What if my institution has an intervention eligible for evaluation funding but does not have qualified staff to conduct the evaluation?
In such cases, the institution should propose a partnership with a recognized academic or research group that can supply the necessary evaluation expertise. In such instances, grants will be awarded to the institution conducting the intervention. The institution conducting the intervention (the lead organization) would then sub-contract with the academic or research group providing the evaluation expertise. Each applicant may have more than one principal investigator. The first principal investigator must be at the lead organization and must have direct administrative oversight of the intervention proposed for evaluation and the staff that deliver the intervention. To accommodate these requirements, Finding Answers is flexible regarding the educational background of the first principal investigator. There can also be additional principal investigators (for example, an academic collaborator from a university). Either the principal investigator at the lead applicant organization or anoth
