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Use of Research Evidence

Awarded Grants

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Testing Research Communication Strategies and Impact among Policymakers to Reduce Inequalities Precipitated by COVID-19

Can a research communication intervention increase policymakers’ use of research evidence to improve the lives of youth and families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic?
Jennifer Taylor Scott
Pennsylvania State University
2020 – 2021
$38,280
Grant

Measurement of Conceptual Use of Research in Courts

How can we assess whether research has influenced the thinking and decision making orientations of policymakers and practitioners?
Sarah Walker
University Of Washington
2020 – 2024
$409,936
Grant

Consistently Crucial but Invariably Ignored: Testing the Role of Coordination in The Use of Research Evidence

Can the Coordinated Knowledge System for improving the use of research evidence in mental health be made less intensive yet still impactful?
Kimberly Becker
University Of South Carolina
2020 – 2026
$638,475
Grant

Measuring Educator’s Use of Research Evidence from Intermediary Websites Seeking to Support Social Emotional Learning

How can websites targeted at education practitioners be more effectively leveraged to promote the use of research evidence?
Valerie Shapiro
University Of California At Berkeley
2020 – 2027
$350,000
Grant

Mentoring and Career Development: 2020 Farrell and Riedy

Farrell will use this award to build her capacity for one-on-one mentoring and to develop a set of intentional mentoring strategies for supporting junior scholars of color.
Caitlin Farrell
University Of Colorado
2020 – 2023
$60,000
Grant

Building and Sustaining a URE Methods Repository

This grant will support the launch of a repository of measures for assessing the use of research evidence in policy and practice.
Drew Gitomer
Rutgers, The State University Of New Jersey
2020 – 2022
$253,895

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Webinars

Panel Discussion: Critical Race Perspectives on the Use of Research Evidence

On October 1, 2020, the Foundation hosted a virtual panel discussion with three researchers who offered ideas about ways to center race in efforts to improve the use of research in policy and practice.
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Panel Discussion: Critical Race Perspectives on the Use of Research Evidence
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  •  Aug 10, 2020

New Capacity-Building Grant to Support Methods Repository for Studies on Improving the Use of Research Evidence

The Foundation occasionally supplements its support for empirical research with targeted capacity-building grants. One such award, approved at the Foundation’s summer board meeting, will support the launch of a ...
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Webinars

Proposing Studies to Examine Robust Strategies for Improving the Use of Research Evidence

This webinar, recorded on June 30, 2020, provides real-life examples of what studies on robust strategies for improving evidence use look like in different stages of development and at different levels of public policy.
Foundation Staff
Proposing Studies to Examine Robust Strategies for Improving the Use of Research Evidence
Funding

Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence

This program funds studies that examine ways to improve the use of research evidence by policymakers, agency leaders, organizational managers, intermediaries, and other decision-makers that shape youth-serving systems in the United States.
Status:
Closed
The 2026 cycles are now closed. Deadlines for 2027 will be posted in November.
Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence

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