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Building Healthy Foundations: City-wide Mapping of Childhood Asthma Rates for Early Identification of Dangerous Housing

Can predictive modeling identify dangerous housing that puts low-income children at greater risk for asthma disparities?

Adam Haber

Harvard University

2023 – 2028
$350,000

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Cisinformed: Misinformation and the Media War on Transgender Youth

Does exposure to misinformation give rise to state-level anti-transgender policies targeting youth? Can an intervention mitigate the effect of misinformation on attitudes toward transgender youth?

Thomas Billard

Northwestern University

2023 – 2028
$350,000

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Top-Down Discipline: The Effects of Carceral Ideology on Low-Income and Racial Minority Students

To what extent does carceral ideology—an orientation toward punitive practices—act as a structural barrier to reducing persistent educational inequalities for Black students?

NaLette Brodnax

Georgetown University

2023 – 2028
$349,588

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Mapping the Civics Education Landscape: Identifying the Role of Research and Politics in Educational Decision-Making

How does the political context contribute to the use and promotion of evidence within civics education?

Mariah Kornbluh

University Of Oregon

2023 – 2028
$349,914

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Using Big Data to Understand and Reduce Inequality in Youth Connectedness in an Era of Economic Polarization

Do community characteristics buffer low-income youth from the isolating effects of economic polarization?

Siwei Cheng

New York University

2023 – 2028
$349,899

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Racism and the Mechanisms Maintaining Racial Stratification in Poverty and Material Hardship for Families with Children

How do structural mechanisms, rather than individual characteristics, sustain poverty among Black, Latino, and White families?

Deadric Williams

University Of Tennessee

2022 – 2027
$350,000

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Scholars Selection Committee – William T. Grant Scholars Program

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• Jul 24, 2023

The Foundation Welcomes new Chair and Four new Members of Scholars Selection Committee

The Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Karolyn Tyson, Chair of Sociology at Georgetown University, as Chair of the Scholars Selection Committee, effective July 1, 2023. In addition to Dr. Tyson, the Foundation also named four new members of the ...

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• Apr 3, 2023

Five Early-Career Researchers Selected for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of 2028

We’re pleased to announce the newest class of William T. Grant Scholars. Launched in 1982, the Scholars Program supports the professional development of promising researchers in the social, behavioral, and health sciences who have received their terminal degrees within the ...

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Five Early-Career Researchers Selected for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of 2028

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• Dec 6, 2022

Eleven Finalists Selected for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of 2028

The William T. Grant Foundation is pleased to announce the finalists for the William T. Grant Scholars Program class of 2028. Eleven early-career researchers were selected from a pool of 43 applicants after a rigorous review by our staff and Selection Committee. ...

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