The Impact Funders Forum (formerly the Transforming Evidence Funders Network) unites philanthropic and public funding organizations to close the gap between research and outcomes. By leveraging the influence and resources of funders around the world, the forum helps to develop and promote strategies that put research into use to address society’s most pressing challenges.
The forum drives progress by offering a unique, ecosystem-level view to identify crosscutting needs and innovations, aligning promising efforts and resources to drive progress at scale. As a platform for coordinated funder action, the forum currently has four initiatives:
- Research impact: Strengthening the knowledge and practice base about advancing research for public impact.
- Funding practice: Designing funding approaches that drive toward impact with a repository of leading-edge practices.
- Incentives and infrastructure: Expanding needed systemwide changes to create a responsive, resilient research system through a council for presidents and chancellors of higher education institutions.
- Innovation: Hosting, along with partners, a biennial global conference and other events and projects to generate ideas and provide a platform for collaboration among research, policy, industry, nonprofit, and funder leaders who are testing and launching innovations.
Funders should contact Angela Bednarek at [email protected] to learn more about the forum’s initiatives and opportunities for co-investment.