NLIHC’s Disaster Recovery Research Consortium met in Washington, D.C. between October 22 and 24 to discuss opportunities for collaboration between advocacy and community organizations and research institutions. In addition to discussing possibilities for collaboration, the consortium – which consists of researchers and advocates working together to share their research challenges – discussed their current research questions and how to advocate for better data access. The meeting also included conversations about what advocacy organizations need from researchers and how advocacy organizations can ensure they benefit from partnering with research institutions. Participants highlighted the need for advocacy and community organizations to be involved in projects from the very early stages and the importance of clear understandings of each partner’s goals, roles and responsibilities, expectations about acknowledgements, and final outputs. For more information about the research consortium, please contact NLIHC Vice President of Research Andrew Aurand at [email protected].