Social Policy Research Initiative (SPRI) Request for Proposals
J-PAL North America (Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, MIT)
Rolling twice-yearly competition funding randomized evaluations of US social policy in housing, homelessness, labor, education, climate and energy, with separate tiers for pilots, full trials, proposal-development travel, and add-on funding to existing studies.
- Indicative award
- $5k–$400k (varies by call)Published tiers: full research projects $150,000-$400,000 over up to 3 years; pilot studies up to $50,000; travel and proposal-development grants up to $5,000; add-on funding up to $400,000 minus prior awards. Research management support is free in most cases.
- Timing
- Several times a yearSeveral times a year · Jan, JunPublished deadline: 2027-01-12 — 102 days awayTwo cycles a year. The page publishes an RFP issued 7 October 2026 with a 12 January 2027 proposal deadline and awards the week of 29 March 2027. The prior cycle ran 8 April 2026 to 2 June 2026. Off-cycle submissions are accepted with documented justification.
- Who can apply
- Doctoral candidate, Postdoctoral, Early-career faculty, Any faculty rank
- Eligibility
- Applications are accepted from J-PAL affiliated professors and invited researchers, J-PAL postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students who have a J-PAL affiliate or invited researcher on their thesis committee (students capped at $50,000 per initiative). Maximum three proposals per applicant per 12 months to a single initiative.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- randomized evaluation · housing and homelessness · labor policy · poverty reduction
- Apply at
- https://www.povertyactionlab.org/initiative/social-policy-research-initiative-request-proposals
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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