
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Heal Initiative
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Heal Initiative
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Heal Initiative
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Heal Initiative
IRIS Recovery Research Fellowship
Applications are closed for the 2022-2023 IRIS Recovery Research Fellowship
A 10-month learning community to build research skills towards greater peer workforce integration into the opioid recovery support system. Fellows will represent diverse recovery roles: peers, peer supervisors, clinicians, trainers, advocates, other agency staff, graduate students, and junior faculty.
About the IRIS Fellowship
Fellows will meet once a month from 9am-4:30pm at University of Maryland, Baltimore between September 2022 - June 2023 to achieve these outcomes:
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Develop a network with which to collaborate, including through participatory research
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Use research to uplift benefits of peer services towards greater workforce integration
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Gain deeper understanding of research processes and practices
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Use agency data to enhance program management, evaluation, and fundraising
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Apply research to improve not just peer services, but all recovery supports
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Develop and share findings from research towards community education and advocacy

Benefits of Participation
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Monthly full day learning sessions
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Network with other field leaders
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Tools for evaluation and funding
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$5,000 mini-grant to eligible agencies
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$1,000 honorarium for eligible Fellows
Target Audience
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Peers and other recovery agency staff whose role uses research or data; or
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Graduate students or junior faculty who work on opioid recovery; or
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Those who wish to use research to improve practice/advocacy; or
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Those with interest and investment in peer workforce integration