National research center on poverty and economic mobility - as the national research center on poverty and economic mobility, the institute for research on poverty (IRP) will (1) develop and support a…

National research center on poverty and economic mobility - as the national research center on poverty and economic mobility, the institute for research on poverty (IRP) will (1) develop and support a multi-faceted fellowship program that places researchers on site at HHS; (2) develop and support new multi-disciplinary research grant opportunities; and (3) collaborate with HHS to CO-host a series of events to disseminate actionable research findings. These efforts will greatly expand and diversify the corps of poverty researchers working on questions related to equity, inclusion, diversity, and access in economic mobility and human services policy, and will put actionable findings and data into the hands of federal agencies to inform policymaking. Additional programmatic efforts include holding two interdisciplinary summer research trainings: one for underrepresented PHD students in partnership with howard university and the other for underrepresented early-career researchers in partnership with university of california, davis. IRP will also present an annual training series designed to increase analysis of and research on human services and economic mobility policy for underserved communities. IRP will collaborate with poverty solutions at the university of michigan to disseminate timely and relevant research findings that identify actionable opportunities to achieve equity in economic mobility and human services policy to audiences of policymakers, practitioners, and the public via events and related products. Because HHS's priorities for the center align with IRP's ongoing portfolio of work and partnerships, IRP will be able to leverage considerable resources to meet and exceed HHS's expectations. Across all activities, IRP will partner with other U.S. Collaborative of poverty centers (CPC) institutions and will conduct targeted outreach to institutions that serve students who have historically faced barriers to accessing higher education. IRP will connect with researchers in government, nonprofit, and for-profit sectors and has extensive experience working collaboratively with policymakers, practitioners, and their membership organizations. Finally, IRP will authentically engage with members of underrepresented communities to ensure that the poverty research community and policymakers understand their perspectives and lived experiences. These center activities are enthusiastically endorsed by the university of wisconsin-madison, enabling IRP to leverage an additional $1.4 million of institutional resources per year if selected as the national research center on poverty and economic mobility.