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Use of Research Evidence

Awarded Grants

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Education Policy, Politics, and Evidence

How does politics influence incentives to acquire, interpret, and use research evidence in policymaking?
M. Stephen Weatherford
University Of California, Santa Barbara
2019 – 2020
$49,956
Grant

Research Partnerships

This award will enable the Pew Charitable Trusts and the William T. Grant Foundation to develop a cross-sector network of funders, researchers, and practitioners focused on improving the use of research evidence in policy and practice
Angela Bednarek
The Pew Charitable Trusts
2019 – 2020
$50,000
Grant

Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research Capacity Building

This award provides grantees with consultations and a workshop to build their capacity to conduct mixed-methods research that integrates qualitative and quantitative methods.
Timothy Guetterman
University Of Michigan
2019 – 2020
$99,313
Grant

Coaching and Mentoring to Help Researchers Increase the Likelihood that Research is Used to Inform Policy

This award will provide focused coaching and mentoring to support Foundation grantees in cultivating relationships with policymakers and civic intermediaries, with the goal of increasing the likelihood that their research ...
Paola Maynard
Scholars Strategy Network
2018 – 2020
$244,838
Grant

Optimizing the Impact of Public-Academic Partnerships in Fostering Policymakers’ Use of Research Evidence

What facilitates the use of research evidence by decision makers engaged in public-academic partnerships (PAPs) at different stages of a partnership’s development?
Christina Kang-Yi
University Of Pennsylvania
2018 – 2020
Grant

From add-on to add-in approaches to supporting research use: The case of educational leadership for equity

How can school district leaders redesign their work processes to improve the district’s use of research evidence?
Meredith Honig
University Of Washington
2018 – 2022
$600,000
Grant

Towards Democratizing Evidence: Assessing Engagement of Community-Based Groups in Research/Practice Partnerships

What are promising strategies for engaging community-based groups in research partnerships to promote the use of research evidence in educational decision making?
Ira Lit
Stanford University
2018 – 2019
Grant

Building the Evidence that Research Evidence Matters

Can a professional development intervention increase child welfare agencies’ use of evidence and improve permanency for children in foster care?
Fred Wulczyn
Chapin Hall Center For Children
2018 – 2024
$605,656

Articles & More

Digest, Issue 04: Winter 2018-19

Reframing Evidence-Based Policy to Align with the Evidence

In this essay, Kim DuMont urges advocates for evidence-based policy to attend to the evidence on getting evidence used, and calls on researchers to test new models that take into account the social side of evidence use.
Kim DuMont
Reframing Evidence-Based Policy to Align with the Evidence
News
  •  Jul 18, 2018

Ten New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence in our Focus Areas, Summer 2018

We are proud to announce ten new grants to support research on reducing inequality in youth outcomes and improving the use of research evidence in decisions that affect young people. Approved at the Foundation’s spring and summer board meetings, ...
Ten New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence in our Focus Areas, Summer 2018

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