The William T. Grant Foundation invests in high-quality research focused on reducing inequality in youth outcomes and improving the use of research evidence in decisions that affect young people in the United States.
Upcoming Funding Opportunities
Research Grants on Reducing Inequality
The online application will open on November 14, 2019. The next deadline for letters of inquiry is January 9, 2020 at 3:00 pm EST. 2020 application guidelines are now available.
Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence
The online application will open on November 14, 2019. The next deadline for letters of inquiry is January 9, 2020 at 3:00 pm EST. 2020 application guidelines are now available.
Institutional Challenge Grant
The online application is now closed. The next deadline for applications is T.B.D.
Featured Updates
APPLYING FOR GRANTS
2020 Application Guidelines Now Available
Featured Work
How School Finance Research Can Sharpen the Debate, Strengthen Policy, and Improve Student Outcomes
New research has the potential not only to shape the school finance debate in years ahead, but improve policies and ultimately reduce inequalities in student opportunities and outcomes.
For Applicants
Social Movement Research to Reduce Inequality for Young People
The Foundation is interested in funding studies that examine social movements as a strategy to target macro-structural inequalities that affect youth outcomes. Such studies might focus on youth-led movements or on adult-led movements that affect youth, but the central focus should examine the conditions or mechanisms through which movements can reduce inequality in youth outcomes.
Insight & Analysis
Vivian’s Voice: Evidence Use Across Sectors, Around the Globe, and Back at Home
Senior Vice President of Program Vivian Tseng shares reflections on the past decade of work on the use of research evidence.
Featured Work
Seeing the Light of Evidence in Dark Times
Insight & Analysis
Forming and sustaining a research-practice partnership: Lessons from our experience at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The value of RPPs can increase with each successive year, as long as they are sustained. Here, former and current staff from two respective offices within the federal department of Health and Human Services share insights from their experiences forming a partnership and keeping the work moving forward amid change and evolution.