FAQ

The application deadline is August 28, 2025 with events complete by October 31, 2025. 

After applying, potential hosts will be invited to complete a 30-minute interview with the selection committee. The interview allows the committee to learn more about a potential host’s ability to host a successful event. Within two days of the interview, hosts are contacted by a project team member with a determination.

All hosts receive four hours of required online training delivered by experts in the field that covered the following topics through a combination of on-demand modules:

• Study overview and research ethics
• Hosting the event
• Arranging/marketing the event
• Recognizing/responding to psychological distress

Although hosts do not conduct research procedures, they received training on research ethics, privacy, confidentiality, and cultural sensitivity to ensure no breaches in research ethics occur. The research team provides one-on-one support to hosts as needed.

Selected organizations identified at least one host who will be trained for the event (additional staff who will attend the event are also able to receive training). At least one trained host must be present for the event.

A trained Project Talk research team member(s) will attend the event and be responsible for all aspects of the research procedures (such as informed consent, data collection, etc.). While the host will guide the event from beginning to end, the Project Talk Team member(s) will be able to support and assist the host throughout the entire event.

Events must be complete by October 31, 2025.

Yes, provided there is at least one bilingual host/planning team member who will lead the event.

• A Spanish-speaking project assistant will attend the event, with an English-speaking research assistant, to introduce the project, conduct research procedures, and interface with host and participants.
• The bilingual host/planning team member must be present for the entire event.

All attendee materials are available in Spanish.

The $300 host stipend can be used by host organizations to support staff time, food, and marketing for their events.

Hosts who have previously conducted a Conversation Project or Hello game event are not eligible to participate in this research project unless they can provide team members, venue location, and attendees unique from any previous Conversation Project or Hello game events.