Gain a competitive edge in your proposal, project, or grant application. The College Research and Evaluation Services Team (CREST) engages Arizona State University researchers and the local community in the evaluation and research process from start to finish. The services provided include writing monitoring and evaluation (M&E) plans for grant proposals, framing evaluation questions, creating evaluation plans and research designs, implementing data collection, analyzing data, interpreting results, and disseminating the findings.
CREST provides services and support at the proposal stage with the expectation of the evaluation contract award when the project is funded. In addition, CREST provides ad hoc evaluation services and technical support after project funding for a nominal fee.
CREST services
- Collaboration and development
CREST collaborates with grant staff to develop a customized research and evaluation plans that reflect the program’s context, capacity, and overarching goals. We can work with you to:
- Develop a logic model.
- Assist with defining and aligning program outcomes with goals.
- Determine sample and comparison groups.
- Create a customized evaluation design to measure program impact.
- Methodology
- Data collection and analysis
- Reporting
Contact us
Wendy Barnard, Director, CREST
480-727-1362
Payne Hall 122
1000 S. Forest Mall
Tempe, AZ 85287-2111
