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William T. Grant Scholars

Awarded Grants

Grant

Developing and Evaluating Equitable Student Assignment Policies

Can a student assignment policy with both zones and controlled choice meaningfully reduce racial and economic segregation in public schools, thereby reducing inequality in academic outcomes?
Irene Lo
Stanford University
2025 – 2030
$425,000
Grant

Curbing Racial Inequality in Truancy with Critical Policy Research: A Mixed-Methods Investigation of Policy Rhetoric and Implementation

Do institutional responses to truancy reduce racial inequality in truancy, habitual truancy, and related educational outcomes for Black and Latinx students?
Ericka Weathers
University Of Pennsylvania
2025 – 2030
$424,623
Grant

Disrupting and TRANSFORMing Race-Related Stressors to Address Psychosocial Inequalities and Promote Adolescent Adjustment

Does an intervention that equips youth to resist stress and trauma from racism improve short- and long-term academic outcomes?
Farzana Adjah
Stanford University
2025 – 2030
$425,000
Grant

Understanding Educational Gender- and Sexual-Diversity Reforms and the Use of Evidence in Politically Divisive Contexts

How do district administrators use gender- and sexual-diversity educational reform research to influence LGBTQ+ student outcomes?
Mollie McQuillan
University Of Wisconsin, Madison
2025 – 2030
$424,957
Grant

Developing a School-Based Care Coordination Service Model to Support Youth with Asthma: A Systems Approach

Can a technology-enabled platform that coordinates care across medical and educational settings improve health and academic outcomes for Black youth with asthma?
Kelly Harris
Washington University In St. Louis
2025 – 2030
$425,000

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News
  •  Dec 3, 2025

Announcing Eleven Finalists for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of 2031

We are delighted to announce the finalists for the William T. Grant Scholars Program class of 2031. Eleven early-career researchers were selected from a pool of 153 applicants after a rigorous review by our staff and Selection Committee. The Scholars Program began ...
Foundation Staff
Announcing Eleven Finalists for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of 2031
Focus Areas

Mentoring and Career Development

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Mentoring and Career Development
News
  •  Jul 23, 2025

Welcoming Alexes Harris to the William T. Grant Scholars Selection Committee

We are delighted to welcome Alexes Harris, Presidential Term Professor and Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington, to the William T. Grant Scholars Selection Committee, effective July 1, 2025. Launched in 1982, the William T. Grant Scholars Program supports the professional ...
Foundation Staff
Welcoming Alexes Harris to the William T. Grant Scholars Selection Committee
News
  •  May 6, 2025

Five Early-Career Researchers Selected for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of 2030

The Foundation is proud to announce the newest class of William T. Grant Scholars: Farzana Adjah, in the graduate school of education at Stanford University, will examine whether an intervention that equips youth to resist stress and trauma from racism ...
Foundation Staff
Five Early-Career Researchers Selected for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of 2030
Digest, Issue 10: Winter 2024-25

Career Development at the Foundation: Keeping Sight of the People Carrying Out the Work

The goal may be to fund high-quality research, but we should never lose sight of the people carrying out the work and how securing funding fits within the larger context of their careers.
Melissa Wooten
Career Development at the Foundation: Keeping Sight of the People Carrying Out the Work

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