The Evaluation Core of the CONNECT Center ensures continuous quality improvement across the CFDE through collaborative assessments that engage stakeholders and relevant communities.

To promote continuous improvement, rather than relying on only an annual snapshot, we propose to integrate automated data collection and aggregation into continuously updated summarized reports that provide high-impact, actionable intelligence to CFDE and CF program leaders.

Working with the oversight of the Office of Strategic Coordination (OSC) and in partnership with the Common Fund program staff, we will work to:

• Establish evaluation metrics aligned with CFDE principles through stakeholder engagement.
• Implement processes that continually integrate resources to gather metrics across CF programs, including the CFDE.
• Develop a report generator for CF programs and the CFDE to provide dashboard information and continuously-updated reports to project leaders and stakeholders.
• Engage with CF programs and the CFDE to provide guidance based on findings from evaluation metrics, understand gaps in metrics and reports, and ensure continuous improvement.