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Attention procrastinators! @arnoldventures.bsky.social LOIs are due in 3 days (March 6) for studies evaluating the causal impacts of U.S. social programs and policies.

🔗 Details + FAQs: bit.ly/4aXA43k

And finally, for research on criminal justice outcomes, please see the separate RFP from AV's Criminal Justice team:
arnoldventures.org/resources/ca...

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Arnold Ventures | Evidence & Evaluation Requests for Proposals Viewing philanthropy as an engine of innovation, we rigorously research problems and answers in criminal justice, health, education and public finance.

All E&E RFPs, FAQs, and our Open Science Guidelines are available on the E&E RFP landing page: bit.ly/4aXA43k

Questions? Contact us at: EvidenceTeam@arnoldventures.org

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We’ll host two webinars on Jan 29 and Feb 4 to walk through the RFPs and answer questions live.

Register here:
🗓️Jan. 29 – Overview of both RFPs: bit.ly/3YDp5Vm
🗓️Feb. 4 – Deep dive on Building Evidence RFP: bit.ly/4jDG4R5

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Arnold Ventures | Maximize Opportunity. Minimize Injustice. Viewing philanthropy as an engine of innovation, we rigorously research problems and answers in criminal justice, health, education and public finance.

It may help to see what we’ve funded previously. While not exhaustive (and priorities evolve), over the past year E&E supported 40+ studies across education, health, housing, and more: bit.ly/4bu0sSq (6/n)

Our goal with these updates is to be more transparent about the areas and questions we’re most interested in supporting, and about how proposals are reviewed and prioritized. (5/n)

Arnold Ventures | Evidence & Evaluation Requests for Proposals Viewing philanthropy as an engine of innovation, we rigorously research problems and answers in criminal justice, health, education and public finance.

In addition to adding Medicaid as a new QED policy area, we’ve updated and clarified our research priorities across all six QED areas.

Details are in the QED RFP: bit.ly/4aXA43k (4/n)

For QEDs, we accept submissions for the following AV policy areas:
-Medicaid (🚨new this round🚨)
-Career Pathways
-Contraceptive Choice and Access
-Higher Education
-Infrastructure
-Public Finance

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As always, we prioritize research that will produce rigorous, actionable evidence on social programs and policies that can improve the lives of Americans.

For RCTs, we welcome submissions in most domestic policy areas (2/n)

🚨New RFP Alert!🚨
@Arnold_Ventures
Evidence & Evaluation team released just two new RFPs to support research evaluating the causal impacts of U.S. social programs and policies: bit.ly/4aXA43k

A short 🧵on what we're prioritizing and what's new this cycle (1/n)

Hi folks attending #2025APPAM #APPAM2025! Excited to see many of you in Seattle this week.

As usual, I am organizing a very informal happy hour for education policy folks at the conference to get together: Fri 11/14 starting at 6pm at Seattle Beer Co on Western Ave (~15 min walk from conference).

Need funding for causal research on the social, behavioral or financial impacts of legalized sports betting?

Get your 3-page LOIs to us by Sept 15!

Details here: bit.ly/45jinaV

TOMORROW! Join @arnoldventures.bsky.social to learn more about our newest RFP to support causal research on impacts of legalized sports betting!

📝Informational Webinar: 8/13 at 12pm CT / 1pm ET
✅Register here: bit.ly/46NK50N
⌛LOIs due: 9/15

38 states have legalized sports betting, but little is known about the financial, social, and behavioral impacts.

@arnoldventures.bsky.social is committed to building the evidence base with our newest RFP.

LOIs due 9/15 and details here: www.arnoldventures.org/causal-resea...

Looks like intensive advising may b e more cost-effective than financial aid. Turns out guiding students through complex college choices might be more effective than giving them money and setting 18 year olds loose on the world to make consequential decisions: www.nber.org/papers/w3392...

Arnold Ventures | Webinars offer advice on applying for requests for… The Evidence and Evaluation team, and select programmatic teams, provide a deep dive on successful responses to open RFPs.

The @arnoldventures.bsky.social Evidence team hosted two webinars recently to provide insight into what we're looking for our two causal RFPs (RCTs + QEDs).

Links to videos here if you're interested:
arnoldventures.org/stories/webi...

3-page letters due in 10 days! Send us your ideas!

Arnold Ventures | A second round of requests for proposals to find… After a strong response earlier this year, the Evidence and Evaluation team is launching another application process for relevant, rigorous research.

📢 Funding alert! We just dropped our latest call for proposals using rigorous causal methods to improve social policy.

Send us your 3-page letters of interest by June 13!

Details and deadline info here: bit.ly/4lXaQ8h

Made it to DC for @aefpweb.bsky.social #AEFP2025 and so excited to participate tomorrow in the 2025 Innovation Day @arnoldventures.bsky.social. I can’t wait for the important discussions we will have

A sign that reads: Arnold Ventures and AEFP. Welcome to Innovation Day.

Attending @aefpweb.bsky.social’s inaugural Innovation Day, and just struck by all the great work everyone in the room does every day to improve education for students - and how the current administration is putting it all at risk. #edusky #aefp2025

A Special Thank You to our Gold Sponsor & Flash Talks Sponsor, Arnold Ventures

Arnold Ventures | Two New Ways to Learn What Actually Works The Evidence and Evaluation team has launched two new requests for proposals to strengthen and build evidence of proven programs, policies, and…

See below for more information about two of our open RFPs with 3-page letters of interest due in one week (3/14)

www.arnoldventures.org/stories/two-...

Arnold Ventures | AV Research Grants Build Evidence for Policy… Fourteen recently funded Building Evidence grants will help provide actionable knowledge for policies on housing, education, and contraceptive access.

Exciting to read about the 14 studies funded so far under @arnoldventures.bsky.social quasi-experimental RFP.

And...one week left to submit a 3-page letter of interest to be considered for the next round of funding.

www.arnoldventures.org/stories/av-r...

I shared this article before I read it; having now read it I can say it's an incredible piece of work, something that should be read in basically every intro to quant methods course in education. Just a total tour de force on something I've always believed but lacked the technical skill to argue.

Arnold Ventures | Two New Ways to Learn What Actually Works The Evidence and Evaluation team has launched two new requests for proposals to strengthen and build evidence of proven programs, policies, and…

Housing research friends, @arnoldventures.bsky.social has two new RFPs to support rigorous policy evaluation. We *desperately* need high-quality evaluation of recent state/local zoning reforms - would love to see proposals!
LOIs due March 14, more details here:
www.arnoldventures.org/stories/two-...

Arnold Ventures | Two New Ways to Learn What Actually Works The Evidence and Evaluation team has launched two new requests for proposals to strengthen and build evidence of proven programs, policies, and…

More detail on the two RFPs can be found here: bit.ly/4ambjv3

3-page letters of interest are due by Friday, March 14.

Want to learn more about @arnoldventures.bsky.social new RFPs to fund causal research?

We are hosting a 45-minute webinar with time for Q&A on Feb. 11 at 12p.m. ET.

Register here to join the webinar: bit.ly/4hAXED7

If you want to be the first to know about funding opportunities from the Evidence and Evaluation team in the future, sign up here: mailchi.mp/arnoldventur...

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Arnold Ventures | Two New Ways to Learn What Actually Works The Evidence and Evaluation team has launched two new requests for proposals to strengthen and build evidence of proven programs, policies, and…

Back by popular demand! We just released another call for proposals using RCTs and quasi-experiments.

3-page LOIs are due March 14. Details here: bit.ly/4ambjv3

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