CEGA supports researchers across all phases of the evidence-to-policy pipeline.
Here’s how we work with researchers.
CEGA Affiliate Network
CEGA’s research network comprises faculty from world-class universities along the West Coast of Anglophone North America. Affiliated faculty use rigorous methods from economics, public policy, data science and related fields to evaluate the impacts of social and economic development programs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and to produce rigorous evidence about what works to expand education, health, and economic opportunities for people living in poverty. They are the drivers of CEGA research, serving as investigators on individual research projects and Scientific Directors for broad areas of work.
Featured Researchers
Meet a few of our affiliated researchers.
Learn more about CEGA affiliation in our Affiliate Handbook.
CEGA AFFILIATE HANDBOOKResearcher Collaborations
We welcome collaboration with faculty and other researchers beyond our geographic focus who are engaged in rigorous, interdisciplinary, and innovative research that addresses the multidimensional challenges of global poverty, improves public health and wellbeing, and advances transparent and reproducible science. Occasionally, researchers not directly affiliated with CEGA are eligible for funding and other opportunities.
Opportunities and Support
Affiliated faculty and other vetted researchers rely on CEGA for a broad range of opportunities and support throughout the lifecycle of a research project, including:
- Connections to and stewardship of implementing and policy partners (and vice versa)
- Direct opportunities to collaborate with researchers from LMICs
- Access to competitive research funding
- Support on research design and feasibility
- Periodic training and capacity building opportunities on impact evaluation methods, cost-effectiveness, tools for geospatial and other nontraditional data, research transparency and reproducibility, and more
- Research and policy events throughout the year in the U.S. and abroad
Access to CEGA research quality standards and other resources
Synthesis and promotion of CEGA-funded research and that of affiliated faculty - Identification of funding opportunities, proposal and budget development, post-award grant management and financial reporting for CEGA awards led by affiliated faculty
- Occasional grant management for new, junior-level affiliated faculty