From the Social Science Research Council (SSRC):

The Policy Innovation Days initiative, supported by Arnold Ventures, provides funding and support for U.S. member universities to work with state and local government partners to host convenings connecting campus-based researchers with agencies seeking research and evaluation support.

Research partnerships between universities and state and local governments can help communities adopt more effective ways of delivering critically important public goods and services like health, education, safety, clean air and water, and growth-oriented infrastructure. Both federal and philanthropic funds can support these research and evaluation partnerships. Yet it is not easy for either government agencies or campus-based researchers to form these research collaborations.

The Policy Innovation Days initiative supports convenings designed to incubate impactful and funded research and evaluation collaborations between SSRC member universities and their state and local government partners. The SSRC will provide planning support, funding for convening expenses, and post-event support to help develop funding proposals for partnered research projects.

See complete information about the program online here.