Entrepreneurship Research Share: Facebook LinkedIn Twitter We aim to create actionable insights and practical tools to reduce barriers to entrepreneurs through problem-based grantmaking, advances in data, and translation capacity and infrastructure. Dr. Jessica Looze Promoted to Research Director “Jessica brings years of experience in research and evaluation to this role,” said Philip Gaskin, vice president of Entrepreneurship. “She has been an invaluable member of our research team, serving as senior program officer within our research-to-practice translation strategy, where she managed activities focused on learning, translation, and sharing of research findings to practitioners. I look forward to continuing to work with Jessica to move our strategy forward as we build and find new ways to help underserved entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses.” Get to know Jessica Looze > Interested in our newsletter, Insights to Entrepreneurship? Subscribe Programs & Initiatives Reports and Briefs Our research reports and briefs (Entrepreneurship Issue Briefs and Trends in Entrepreneurship) provide knowledge, data, and insights on key opportunities, challenges, and trends relevant to entrepreneurship. Read our latest research Kauffman Indicators of Entrepreneurship The Kauffman Indicators of Entrepreneurship offers in-depth measures, reports, and accompanying interactive data visualizations that present entrepreneurial trends in the United States. Visit the website Knowledge Challenge: Insight to Impact The Knowledge Challenge is a biannual program that invites proposals for research activities aimed at improving our basic understanding of entrepreneurs, addressing key practitioner challenges and barriers to entrepreneurship. The goal is to produce actionable insights and knowledge for entrepreneurs, entrepreneur support organizations, and researchers. Meet the 2020 grantees Research-to-Practice Translation The Entrepreneurship Research-to-Practice Translation work creates a bridge between research and practice. Our approach includes the development of both research-to-practice and practice-to-research. Activities include translating research findings and creating processes, opportunities, and infrastructure for researchers to engage in, develop, and access translation capabilities. Learn more Subscribe to Insights to Entrepreneurship A monthly newsletter with the latest entrepreneurship news, research, resources, and events from the Kauffman Foundation. I agree that the Foundation may use my personal information to communicate with me about the Foundation and programs I may find interesting, to personalize my experience on Foundation web sites, conduct academic/charitable research, and share my data with trusted Foundation affiliates. Please review our privacy policy which provides info on how we use and process your data.*