The National Academy of Social Insurance, in collaboration with AARP, has recently launched the 2019 Policy Innovations Challenge: Ensuring Adequacy for Workers. Participants in the Challenge will submit proposals to address the income adequacy needs of older workers who must claim Social Security retirement benefits before their full retirement age due to poor health, an inability to continue to perform physically demanding jobs, or other factors.

A panel of judges, consisting of Members of the Academy and other experts, will conduct a blind review of all proposals. Three to five applicants will each be awarded $20,000 - $25,000. 
 

The Academy will work with applicants to develop policy ideas that are innovative, feasible, and have the potential to improve economic security for this target population. The application process will include a facilitated discussion in early March to provide potential applicants with basic information about Social Security and related benefits, as well as relevant research findings about the income needs of this target population. Event details will be released soon. (Sign-up for updates) 

View the Challenge timeline. (First deadline: March 29, 2019 for abstracts)

For Academy Members only: Not interested in competing but want to participate? Sign-up to serve as an advisor/mentor to Challenge applicants. For more information, please contact:

Bill Arnone, Chief Executive Officer, National Academy of Social Insurance

Email: warnone@nasi.org, or call (202) 452-8097. (Or sign-up below to receive updates.)

If you are interested in applying for or following this Challenge, sign up for updates here. Abstract submissions will be accepted online beginning in March. 

Download the Challenge RFP. 

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