Evidence-based policy funding

Funds rigorous evaluation — often randomised — of criminal justice, health and public finance interventions, and will pay for replication and for null results other funders avoid.

Indicative award

$250k–$5M (total award)Budgets follow the design rather than a fixed ceiling; large evaluations are normal here.

Timing

Rolling / openNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Rolling letters of interest against published priority areas.

Who can apply

Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank

Eligibility

Methodological rigour is the gate. Proposals without a credible counterfactual rarely progress past the letter of interest.

SSWR clusters

Special Interest Groups

Topics

randomised trial · replication · null results · evidence-based policy

Apply at

https://www.arnoldventures.org/grants

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Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.

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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Evidence-based policy funding

Also on the Crime and Criminal Justice shelf