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 Improving the Use of Research Evidence
The online application is now closed. The next deadline for letters of inquiry is May 5, 2021, 3:00pm EST.
Research Grants on Reducing Inequality
The online application is now closed. The next deadline for letters of inquiry is May 5, 2021, 3:00pm EST.
Youth Service Improvement Grants
The online application is now open. The next deadline for applications is March 11, 2021, 3:00pm EST.
Featured Updates

Foundation News
Four New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence in our Focus Areas

Insight and Analysis
Using Research Well: A Framework for Understanding Quality Use of Research Evidence
A new framework from the Q Project at Monash University invites us to reflect honestly on our current approaches to talking about, enhancing, and practicing evidence use.

Webinar
Proposing Studies of Strategies to Address Structural Roots of Inequality
In this webinar, recorded on November 9, 2020, Program Officer Jenny Irons discusses the Foundation’s focus on reducing inequality and shares guidance for prospective applicants interested in studying strategies to address inequality’s structural roots. Irons is joined by grantees Matthew Desmond (Princeton University) and Cecilia Ayón (University of California, Riverside), who expound on the different system-level factors at the center of their respective studies, their methodological approaches, and challenges and opportunities for the field.

Staff Writing
Building Trust in Science Will Require Democratizing Evidence
In a new post published by The Hill, Vivian Tseng outlines how incorporating democratic principles will be key to building trust in science in the coming years, writing: “Democratizing evidence would foster an informed citizenry, in which those furthest from opportunity could influence the development and use of evidence to drive stronger government, policy, and practice.”

Foundation News
2021 Institutional Challenge Grant Finalists

Grantee Writing
Fostering Equitable and Effective Use of Digital Tools in K-12 Classrooms
By Carolyn Heinrich, Jennifer Darling-Aduana, and Annalee Good
Digital educational tools are touted for their promise in increasing equitable access to enhanced learning opportunities and improving educational outcomes for K-12 students. Yet there is a growing consensus that the thorniest challenges schools and educators face in integrating educational technology are around how digital learning interacts with the systemic social, economic, racial, and historical patterns of inequity in education.