Independent inquiry. Rigorous methods. Public impact.
The questions matter.
So does the work.
A home for consequential inquiry. A partner for rigorous research. We bring study design, grant development, scholar support, and public evidence into one ambitious institute.
A new chapter in independent research · Building toward 2028
The case for I AM
Bold questions.
Exacting work.
Evidence that travels.
Important research needs more than a compelling idea. It needs time, defensible study design, careful measurement, transparent analysis, and a path to publication.
I AM Research Institute is being built to provide those conditions. Our focus spans health, institutions, and public life—connecting scholarly rigor with the people and decisions that evidence should serve.
When difficult inquiry comes under pressure, our response is to strengthen the work: support the scholar, scrutinize the methods, and make the findings usable.
Define the question, the population, and what the study can reasonably establish.
Choose measures that reflect the problem. Examine validity, bias, and uncertainty.
Document decisions and subject the work to independent scholarly review.
Turn findings into writing, teaching, dialogue, and resources people can use.
Research services / Work with I AM
Your hardest question.
Our shared work.
Hire I AM to design research, develop grants, train your research team, or conduct a study. We build the scope around the question, the setting, and the decisions your evidence needs to inform.
01 / Design & conduct studies
From the first question
to the final finding.
Commission a study or bring us into your research team. We help frame the question, develop the protocol, select measures, plan data collection, analyze results, and prepare reports or manuscripts.
Discuss a research engagement ↗02 / Grant development
Build a stronger case for funding.
Work with us on specific aims, research strategy, evaluation plans, proposal narratives, and collaborative grant development—from shaping the concept to strengthening the submission.
03 / Research team training
Raise the team’s research capacity.
Tailored workshops and applied training in study design, measurement, qualitative and quantitative methods, interpretation, research writing, and public communication.
04 / Analysis & evaluation
Find out what is working—and why.
Program evaluation, evidence reviews, analytic planning, data analysis, and decision-ready reporting for institutions ready to examine their impact.
For hospital systems, colleges, foundations, companies, and community organizations.
Start with your question. We’ll discuss the scope, deliverables, timeline, and a fee-based engagement.
The institute we’re building
Give serious work
a greater reach.
Three connected commitments: support the scholar, strengthen the publication, and open the conversation.
Time to think.
Support to finish.
A proposed fellowship pathway combining research support, writing retreats, and public engagement. The writing agenda: one book manuscript for peer review, two to three article manuscripts, and participation in at least two summits.
Discuss fellowship partnerships ↗A home for work
that holds up.
A peer-reviewed journal and a book editorial board, built around clear standards, substantive feedback, and independent decisions. Editorial development helps scholars produce work worthy of rigorous review.
Express editorial interest ↗
Research enters
the room.
Summits and research fairs that bring scholarship to life through sharp conversations, live demonstrations, and compelling storytelling. Built to engage an audience while preserving the substance of the evidence.
Explore summit partnerships ↗The flagship public learning experience
An I AM Research Institute Immersion
A Public
Evidence Studio.
The People’s Lab turns curiosity into a practical research process. Our proposed eight-hour immersion brings participants into the work: frame a question, build a study, examine evidence, and communicate what it can—and cannot—tell us.
Curriculum in development. Credit-bearing participation will depend on an approved institutional partnership.
Scholarship with an audience
Make the evidence
impossible to ignore.
A powerful stage can make rigorous work accessible. Our public programs will combine the depth of scholarship with the craft of live dialogue, demonstration, and storytelling—so people leave understanding more than they did when they arrived.
Create a public program with us ↗Founding campaign / $2 million by 2028
Fund the conditions
for consequential work.
Help build the research infrastructure, scholar support, publishing capacity, and public learning that a durable institute requires.
We welcome conversations with foundations, corporate partners, hospital systems, colleges, and individual supporters who value independent inquiry and accountable public impact.
Proposed partnership opportunities
Partners receive an agreed stewardship and recognition plan, updates on supported activities, and reporting against defined milestones. Funding supports the work; scholarly findings and editorial decisions remain independent.
Founder & intellectual direction
Kevin Ahmaad Jenkins, PhD
Researcher, educator, and organizational consultant Kevin Ahmaad Jenkins is building I AM around a clear conviction: consequential inquiry deserves rigorous methods, durable support, and a public platform. The institute brings those commitments into one home for scholars, partners, and the communities their work can serve.
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