The Think Forward Initiative (TFI) is a multidisciplinary and open movement that promotes research and practical solutions with the ambitious goal of empowering more than 100 million people to make better financial decisions. The TFI is supported by a purpose-driven partnership between ING, the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Deloitte, Dimension Data, and Dell EMC. The wider TFI network consist of more than 200 different organisations (including universities, NGOs, companies, etc.) and more than 1,200 individuals of which approximately half are researchers.
Opportunity
In 2018, the TFI will award funding to short-term research projects (to be completed in 6 months) that provide relevant impact-driven insights in the domains of people’s (financial) decision-making, financial well-being, and financial empowerment.
TFI is looking for quick-output empirical projects with a clear motivation for the creation of social or business innovation. This year we encourage submissions that focus on solutions to the 1) day-to-day money stress problems and 2) financial future challenges faced by the not financially empowered population in developed countries.
Eligibility
- Project proposals should be written in English.
- Research should be designed to be completed in six months.
- The TFI accepts proposals that are submitted by research teams or individual researchers affiliated to different institutions/organisations such as Universities, NGOs, companies, etc
- Research proposals from different disciplines are welcome. Multidisciplinary research proposals are particularly encouraged (e.g. intersection of social science and finance, finance and computer science, etc.).
Funding Available
- The amount of funding per project awarded by the TFI could be up to EUR 10,000.
Useful Links
- For further details about funding categories, eligibility criteria and deadlines, click here.
Deadlines
| CORIS Internal Review | Please contact Heloise Emdon |
| cuResearch Checklist | November 11, 2018 |
| Submission to Sponsor | November 18, 2018 |
Submitting Your Application
- Applications must be submitted via cuResearch, through which Departmental and Associate Dean’s approval must be provided to complete the online application process.
- More information on cuResearch can be found here.
Internal Contacts
If you would like assistance with proposal development and/or a substantive review of your proposal, please Heloise Emdon.