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Puerto Rico Scholars Program
The purpose of the Latino Research Institute (LRI) Puerto Rico (PR) Scholars initiative is to encourage and support the academic careers of tenure-track and non-tenure track assistant professors in the social, behavioral, and sociomedical sciences (public health, social work, demography, anthropology, education,psychology, and sociology) to develop as independent scholars and achieve promotion and tenure at the academic institutions serving Puerto Rican communities.
This initiative will support early career faculty whose research focus is on the health and wellbeing of Puerto Ricans in the United States and on the island, applying social determinants of health and life-course perspectives.
Selected early career faculty will receive academic support and benefit from working under the guidance of top researchers. The following areas will be reinforced through this initiative:
Research Capacities
Stimulate and guide the development and writing of successful grant proposals and conduct scholarly interdisciplinary, intersectional research projects or secondary data analyses. Strengthen research skills through online refresher courses such as data analyses and management and grant writing.
Learn MoreCommunity Partnerships
Enable, encourage, promote, and establish collaborations by linking scholars with individuals and institutions in Puerto Rico and the United States to form strategic alliances for community-based research collaborations.
Learn MoreTechnical & Academic Cooperation
Provide the opportunities to strengthen research skills for professional development through academic networking, mentoring, and consultation with senior researchers and tenured professors at several UPR campuses and other prestigious Puerto Rican and U.S. academic institutions.
Learn MoreDissemination of Research Findings
Receive guidance in the field of knowledge brokering through the development of synthesized documents, such as fact sheets and policy briefs.
Learn MoreLeadership
Encourage and support skill-building and strategic participation in on-campus and off-campus public policy and governance committees to make visible the needs and accomplishments of Puerto Rican scholars.
Learn MoreEligibility
Individuals eligible to participate are researchers and assistant professors on the tenure or non-tenure trackin years 2-4 of their academic appointment. The LRI-PR Scholars initiative will offer limited financial supportto support research and up to $2,500 per year, per scholar.
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LRI-PR Scholars Coordinating Team:
Ruben Parra-Cardona, PhD
Deborah Parra-Medina, PhD
Daisy Morales-Campos, PhD
