Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau, is pleased to announce the Request for Proposals (RFP) Using Linked Data to Advance Evidence-Based Policy Making: Helping Projects Utilize the U.S. Census Bureau Linkage Infrastructure. This initiative aims to conduct high-impact research projects of policies and interventions by demonstrating innovative strategies for linking across programs and levels of government to advance evidence-based policymaking. The project is supported by the Laura and John Arnold Foundation.
The RFP solicits research and evaluation proposals to serve as pilot studies exploring long-term outcomes of policies and interventions to inform decision makers who can improve public policies and programs. Through the RFP, we seek to identify exciting, ready-to-implement pilots that bring in data and demonstrate ways to optimize the Census Bureau linkage infrastructure to provide policy-relevant insights on Federal programs, as well as to develop an inventory of compelling use cases for future projects. We hope these projects will inform decisions by the Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission, the Administration, and Congress, particularly regarding expansion of the Census Bureau infrastructure to support more high-quality evaluation and programmatic research.
Proposal submissions are due 11:59 p.m. Central Time on September 20, 2016. Applicants will be notified of selection decisions by November 2016.
Check the project webpage for additional information and updates to the RFP:
http://www.chapinhall.org/pages/RFP-Linked-Data-Evidence-Based-Policymaking
For specific questions about the RFP or submission process, email Leah Gjertson at lgjertson@chapinhall.org
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