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Found results All Articles Filters Focus Areas Improving the use of Research Evidence Page About ...Grant program and our focus area of improving the use of research evidence. She also supports grantees in their work and leads... From the Field Scaffolding for Change: How Two RPPs Approach Partnership Health and Effectiveness ...partnerships produce meaningful research and foster research use, and have emerged across social sectors, including... Caitlin Farrell, Paula Arce-Trigatti, Emily Ozer, Elizabeth Farley-Ripple, Devin Corrigan, Brian Villa and Allison Firestone 3/9/2026 Issue 11: Winter 2025-26 Improving the Use of Research in Court: Toward a Comprehensive Research Agenda ...studying strategies and mechanisms to improve the use of research evidence in court. I turn to this concern next. Directions... Raquel Muñiz Castro Issue 11: Winter 2025-26 Mapping the Course for Testing Strategies to Improve Research Use in Legal Contexts In the Foundation’s use of research evidence focus area, we support studies examining new and established... Anupreet Sidhu Grant Announcements Four New Rapid Response Research Grants to Address Pressing Issues Facing Young People in the U.S. ...Response Research Grants program in 2017 to foster agile uses of research to respond to the needs of young people... Foundation Staff Grant Announcements Announcing the 2026 Institutional Challenge Grant Finalists ...the capacity of the agency and nonprofit partners to use research evidence to improve youth outcomes. Finally,... Foundation Staff Grant Announcements Six New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence in our Focus Areas ...outcomes and one study on strategies for improving the use of research evidence in ways that benefit young people. Approved at the... Foundation Staff Grant Strengthening Connections between Researchers and Policymakers: Testing the Scalability of a Local-level Intervention ...and beliefs about local policymaking, policymakers’ use of research evidence and research reach. It is informed by findings from... Elizabeth Day University Of Oregon 2025 – 2028$689,452.00 Staff Perspectives President’s Comment: Why We’re Investing in Tools to Advance Community-Engaged Scholarship ...repository of methods and measures for studying the use of research evidence in policy and practice. These investments reflect... Adam Gamoran 10/14/2025 Grant Convening and Catalyzing School Turnaround Through Conceptual Research Use ...performance. Prior research suggests the conceptual use of research evidence may help leaders better understand what challenges... Ebony Bridwell-Mitchell Harvard University 2025 – 2028$249,229.00 Grant Announcements Five New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence in our Focus Areas ...outcomes and two studies on strategies for improving the use of research evidence in ways that benefit young people. Approved at the... Foundation Staff Grant Developing and Examining a Coordinated Knowledge System for Improving the Use of Research Evidence in Clinical Decisions around Cultural Adaptation ...research to improve the frequency and quality of research use in clinical decisions about whether, when, and how... Alayna Park University Of Oregon 2025 – 2029$550,000.00 Around the Foundation Welcoming Alexes Harris to the William T. Grant Scholars Selection Committee ...the areas of reducing inequality and improving the use of research evidence by decision makers. I am honored to work with colleagues... Foundation Staff Grant Announcements Seven New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence in our Focus Areas ...outcomes and two studies on strategies for improving the use of research evidence in ways that benefit young people. These grants will... Foundation Staff Grant Enhancing the Capacity of State Educational Technology Leaders to Use Research Evidence to Translate Policy into Practice ...testing and assess the role of an RPP in improving the use of research evidence and altering state edtech leaders’ social networks.... Beth Holland and Marianne Bakia FullScale 2025 – 2028$569,901.00 Grant Understanding Educational Gender- and Sexual-Diversity Reforms and the Use of Evidence in Politically Divisive Contexts How district leaders use data and research about LGBTQ+ adolescents to initiate... Mollie McQuillan University of Wisconsin, Madison 2025 – 2030$424,957.00 Grant How Federal K-12 Education Programs May Reduce Inequality and Improve Student Outcomes ...proposed eliminating the U.S. Department of Education (USED), arguing that federal investments in public schools... Robert Kim and Danielle Farrie Education Law Center 2025 – 2026$149,763.00 Grant Improving Postsecondary Educational Outcomes for Transition-Age Youth in Foster Care ...completion for transition-age foster youth. They will also use university-level data from across multiple Penn State... Deborah Ehrenthal Pennsylvania State University 2025 – 2028$650,000.00 Grant Announcements Announcing the 2025 Institutional Challenge Grantees: Foundations Award $2.6 Million for Research-Practice Partnerships ...together to embed healing-centered, relationship-focused, equitable approaches to violence interruption, as... Foundation Staff 1 2 3 ... 11 ... Next Last
