The Impact Catalyst Fund (‘ICF’) is a strategic initiative of the UNICEF Evaluation Office which aims to support high-quality impact evaluations in priority thematic areas of the UNICEF Strategic Plan 2022–2025. ICF provides matching grants of up to US$400,000 to support the design and primary data collection (at least two rounds) for rigorous impact evaluations (preferably randomized controlled trial (RCT) design).  ​

ICF 2023 call focuses on the thematic area of child marriage and social norms where impact evidence remains limited. Generating scientifically robust evidence allows UNICEF country offices to make decisions to scale up ‘high gain’, transformative interventions to reduce child marriage and eliminate harmful practices in the ‘Decade of Action’. It helps solidify the institutional and global evidence base on child marriage and other harmful practices through a methodologically harmonized and strategically selected portfolio of rigorous impact evaluations.

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DEADLINE: 30 April 2023