About SHARP
SHARP, the Sport, Health and Activity Research and Policy Center for Women and Girls, was established in 2010 as a new partnership between the Women’s Sports Foundation and University of Michigan’s School of Kinesiology and Institute for Research on Women & Gender. SHARP’s mission is to lead research that enhances the scope, experience, and sustainability of participation in sport, play, and movement for women and girls. Leveraging the research leadership of the University of Michigan with the policy and programming expertise of the Women’s Sports Foundation, findings from SHARP research will better inform public engagement, advocacy, and implementation to enable more women and girls to be active, healthy, and successful.
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SHARP Research Agenda
The SHARP research agenda will run the gamut from helping to promote rapid advances in the understanding of gender, exercise and sports, to creating a new generation of researchers committed to issues surrounding women’s and girls’ physical and sports activities.
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