Signals
A merged, date-sorted feed of three signal types: recent WestEd news and publications mentioning a known funder (11 tracked), real federal award data from USASpending.gov ($1.0B across 244 contracts and grants since 2007), and recent events at 9 known competitor organizations.
About this feed and the New badge
This is a first-pass snapshot, not a live alert system: nothing here auto-refreshes or pushes notifications yet. Competitor data was seeded once via web search; funder data is re-derived from WestEd’s own ingested news and publications whenever those are refreshed. Award rows are ground truth from USASpending.gov, not a news mention.
The New badge (7 below) is deliberately narrow. It marks items from the last 14 days that are also higher-priority (competitor contract awards and program launches, plus all tracked funder mentions), not every recent item in this feed. Routine competitor publications and market signals never get the badge, even if recent.
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- FunderNew2026-09-17
World Health Organization
How One Superintendent is Creating Lasting Systems for Leadership (opens in a new tab)
Social Sciences, Education, Health Professions
- FunderNew2026-09-16
World Health Organization
Putting the Four Domains to Work: Supporting School Transformation Through Assessment, Planning, and Coaching (opens in a new tab)
Social Sciences, Education, Health Professions
- FunderNew2026-09-16
World Health Organization
K-5 Literacy Endorsement is the Key to Raising Reading Scores in Arizona (opens in a new tab)
Social Sciences, Education, Health Professions
- FunderNew2026-09-16
Department of Education
K-5 Literacy Endorsement is the Key to Raising Reading Scores in Arizona (opens in a new tab)
- CompetitorNew2026-09-09
RTI International
RTI International receives two new DOE awards for minerals processing and paper recycling technology development (opens in a new tab)
Energy Technology and Renewables, Sustainable Energy Solutions, Energy Economics
- Competitor2026-09-09
NORC at the University of Chicago
NORC Data Enclave Gov Earns FedRAMP® Certification, Expanding Secure Research Capabilities (opens in a new tab)
- FunderNew2026-09-08
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Strengthening Math Systems Across Grade Levels: Insights on Instructional Materials, Early Childhood, and High School Pathways (opens in a new tab)
- CompetitorNew2026-09-08
Mathematica
Andrea Headley Receives 2026 David N. Kershaw Award for outstanding contributions to public policy (opens in a new tab)
Human Services, Justice
- Funder2026-08-28
Department of Education
Building Accountability Systems That Support Continuous Improvement (opens in a new tab)
- Competitor2026-08-27
American Institutes for Research
$10M federal grant awarded to Nebraska to study and grow statewide reading program (opens in a new tab)
Education, Reading and Literacy
- Competitor2026-08-24
Mathematica
Mathematica selected to advance learning and improvement across CMS models (opens in a new tab)
Health
- Funder2026-08-19
Department of Education
Beyond Identification: Creating the Conditions for Continuous Improvement (opens in a new tab)
- Competitor2026-08-13
Mathematica
Peter Schochet receives 2026 Peter H. Rossi Award for excellence in program evaluation (opens in a new tab)
Human Services, Education
- Competitor2026-08-03
Westat
Improved Site Selection Can Strengthen the Real-World Value of Research Findings (opens in a new tab)
Education, Real-World Data and Evidence
- Competitor2026-07-28
RTI International
What early colleges can teach us about expanding dual enrollment (opens in a new tab)
Implementation Science in Education, Education and Workforce Development, Education Research Methodologies
- Competitor2026-07-20
Westat
Stacy Patchel Recognized With NIH Director’s Award for Contributions to Fibroid Research (opens in a new tab)
Biomedical Informatics and Data Coordination, Clinical Research, Disease Epidemiology
- Competitor2026-07-14
RTI International
RTI International and Othram awarded NIJ funding for major study of forensic genetic genealogy across ancestral populations (opens in a new tab)
Investigations and Forensic Science, RTI Center for Forensic Sciences, Forensic Chemistry and Toxicology
- Competitor2026-07-07
RTI International
Youth tobacco use continues to decline: RTI publishes results of the 2025 National Youth Tobacco Survey in partnership with FDA (opens in a new tab)
Nicotine and Tobacco Research, Tobacco, Tobacco Control Policy
- Competitor2026-06-26
NORC at the University of Chicago
NORC Expands Presence in the Pacific with New Offices in Palau & Guam (opens in a new tab)
Training & Technical Assistance, International Data Collection, International Evaluation
- Competitor2026-06-15
NORC at the University of Chicago
NORC Launches Center on AI & Data Quality (opens in a new tab)
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Advanced Quantitative Methods, Data Science & Machine Learning
- Funder2026-06-11
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Do High-Quality Math Materials Improve Learning? (opens in a new tab)
- Competitor2026-06-09
Westat
Washington Statistical Society to Host Annual Award Ceremony and Reception at Westat (opens in a new tab)
- Funder2026-06-02
National Science Foundation
Real Science, Real Impact: How WestEd Brings NASA’s GLOBE Program to Life in Classrooms (opens in a new tab)
- Funder2026-06-02
National Science Foundation
An Onramp to Data Science in the Science Classroom (opens in a new tab)
- Funder2026-06-02
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Real Science, Real Impact: How WestEd Brings NASA’s GLOBE Program to Life in Classrooms (opens in a new tab)
Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience
- Competitor2026-06-02
Westat
Lloyd Hicks to Receive 2026 WSS President’s Award (opens in a new tab)
- Competitor2026-05-28
RTI International
RTI statistician Matt Williams receives Links Lecture Award from American Statistical Association (opens in a new tab)
- Competitor2026-05-27
American Institutes for Research
American Institutes for Research and the U.S. National Science Foundation Launch a New Center Supporting STEM Education Research and Practice (opens in a new tab)
Education, STEM
- Competitor2026-05-20
RTI International
RTI and CarbonBridge partner to test new stackable bioreactor system (opens in a new tab)
Energy Technology and Renewables, Sustainable Energy Solutions, Energy Research
- Competitor2026-05-19
Mathematica
Mathematica’s Carol Irvin Receives Inaugural Medicaid Data Impact Award (opens in a new tab)
Health, Medicaid and CHIP
- Competitor2026-05-06
RTI International
RTI International and Navidence partner to solve a persistent gap in real-world evidence: standardizing how diseases, treatments and outcomes are defined (opens in a new tab)
- Competitor2026-04-29
NORC at the University of Chicago
NORC Receives BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (opens in a new tab)
NORC Research Science
- Competitor2026-04-23
NORC at the University of Chicago
NORC Launches Civic Health & Elections Project (opens in a new tab)
Civic Participation, Volunteerism & Governance, Democracy & Governance, Media & Technology
- Competitor2026-04-15
NORC at the University of Chicago
Media Insight Project Expands With New Partners (opens in a new tab)
News & Journalism, Public Opinion & Attitudes, Media & Technology
- Competitor2026-03-10
NORC at the University of Chicago
NORC Expands Amplify AAPI Advisory Council with Five Distinguished Leaders (opens in a new tab)
- Competitor2026-03-10
American Institutes for Research
AIR Launches the AI Century Study, a Landmark 100-Year Research Effort on Human Development in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (opens in a new tab)
- Competitor2026-02-10
American Institutes for Research
American Institutes for Research and National Governors Association Launch Pilot Initiative to Strengthen Skills-Based Practices Across States (opens in a new tab)
Workforce, Human Capital Strategies, Workforce Development
- Competitor2026-01-27
American Institutes for Research
Expanding Educational Access in Massachusetts Prisons (opens in a new tab)
Human Services, Safety and Justice, Workforce
- Competitor2026-01-05
American Institutes for Research
Education Ministry Expands NAT to Private Sector Schools (opens in a new tab)
International, International Education
- Competitor2025-11-21
American Institutes for Research
Powering College Readiness Through Community Partnerships (opens in a new tab)
Education, College and Career Readiness
- Competitor2025-11-12
American Institutes for Research
AIR Launches AI in Education Network to Advance Research on How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing K–12 Education (opens in a new tab)
Education, Education Technology & Artificial Intelligence
- Competitor2025-11-06
NORC at the University of Chicago
NORC Launches Center on Indo-Pacific Social & Economic Research (opens in a new tab)
Training & Technical Assistance, International Evaluation, International Data Collection
- Competitor2025-10-28
NORC at the University of Chicago
National Panel Launches to Address Gaps in Veterans Data (opens in a new tab)
Veterans Research, NORC Research Science
- Competitor2025-10-02
Mathematica
Zachary Parolin Wins the 25th David Kershaw Award and Prize (opens in a new tab)
Human Services, Family Support
- Real award2025-09-24
Department of Defense
$0.3M — DODEA REQUIRES A CUSTOMIZABLE COMMERCIAL PROFESSIONAL LEARNING SERIES FOR K-12 EDUCATORS, FOCUSED ON TOPICS SUCH AS LEADERSHIP, CURRICULUM PLANNING, AND DATA-DRIVEN INSTRUCTION. (opens in a new tab)
- Competitor2025-08-21
Westat
Korkmaz Coauthors Paper Recognized with Test of Time Award, 2025 ACM SIGKDD (opens in a new tab)
- Competitor2025-08-07
Mathematica
Mathematica Launches PricePrism™: Advanced Price Transparency Intelligence Platform (opens in a new tab)
Health
- Competitor2025-06-12
Mathematica
Mathematica and Tuva Health Partner to Transform Data Analytics for Government and Public Health (opens in a new tab)
Health, Health Information Technology and Analytics
- Funder2025-05-14
Department of Energy
Four Key Assessment and Accountability Trends Education Leaders Should Monitor (opens in a new tab)
- Competitor2025-03-25
American Institutes for Research
Winning Beyond the Game: How the Partners of Million Coaches Challenge are Reshaping Youth Coaching (opens in a new tab)
Education, Social and Emotional Learning, Human Services
- Competitor2025-03-06
American Institutes for Research
AERA Selects 29 Exemplary Scholars as 2025 Fellows (opens in a new tab)
- Competitor2025-01-31
American Institutes for Research
AERA Awards Five New Deeper Learning Fellowships (opens in a new tab)
Education, College and Career Readiness
- Competitor2025-01-28
NORC at the University of Chicago
AcademyHealth & NORC Announce the Gail Wilensky Award for Impact in Health Policy (opens in a new tab)
- Competitor2025-01-21
Westat
NCES Renews Partnership with Westat as Part of the NAEP Coalition (opens in a new tab)
Education, Educational Assessment
- Competitor2025-01-14
NORC at the University of Chicago
NORC Announces David Dutwin as AmeriSpeak’s Executive Director (opens in a new tab)
NORC Research Science
- Funder2024-12-18
National Science Foundation
What Makes Scaling Work? Looking at Two Leadership Practices That Make or Break Efforts to Scale Innovations (opens in a new tab)
- Competitor2024-10-17
American Institutes for Research
Two Utah High School Vocational Ed Teachers Snag $50K Awards (opens in a new tab)
Education, Postsecondary Education, Workforce
- Competitor2024-10-14
Westat
Westat Secures AHRQ Awards for Behavioral Health Advancement (opens in a new tab)
Behavioral Health, Drug Use Surveillance, Health Services Research and Health Policy
- Competitor2024-10-10
Westat
AHRQ Awards MEPS-HC to Westat (opens in a new tab)
Health Services Research and Health Policy, Real-World Data and Evidence, Complex Surveys
- Competitor2024-10-03
Westat
Westat Awarded AI Coordinating Center to Support NHLBI’s Precision Medicine Research (opens in a new tab)
Clinical Research, Public Health
- Competitor2024-09-25
Mathematica
Katherine Michelmore Wins the 24th David N. Kershaw Award and Prize (opens in a new tab)
- Competitor2024-09-13
American Institutes for Research
City of Seattle Celebrates Record Enrollment in the Award-Winning Seattle Preschool Program for 2024-2025 School Year (opens in a new tab)
Human Services, Early Childhood and Child Development
- Funder2024-08-19
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Discoveries Nearby: Integrating Place-Based, Data-Rich Instruction in Science Education (opens in a new tab)
Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience
- Funder2024-08-15
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
California Center for School Climate Director Named Senior Director of Resilient and Healthy Schools and Communities Team at WestEd (opens in a new tab)
- Competitor2024-08-15
Mathematica
Mathematica and NASA Harvest Partner to Advance Evidence for Climate Adaptation (opens in a new tab)
- Competitor2024-08-14
Mathematica
Addressing Public Health Challenges by Expanding Data Access (opens in a new tab)
Health
- Competitor2024-08-12
American Institutes for Research
American Institutes for Research Wins CMS Contract to Improve Clinical Quality Measures for Medicare Beneficiaries (opens in a new tab)
Health, Health Cost, Coverage, and Access
- Funder2024-08-05
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Why Schools and Districts Should Consider True Cost—Not Just Price—When Shopping for EdTech (opens in a new tab)
- Competitor2024-08-01
American Institutes for Research
Experts from AIR and AICPA Receive the 2024 Innovations in Assessment Award (opens in a new tab)
Workforce, Workforce Development
- Competitor2024-07-31
American Institutes for Research
American Institutes for Research Launches AIR Attendance Lab to Help Districts Address Chronic Absenteeism (opens in a new tab)
Education, College and Career Readiness, Postsecondary Education
- Competitor2024-07-09
Mathematica
C230 Consulting Group and Mathematica Launch a Strategic Joint Venture (opens in a new tab)
Global
- Competitor2024-06-18
NORC at the University of Chicago
NORC Launches New Research Center to Advance the Science of Health Communication (opens in a new tab)
Communication & Outreach, Health Communication Science, NORC Health
- Competitor2024-05-01
American Institutes for Research
STEMM Opportunity Alliance releases national strategy at White House summit to diversify and expand STEMM workforce by 2050 (opens in a new tab)
Education, STEM
- Competitor2024-04-30
American Institutes for Research
America Institutes for Research Partnership with Institutions of higher Learning (opens in a new tab)
International
- Competitor2024-01-30
American Institutes for Research
American Institutes for Research Honored by Anthem Awards for Knowledge Translation Expertise (opens in a new tab)
- Competitor2024-01-29
American Institutes for Research
Board of Education Selects College and Career Readiness Standard (opens in a new tab)
Education, College and Career Readiness
- Competitor2024-01-16
NORC at the University of Chicago
NORC and ABF Receive $2M Award from Bureau of Justice Statistics for Access to Justice Design and Testing Program (opens in a new tab)
Public Safety & Justice, Communication & Outreach, Using & Enhancing Administrative & Big Data
- Competitor2023-12-18
NORC at the University of Chicago
Felicia LeClere Honored with NORC’s Norman Bradburn Career Achievement Award (opens in a new tab)
Survey Methods Research, NORC Research Science, NORC Health
- Competitor2023-12-18
American Institutes for Research
Partners Reflect on Progress from Ascendium's Rural Learner Success Initiative (opens in a new tab)
Education, District and School Improvement
- Competitor2023-11-15
NORC at the University of Chicago
General Social Survey and European Social Survey Partner to Advance Survey Research Methodology Through Innovation (opens in a new tab)
Survey Methods Research, NORC Research Science
- Competitor2023-11-08
Mathematica
Expanded Access to End-of-Life Care Shows Promise for Improving Care Quality and Reducing Medicare Expenditures (opens in a new tab)
Health, Delivery System Reforms, Medicare
- Competitor2023-11-08
Mathematica
Mathematica Achieves Advanced Tier Status in the Amazon Web Services Partner Network (opens in a new tab)
Health, Health Information Technology and Analytics, Medicaid and CHIP
- Funder2023-11-02
National Institute of Justice
Spotlight on Ensuring Safe Learning Environments for School Communities (opens in a new tab)
- Funder2023-10-27
National Institute of Justice
Spotlight on Connecting Research and Practice to Support the Whole Child (opens in a new tab)
- Competitor2023-10-12
American Institutes for Research
Minnesota Schools Awarded Funding to Implement Evidence-Based BARR System (opens in a new tab)
Education, District and School Improvement
- Competitor2023-10-05
Mathematica
Elizabeth Linos Wins the 23rd David N. Kershaw Award and Prize (opens in a new tab)
- Funder2023-09-26
Environmental Protection Agency
ChemVLab+: Context-Based Instruction That Helps Students Think Like Chemists (opens in a new tab)
- Competitor2023-08-03
American Institutes for Research
Understanding the Impact of Industry-Led Partnerships With Higher Education Institutions (opens in a new tab)
Education, Postsecondary Education
- Competitor2023-07-31
American Institutes for Research
Chicago Eyes Dramatically Expanding Its Sustainable Community Schools Program (opens in a new tab)
Education, Afterschool and Expanded Learning
- Funder2023-07-18
National Institute of Justice
Implementing Behavioral Threat Assessment Programs to Improve School Safety (opens in a new tab)
- Competitor2023-07-17
American Institutes for Research
American Institutes for Research Partners with Local Non-Profits to Build Resiliency and Opportunity (opens in a new tab)
- Competitor2023-05-23
NORC at the University of Chicago
NORC’s Timothy Johnson Receives AAPOR Award (opens in a new tab)
NORC Research Science
- Competitor2023-04-10
Mathematica
Diversifying and Expanding the Health Care Worker Pipeline: A Senate Call to Action (opens in a new tab)
Health
- Competitor2023-03-06
NORC at the University of Chicago
Jim Fell Awarded International Council on Alcohol, Drugs, and Traffic Safety's Haddon Award (opens in a new tab)
- Competitor2023-02-22
NORC at the University of Chicago
Metadata Technology Collaborating with NORC, ICPSR, and partners on improving researchers access to GSS and ANES surveys (opens in a new tab)
- Competitor2023-02-14
NORC at the University of Chicago
NORC Partners Release New Report on Cyberlearning and the Future of Learning with Technology (opens in a new tab)
- Competitor2023-02-14
NORC at the University of Chicago
NORC at University of Chicago Poster Wins Award at JSM 2017 (opens in a new tab)
- Competitor2023-02-14
NORC at the University of Chicago
Jim Fell Receives Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine Award of Merit (opens in a new tab)
- Competitor2023-02-13
NORC at the University of Chicago
NRHA announces 2016 Rural Health Award recipients (opens in a new tab)
Rural Health, NORC Health
- Competitor2022-12-08
NORC at the University of Chicago
NORC Launches AmeriSpeak Federal, the Highest-Quality Panel for Government Surveys (opens in a new tab)
NORC Public Affairs
- Competitor2022-12-01
NORC at the University of Chicago
NORC Launches Center on Public Safety & Justice, Led by John Roman (opens in a new tab)
NORC Economics
- Competitor2022-10-26
NORC at the University of Chicago
NORC Congratulates Chris Haffer on Datum Award for EEOC Explore Tool (opens in a new tab)
- Competitor2022-10-13
Mathematica
Carey Appold Honored with Inaugural Charles Metcalf Leadership Award (opens in a new tab)
Health
- Competitor2022-09-29
Mathematica
Abigail Aiken, an Expert in Evidence-Based Reproductive Care, Wins the 22nd David N. Kershaw Award and Prize (opens in a new tab)
- Funder2022-09-08
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
New Research Explores Using Behavioral Threat Assessment to Improve School Safety and Student Well-Being (opens in a new tab)
- Real award2022-01-01
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
$4.9M — THE PROPOSED PROJECT ADDRESSES A NATIONAL NEED DATA FLUENT TEACHERS WHO ARE WELL PREPARED TO INTEGRATE DATA INTO EARTH SCIENCE LEARNING FOR THEIR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. (opens in a new tab)
- Funder2022
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA's Neurodiversity Network (N3) (opens in a new tab)
Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience
- Competitor2021-07-21
Mathematica
Mathematica Partnership in Western North Carolina Informs Efforts to Establish National Wastewater Surveillance System (opens in a new tab)
Health, Population Health, COVID19
- Competitor2021-05-20
Mathematica
Jennifer de Vallance Earns Prestigious Communications Leadership Award (opens in a new tab)
- Funder2021-03-10
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
How Technology Brings Health Care to Students at School (opens in a new tab)
- Competitor2020-10-28
Mathematica
Mathematica’s Randall Brown Honored with Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management Rossi Award (opens in a new tab)
Health
- Competitor2020-08-07
Mathematica
Northwestern’s Kirabo Jackson Earns Prestigious David N. Kershaw Award (opens in a new tab)
- Competitor2020-08-04
Mathematica
Mathematica Partners with Comagine Health—Allegis and Washington State on Contact Tracing (opens in a new tab)
Health, COVID19
- Competitor2020-03-04
Mathematica
Arnold Ventures Awards $6 Million Grant to Study Replication and Evaluation of Penn Nursing’s Transitional Care Model (opens in a new tab)
Health, Quality Improvement
- Competitor2019-10-31
Mathematica
Mathematica Partners with the Food and Nutrition Service and Boston Children’s Hospital at the APHA Annual Meeting and Expo (opens in a new tab)
Health, Human Services, Nutrition
- Funder2019-10-10
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Current Trends and Promising Practices in Bullying Prevention (opens in a new tab)
- Competitor2019-03-25
Mathematica
Mathematica's Elizabeth Weigensberg Wins the Louis Brownlow Award (opens in a new tab)
Health, Health Information Technology and Analytics, State Health Policy
- Funder2018-08-17
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Healing Our Children: Insights on Trauma-Informed Practices in Education (opens in a new tab)
- Funder2016-10-17
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Restorative Justice: An Alternative to Traditional Punishment (opens in a new tab)
- Real award2016-01-01
Department of Justice
$7.5M — COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL SAFETY IN ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS (opens in a new tab)
- Real award2009-09-15
National Science Foundation
$3.5M — MATH PATHWAYS & PITFALLS: CAPTURING WHAT WORKS FOR ANYTIME ANYPLACE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (opens in a new tab)
- Real award2006-01-31
Department of Education
$45.4M — REGIONAL EDUCATION LABORATORY - WESTERN REGION (opens in a new tab)