Call for Proposals: Bridging Divides & Strengthening Democracy Field Test Grants

Call for proposals for the ​Bridging Divides & Strengthening Democracy Field Test Grants are open until March 1st! "Ideal proposals will consist of field experiments that evaluate how well the findings from the Strengthen Democracy Challenge (SDC) apply to realworld outcomes." Five grants of up to $50,000 will be awarded to teams of researchers and practitioners. Learn more about the grants below and on the Strengthen Democracy Challenge site here.

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Call for Proposals: Bridging Divides & Strengthening Democracy Field Test Grants

The Strengthening Democracy Challenge (SDC) brought academics, practitioners, and industry experts together in a collective effort to identify interventions to improve Americans' partisan animosity, support for undemocratic practices, support for partisan violence, and other outcomes related to polarization and democracy. We conducted a large experiment testing which of 25 interventions were most effective. The results demonstrated several highly effective strategies for improving these outcomes. We focused on short interventions that can be deployed online, but insights from the SDC could be applied to in-person interactions and other settings as well.

We are now pleased to announce a call for proposals for Bridging Divides & Strengthening Democracy Field Test Grants! Grants of up to $50,000 will be allocated on a competitive basis to new or existing teams of practitioners and researchers. Ideal proposals will consist of field experiments (randomized controlled trials) that evaluate how well the findings from the SDC apply to realworld outcomes. We plan to fund up to five promising projects that would improve both scientific and applied understandings of the relevance of the SDC findings in real-world settings

Important Dates:

• March 1, 2023: Deadline extended! Bridging Divides & Strengthening Democracy Field Test Grant Proposals Due. Please submit proposals here.
• May 1, 2024: Deadline to complete research and submit results write-up.