Collaborative grants are awarded competitively, through a mix of external peer review and an independent selection committee of researchers, advocates, and activists.

Past members:

• Hernan Galperin, University of Southern California
• Dorothy Kidd, University of San Francisco
• Gene Kimmelman, Consumers' Union
• Mark Lloyd, Center for American Progress
• Philip Napoli, Fordham University

•  Hye-Jung Park, Media Justice Fund

• Catherine Sandoval, Santa Clara University
• Ben Scott, Free Press
• Leslie Shade, Concordia University