No, you are not required to allocate 50% of your project’s budget to a subcontract with a research partner. As stated on page 8 of the CFP, the CBO applicant organization may allocate up to 50% of the total project budget to a subcontract with the research partner to support that organization’s contributions to the project. We anticipate that the research partner subcontract will support activities, such as reviewing the existing scientific evidence to inform and refine the proposed SA intervention; preparing research protocols for Institutional Review Board approval; selecting and recruiting research participants; developing and implementing data collection and data management plans; implementing data linkage and data analysis activities; preparing research reports and manuscripts for publication; and identifying and preparing for future funding opportunities for subsequent studies of the SA intervention. We encourage applicants to carefully consider the effort and costs required to implement these types of research activities when developing their proposed budgets and subcontracts.