The Evaluation Task Force (ETF) is supporting four funds which
focus on supporting the development of evaluations across
priority areas in government. These offer exciting opportunities
to test new ideas and build evidence into your work. See below
for further information on each of the funds.
The Evaluation Accelerator Fund
The deadline for Phase 3 Funding has now been extended to 6:00pm
Friday, 18 August 2023.
The ETF has entered the final round of the £15 million Evaluation
Accelerator Fund. This fund aims to accelerate evaluation
activity and create actionable evidence in government priority
areas, tackle evidence gaps, and provide robust evidence from new
policies to service delivery. In phase 1 and 2, 20 projects were
successful.
The remaining £1.25 million of the fund is available to
government departments, arms length bodies or What Works Centres
(WWCs) for projects beginning in April 2024.
Further details can be found at Evaluation Accelerator
Fund guidance. Contact eaf@cabinetoffice.gov.uk if you have
any questions.
The Labour Market Evaluations and Trials Fund
The Labour Market Evaluations and Trials Fund has launched its
first round. £37.5 million is available to central government
departments to expand the evidence base on what works to improve
labour market outcomes in the economy.
Further information can be found on the Labour Market Evaluation
and Trials Fund page.
The Evaluation Development Fund
UKRI are offering 12 months of funding worth £3 million to
undertake evaluation activities that build evidence on
interventions for increasing opportunities and reducing
disparities in economic, health and social outcomes across the
UK.
Applications close on 31st October 2023.
Visit the UKRI
Creating Opportunities Evaluation Development Fund for
further information.
The Trial Accelerator Fund
£12 million is available to fund projects testing and rigorously
evaluating the effectiveness of interventions aimed at spreading
opportunities and reducing disparities in economic, health and
social outcomes across the UK.
Applications close on 31st October 2023.
Find out more at the UKRI
Creating Opportunities Trial Accelerator Fund website.
