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.

For a list of all active J-PAL initiatives, please click here.

brick building and tree

Addressing Homelessness and Housing Stability in North America

No active RFP cycles
farmer in Hampi, India

Agricultural Technology Adoption Initiative (ATAI)

No active RFP cycles
A child's blood is collected in a microcuvette

Cash Transfers for Child Health Initiative (CaTCH)

No active RFP cycles
policemen holding shields

Crime and Violence Initiative (CVI)

Women doing wireless transfer with their smartphones

Digital Agricultural Innovations and Services Initiative (DAISI)

No active RFP cycles
Person recording a digital payment

Digital Identification and Finance Initiative in Africa (DigiFI Africa)

A Rohingya refugee entrepreneur at the chili paste business she runs from her home in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. © 2017 Shutterstock _ Krisha Vishinpir

Displaced Livelihoods Initiative (DLI)

No active RFP cycles
Students in a classroom

European Social Inclusion Initiative (ESII)

A man on the left checks a woman's vitals on the right while they both sit down.

Evidence for AI in Health (EVAH) initiative

No active RFP cycles
Women sitting down in a row

Gender and Economic Agency (GEA) Initiative

No active RFP cycles
election officials with ballot papers in a polling station

Governance Initiative (GI)

Proposals Due: October 22, 2026
J-PAL staff and members of the government of Tamil Nadu sign an MoU

Government Partnerships Initiative (GPI)

No active RFP cycles
HPI woman walking in a refugee camp carrying items on her head

Humanitarian Protection Initiative (HPI)

No active RFP cycles
Two high school students sit at desks with their tutor for personalized instruction

Improving Education Outcomes in North America

No active RFP cycles
Police IECP

Initiative for Effective US Crime Policy (IECP)

Proposals Due: January 12, 2027
No active RFP cycles
Saleswomen and customer complete a transation

Innovation for MSME Development Initiative (IMDI)

No active RFP cycles
two women look at a tablet

Innovation in Government Initiative (IGI)

map of the world with data points overlay

Innovations in Data and Experiments for Action Initiative (IDEA)

No active RFP cycles
Man welding

Jobs and Opportunity Initiative (JOI)

business woman facing foward

Jobs and Opportunity Initiative Brazil (JOI Brazil)

No active RFP cycles
clean energy rural india

King Climate Action Initiative (K-CAI)

Proposals Due: October 21, 2026
A man baking croissants

Latin America Skills for Youth Program (SYP)

No active RFP cycles
Children raising their hands in a classroom.

Learning for All Initiative (LAI)

No active RFP cycles
A woman wearing PPE works at a farmer's market.

North America Covid-19 Recovery and Resilience Initiative

No active RFP cycles
Buildings in North America

North America Social Policy Research Initiative (SPRI)

Proposals Due: January 12, 2027
No active RFP cycles
Indian girls waiting in line

Post-Primary Education Initiative (PPE)

No active RFP cycles
In Colombia, two program participants take a tablet-based financial literacy course as part of a randomized evaluation

Project AI Evidence (PAIE)

No active RFP cycles
people chatting with their neighbors at tables during convening, with focus on two men in midground

Researching Racial Equity in North America

No active RFP cycles
Close up image of a microscope in a lab with two hands adjusting its scope.

Science for Progress Initiative (SfPI)

Two women hold up their Indonesian benefits card to receive bags of rice.

Social Protection Initiative (SPI)

No active RFP cycles
a woman looking at a digital device

Southeast Asia Inclusive Financial Innovation Initiative (IFII)

Farmers planting rice near Yogyakarta, Indonesia

UM6P-J-PAL Applied Lab for Agriculture (UJALA)

Proposals Due: October 30, 2026
garbage truck in Kathmandu, Nepal

Urban Services Initiative (USI)

No active RFP cycles
Health care workers filling out forms

US Health Care Delivery Initiative (HCDI)

Proposals Due: January 12, 2027
No active RFP cycles
government building

US State and Local Innovation Initiative (SLII)

a man working on a machine

Worker Prosperity Initiative (WPI)

No active RFP cycles