Federal and state evaluation contracts (SAM.gov)

Agencies buy evaluation as a service through procurement, not as a grant. Deliverable-driven and less prestigious than a grant, but it is steady applied research money most academics never look at.

Indicative award

$50k–$5M (total award)Priced as a contract against deliverables; overhead rules differ sharply from grants.

Timing

Rolling / openNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Continuous solicitations, often with short response windows.

Who can apply

Any faculty rank, Community organisation, Practitioner

Eligibility

Requires SAM.gov registration and a contracts office willing to bid. Publication rights are negotiated in the contract — settle them before signing, not after.

SSWR clusters

Special Interest Groups

Topics

procurement · RFP · deliverables · publication rights

Apply at

https://sam.gov/

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.

← Back to the database

Federal and state evaluation contracts (SAM.gov)

Also on the Organizations and Management shelf