IPA’s Social Protection Program (SPP) has partnered with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to co-create a learning agenda, develop and support research projects and share evidence strategically towards increasing women’s economic empowerment, agency and health outcomes through Graduation programming. Through this new initiative and competitive fund, we endeavor to dive deeper into how to design and adapt Graduation programs to be responsive to the needs of women in extreme poverty and ensure sustainable improvements in gender outcomes. We will focus particular attention on new or ongoing studies with the scope to add data collection modules or that will facilitate additional analysis to understand gender-disaggregated and intra-households outcomes relevant to women’s economic empowerment, agency and health.

Our Request for Proposals provides an overview of the initiative’s scope, research and learning priorities, funded project types, evaluation criteria, timeline, and application process.

Please reach out to Julie Kedroske, Director of IPA's Social Protection Program, with any questions.

Dates for the fund:

• June 26, 2024: Proposal submission deadline
• July 2024: Awards announced