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Collaborate and explore to identify priority areas
- Insight from clinical, policy, legal, advocacy, community organizing partners, and fellow coalition members
- Informal and formal engagement with Society members, Board members, and funders
- Assessment of emerging trend and policy changes and dialogue with those most impacted
- Explorations of peer-reviewed literature
- Ongoing discussions with current and previous grantees
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Transform concept into a theory of change
- Structured reviews of literature
- Interviews with key informants
- Targeted discussion with clinical, policy, legal, advocacy, and community organizing partners regarding potential uses of research findings
- Honing purpose and structure of the funding opportunity
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Match concept with resources
- Align concept with individual, philanthropic, and/or industry funder, developing partnerships to offer specific open, competitive, and peer-reviewed funding opportunities
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Hone funding opportunity
- Work with Society leadership, members, and partners to hone further the funding opportunity, transforming an identified research gap into a clear call for proposals that will generate the evidence needed to serve the needs
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Launch
Announce the funding opportunities broadly as part of our commitment to building a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and multidisciplinary community of those who are engaged in the science of abortion and contraception.
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Learn more about the Society’s vision and strategies.
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In 2017, we conducted a retrospective evaluation of our investment in family planning research that directed us to focus our funding opportunities, make longer-term and larger investments, and to prioritize partnerships between researchers and knowledge brokers.
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