engaged research opportunities and resources.