Overview

The Research-to-Policy Collaboration (RPC) works to bring together research professionals and public officials to support evidence-based policy.

The mission of the RPC is to strengthen the use of research in policy by facilitating meaningful, action-oriented collaboration between legislative officials and researchers. The initiative’s primary goal is to support the non-partisan use of scientific evidence by facilitating partnerships between researchers (including applied research/evaluation) and lawmakers.

Our approach involves 3 primary objectives:

1. Identify legislative priorities and opportunities for leveraging evidence-based strategies through interviews with legislative staff.
2. Coalesce a Rapid Response Network comprised of individuals with research expertise related to legislative priorities.
3. Support legislative offices by coordinating a response to legislative needs or inquiries.

The Research-to-Policy Collaboration relies on the coordinating power of a handful of staff who are supported by a range of voluntary researchers at various career stages. Working most closely on both brokering researcher-policymaker interactions as well as evaluating processes that optimize their impact are the RPC Co-Directors, Policy Associate, fellows, and interns.