Can we split up the work so that the community does only the community outreach part and the researcher designs and conducts the research?
Technically you can. Remember though, the CRC Award is meant for an equal partnership between the community and traditional researchers. The partnership works together to identify the research question, develop the research plan, carry out the research, interpret the results, and disseminate information to the community. If you are planning on “splitting the work” between the two partners, then you do not reflect the intention of the awards and may receive lower scores on the review. This kind of split in the beginning of the partnership, however, may lend itself to allowing participants to avoid setting up a structure for deciding how difficult issues, such as how disputes about research design, budget allocation, presentation of results, and so on, are to be resolved.
