The core of the Transparency and Accountability Program is a small (10 month) competitive grants program open to civil society organizations based in low- or middle-income countries. The Grants Program supports organizations that seek to increase their capacity to conduct both high-quality research on public resource utilization and high-impact evidence-based advocacy to improve the efficiency and equity of public spending in health, education, and water services.   In pursuit of this goal, TAP incorporates both analytical and dissemination components for each grant round:

• To improve the analytical skills of grantees, TAP centers each grant round on a specific public expenditure topic or methodology (such as Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys, Absenteeism Studies, Benefit Incidence Analysis, and so on). TAP develops topic resources, sponsors peer-learning opportunities for grantees working on similar themes, and helps grantees connect with subject-matter experts on an as-needed basis.
• TAP grantees utilize their findings and policy recommendations from their analytical studies to advocate for better decisions and actions by stakeholders (including national and local government leaders, frontline service providers, NGOs, and others).