IPA’s Consumer Protection Research Initiative (CPRI) 2025 Call for Research Proposals Is Now Open!

IPA’s Consumer Protection Research Initiative (CPRI) 2025 Call for Research Proposals is now open. CPRI accepts proposals for large grants that fund rigorous impact evaluations, as well as smaller grants that can fund pilots, add-ons to existing studies, low-cost evaluations such as lab-based experiments, or evaluations relying primarily on administrative data (e.g., A/B tests or quasi-experimental evaluations using historical data).

The primary focus of the initiative is on evaluating interventions that reduce consumer risks and build trust in digital payments and credit products.

IPA funds work addressing four core research areas:

1. Fraud prevention and detection.
2. High prices, price transparency, and market competition.
3. Over-indebtedness and responsible digital credit.
4. Complaints redress mechanisms.