The Pew Center on the States and the JEHT Foundation Announce $2 Million in Grants Available to Study and Improve U.S. Elections 19 Apr 2007
The Pew Center on the States, in partnership with The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Make Voting Work initiative and the JEHT Foundation, has announced $2 million in grants available to help diagnose how well U.S. elections are run and to plan pilot projects testing solutions to be conducted in 2007 and 2008.
About Make Voting Work
Make Voting Work is an ambitious initiative funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts and launched in December 2006. Make Voting Work’s mandate is to foster an election system that achieves the highest standards of accuracy, convenience, efficiency and security.
$2 Million Request for Proposals – New Diagnostics and New Solutions
The path to fostering an accurate, convenient, efficient and secure election system starts by:
Diagnosing the most pressing problems; and
Undertaking and evaluating pilot projects and experiments designed to address identified problems during elections – under the stress of real-world conditions.
The Pew Center on the States will consider two kinds of proposals for funding:
Proposals for studies that develop new diagnostics of the health of the election system; and
Proposals for planning grants to implement pilot projects and evaluate new solutions for the election process working closely with election officials.
Election officials and academics currently studying elections, as well as experts from diverse disciplines (e.g., computer science, economics, engineering, human factors and design, operations and management, and mathematics), private sector companies with applicable expertise, non-profits and non-governmental organizations are strongly encouraged to apply.
Read the Request for Proposals, Including Application Requirements and How to Be Connected to Potential Partners
Read the FAQ.
For questions, contact Scott Cody, Research Director for Pew Center on the States (see RFP or FAQ for details).
The Pew Center on the States is a division of The Pew Charitable Trusts
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