Initiatives

J-PAL initiatives concentrate funding and other resources around priority topics for which rigorous policy-relevant research is urgently needed. 

Each initiative identifies key gaps in the evidence; funds cutting-edge research; and supports policy engagement to share results and scale up effective programs.

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Digital Identification in Finance Initiative in Africa

  • Finance
  • Gender
  • Political Economy & Governance
Proposal Due: April 17, 2020
election officials with ballot papers in a polling station

Governance Initiative

  • Political Economy & Governance
Proposal Due: April 17, 2020
farmer in Hampi, India

Agricultural Technology Adoption Initiative

  • Agriculture
Proposal Due: April 27, 2020
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Crime & Violence Prevention

  • Crime, Violence, & Conflict
Proposal Due: May 1, 2020
Buildings in North America

Social Policy Research Initiative

  • Homelessness
  • Labor Markets
  • Crime, Violence, & Conflict
Proposal Due: May 1, 2020
a man working on a machine

Work of the Future Initiative

  • Labor Markets
Proposal Due: May 1, 2020
Indian girls waiting in line

Post-Primary Education Initiative

  • Education
Proposal Due: May 3, 2020
A woman reaches for a can on a shelf.

Jobs and Opportunity Initiative

  • Labor Markets
Proposal Due: May 8, 2020
policemen holding shields

Crime and Violence Initiative

  • Crime, Violence, & Conflict
Proposal Due: April 17, 2020
two women look at a tablet

Innovation in Government Initiative

  • Health
  • Education
  • Political Economy & Governance
Proposal Due: May 1, 2020
New York City Housing Authority residence

Reducing and Preventing Homelessness

  • Homelessness
Proposal Due: May 4, 2020
government building

State and Local Innovation Initiative

  • Political Economy & Governance
  • Health
  • Labor Markets
  • Homelessness
  • Crime, Violence, & Conflict
  • Finance
  • Education
Proposal Due: July 17, 2020
A child's blood is collected in a microcuvette

Cash Transfers for Child Health Initiative

  • Health
  • Political Economy & Governance
Proposal Due: July 3, 2020
Children in a classroom looking at teacher with an iPad

Education Technology and Opportunity Initiative

  • Education
No active RFP cycles
teacher holding book up in front of students

European Social Inclusion Initiative

  • Education
  • Labor Markets
No active RFP cycles
map of the world with data points overlay

Innovations in Data and Experiments for Action Initiative

No active RFP cycles
garbage truck in Kathmandu, Nepal

Urban Services Initiative

  • Health
  • Education
  • Labor Markets
No active RFP cycles
Health care workers filling out forms

US Health Care Delivery Initiative

  • Health
No active RFP cycles