Request
 for 
Research
 Proposals
 on
 the 
Impact 
of 
Transparency
 and
 Accountability 
Interventions

The
 Transparency
 and 
Accountability 
Initiative 
(T/AI) 
is 
pleased 
to 
announce 
a
 request 
for 
submissions
 by
 research 
or 
evaluation 
institutions 
or 
consortia 
to 
develop 
a 
rigorous 
multi‐year
 research 
proposal
 on
 the
 impact 
of 
T/A
 interventions. 
The 
aim 
is 
to 
fill 
critical 
gaps 
in 
our 
knowledge
 about 
T/A 
interventions
 and 
further 
our 
common 
understanding 
of 
what 
works, 
why 
and 
in 
what 
circumstances.

The 
research
 will 
be 
funded
 by 
the 
Bill &
 Melinda 
Gates 
Foundation, 
the
 United
 Kingdom
 Department 
for
 International 
Development, 
the 
William
 and 
Flora
 Hewlett 
Foundation
 and 
potentially 
others, 
under 
the
 umbrella 
of 
the 
T/AI.
 Innovations for Scaling Impact is coordinating the RFP process.

Please find attached a Request for Proposals (RFP). Submission requirements are detailed in the RFP.

We invite you to submit a proposal. The
 deadline
 for 
submissions is
 11.59 
GMT
 January 
3rd, 
2012. 
Submissions 
should 
be 
sent 
to
 smathes@scalingimpact.net.