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Along with the launch, which encouraged evaluators and evaluation community members to use and apply the principles in practice, we simultaneously provided a call for proposals for field studies. Text for the call for field studies was foreshadowed in e-mails and listserv postings (See Appendix 2) where we provided a link to an online fillable proposal form (See Appendix 3). The text for the call provided background information, a rationale for the call, details about the peer-review and publication process, suggestions about content focus including a list of research or field test questions of interest, and finally details about proposal format and evaluation. The call concluded with an invitation to contact the principal investigator for more information.

We received a good response to the call with 10 proposals coming from Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, as well as the USA and Canada. The core editorial team (members of the COVE research program group) reviewed the proposals and met to discuss their relevance, potential, and feedback to be provided to the authors. Ultimately, we decided that eight proposed studies were potentially publishable in the volume, and the editor (Cousins) subsequently wrote the authors to provide feedback and guidance. In addition to proposal quality, of particular interest in making the selections were the inclusion of (i) an empirical test of the principles, which aligns with our commitment to RoE; (ii) diversity in context/geography, which speaks to our commitment to a global test drive process; and (iii) diversity in application of the principles to minimize redundancy and enhance understanding of the scope of CAE principle application.