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Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab — Innovation and Science Research

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  • Category: Global Health & Wellbeing
  • Organization Name: Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
  • Amount: $649,176

  • Award Date: August 2022

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    Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $649,176 over two years to the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to support their new Science for Progress initiative, which will conduct research and randomized evaluations related to innovation and science. This initiative will be co-led by Professor Paul Niehaus and Professor Heidi Williams.

    This falls within our work on global health and wellbeing.

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