Funding Opportunities
The William T. Grant Foundation supports work to improve the settings of youth ages 8 to 25 in the United States. We fund research, fellowships, and service improvements that fit our Current Research Interests.
Research
Our research grants are both investigator-initiated and solicited through RFPs. The RFP for Classroom Measurement is part of our broader efforts to build theory and evidence about how classrooms affect youth. We hope to develop better measures of classroom quality in order to improve classrooms and their effects on youth. The RFP for the Use of Research Evidence is designed to help us better understand the acquisition, interpretation, and use of research evidence in policy and practice that affect youth.
Fellowships
Our Fellowship programs foster the development of early- and mid-career professionals. The William T. Grant Scholars program facilitates the professional development of promising early-career researchers from different disciplines by funding five-year research plans and mentoring relationships. The Distinguished Fellows program supports mid-career influential researchers, policymakers, and practitioners as they bridge the divide between their work and the users or producers of research.
Service Improvement Grants
Our Youth Service Improvement Grants program supports activities conducted by community-based organizations in the New York metropolitan area to improve the quality of services for young people ages 8 to 25. These are the only grants we offer for direct-service organizations.