Technical Assistance
Evidence for Action (E4A) offers technical assistance (TA) services to applicants who propose research that is relevant to advancing racial equity, but whose projects do not meet all of E4A's criteria for rigor, actionability, or research team qualifications. If you have questions about TA, please contact the program office at evidenceforaction@ucsf.edu.
Indigenous-Led Solutions TA Cohort
Select project teams from the Indigenous-Led Solutions to Advance Health Equity and Wellbeing Call for Proposals will participate in and co-design a year-long TA cohort program with the ultimate goal of building on applicants’ strengths to enhance capacity and acquire future funding for their research projects.
Matching Service
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)'s matching service, provided by Accelerating Collaborations for Evaluation (ACE)​, facilitates partnerships between organizations implementing community-level initiatives (e.g., non-profits, community-based organizations, social service or government agencies, etc.) and researchers to design and conduct rigorous research on strategies to advance racial equity.
If you are not affiliated with an academic institution and are interested in the Matching Service, please contact the program office at evidenceforaction@ucsf.edu.
Matching Service
What happens in the matching service?
A Partnership Acceleration Liaison (PAL) will work with the applicant to understand the needs of project team to identify and propose suitable research partners. Once the applicant has approved a research partner, the PAL will facilitate initial correspondence and help establish the match. After being matched, referred applicants meet (virtually or in person) with their research partner(s) on a mutually agreeable schedule to discuss the project. Together, partners may decide to submit a new application for E4A funding (or funding from another source) or may decide that further work is necessary before applying for funding. There is no guarantee of E4A funding for applicants who participate in the matching service.