Community Research Exchange Library

The Research Exchange brings community and researchers together to advance the public good.

Are you a community partner with a research need? We would love to help connect you to researchers or graduate students who are interested in working to help find local solutions to questions. You can complete this form and email it to buffalocommons@cornell.edu or you can fill out the form below.

If you're a researcher, click on the requests below to see current research needs.

Research Requests

Title	Organization	Request Date	Topic
Eco-Villages for the Rust Belt	Partnership for the Public Good	Aug 29, 2019	Economic Development, Environment, Housing / Neighborhoods
Greening Vacant Lots	Partnership for the Public Good	Aug 29, 2019	Environment
Increasing Bicycling by People with Low Incomes	Partnership for the Public Good	Aug 29, 2019	Environment, Health, Poverty / Income Inequality
Is Manufactured Housing a Green and Affordable Strategy for Buffalo-Niagara and similar regions?	Partnership for the Public Good	Aug 29, 2019	Economic Development, Housing / Neighborhoods
Solar Hot Water for Cold-Weather Cities	Partnership for the Public Good	Aug 29, 2019	Economic Development, Environment, Housing / Neighborhoods
[Unavailable/Currently Being Researched] Commercial Community Land Trust Feasibility Study	Westminster Economic Development Initiative	Jan 23, 2019	Environment, Housing / Neighborhoods
[Unavailable/Currently being researched] Land for a “Public Purpose,” at What Cost?	Partnership for the Public Good	Jan 23, 2019	Environment, Housing / Neighborhoods
Percentage of Arts Dollars being Invested in Artists of Color in Greater Buffalo	C.S.1 Curatorial Projects & Nick Cave PLENTY: A Citywide Celebration of Buffalo	Sep 18, 2018	Arts / Culture
Considering the Good Food Purchasing Program in Buffalo	Partnership for the Public Good on behalf of the Good Food Buffalo Coalition	Aug 22, 2018	Education, Environment
Missing the Target? Measuring Impacts of Housing Contracts	Restoration Society - Housing Solutions	Aug 13, 2018	Criminal Justice, Housing / Neighborhoods
The Elimination of Arts in Public Schools	Arts Services Initiative of WNY (ASI)	Aug 9, 2018	Arts / Culture, Education
[Unavailable/Currently Being Researched] Discharged or Reentered? What happens next?	Center for Employment Opportunities	Jul 2, 2018	Criminal Justice
Not just passing through: Health impacts of Large expressways in Western New York	GOBike	May 8, 2018	Environment, Health

Research Request Form

Name

Phone Number

Organization

Brief Description of what your organization does/is and/or the community served

Brief description of the research needed

Potential Title of Proposed Research Project (Optional)

Is there a specific date by which this research is needed?

How will this research be used to aid the community?

What (if any) other community groups are involved

What resources can you offer to aid the researcher (access to data, people to interview, etc.)