Evaluation Accelerator Fund (Phase 4): Project summaries

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This page details the projects that were awarded funding as part of Phase 4 of the Evaluation Accelerator Fund (EAF).

In March 2025, the Evaluation Task Force (ETF) announced Phase 4 of its Evaluation Accelerator Fund (EAF). The EAF is a competitive grant fund and supports research and evaluation projects that:

create actionable evidence in government priority areas that informs public spending or policy decisions;

tackle evidence gaps in government priority areas; or

provide robust evidence of financial or efficiency savings from new policies, interventions, or innovative approaches to service delivery

Phase 4 had up to £3.5 million available in the 2025/26 financial year. The government priority areas in scope for Phase 4 were:

priority areas for public sector reform outlined at the Autumn Budget 2024

use of technology, including AI, in the public sector (in order to digitise public service delivery, enhance productivity and improve outcomes)

Many projects awarded funding focus on evaluating the impacts of prevention (improving long-term outcomes for people through a focus on prevention, relying less on expensive crisis management). Spending Review 2025 identified prevention as a key principle of the government’s approach to public sector reform. We have therefore also identified projects that relate to prevention.

Using quasi-experimental data to evaluate effectiveness and preparedness of NHS elective surgery Hubs

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