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Use of Research Evidence

Awarded Grants

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States as Laboratories: Experimental Trial of the Research-to-Policy Collaboration to Improve State’s Use of Evidence to Benefit Youth

Does the research-to-policy collaboration model improve policymakers’ use of prevention science research at the state level?
Daniel Crowley
Pennsylvania State University
2024 – 2027
$200,000
Grant

Utilizing Discrete Event Simulation (DES) to Improve the Use and Relevance of Research Evidence to Inform School Mental Health Services

Does utilizing a Discrete Event Simulation (DES) model improve the local relevance and use of research evidence for school-based mental health decision-making?
Nathaniel von der Embse
University Of South Florida
2024 – 2027
$950,000
Grant

Child Policy Connect

This grant will enable the Society for Research in Child Development to establish Child Policy Connect, a program to improve evidence-based policymaking by building reliable and trusted relationships between researchers and policymakers in the United States.
Suzanne Le Menestrel
Society For Research In Child Development
2024 – 2026
$80,000
Grant

Exploring the Role of Youth Advocacy in State Policymakers’ Use of Research Evidence for Eating Disorders Prevention

Does youth-led legislative advocacy improve evidence use in eating disorder prevention policy?
Amanda Raffoul
University Of Toronto
2024 – 2029
$349,749
Grant

Strategies And Conditions Facilitating And Hindering Education Law Attorneys’ Use of Research Evidence

How do professional networks shape evidence use among lawyers engaged in holistic legal youth advocacy?
Raquel Muñiz Castro
Boston College
2024 – 2029
$349,880.40
Grant

Microecological Influences of Supervision on URE in Children’s Mental Health: Secondary Analysis of the Child STEPs in California Randomized Effectiveness Trial

How do clinical supervisory decisions improve the use of research evidence in mental health treatment activities and youth mental health outcomes?
Bruce Chorpita
University Of California, Los Angeles
2024 – 2026
$379,984

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News
  •  Dec 9, 2024

Six New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence in our Focus Areas

We are proud to announce six new research grants, totaling over $3 million, in support of five studies on ways to reduce inequality in youth outcomes and one study on strategies for improving the use of research evidence in ways that ...
Foundation Staff
Six New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence in our Focus Areas
Blog Post

Making Youth and Families Matter in Policymaking: Strategies for Identifying, Approaching, and Engaging Policymakers

One of the biggest threats to youth and family policy is growing pessimism among scholars that engaging policymakers is worth their time and effort (Bogenschneider, Corbett, & Parrott, 2019). New studies ...
Karen Bogenschneider
Making Youth and Families Matter in Policymaking: Strategies for Identifying, Approaching, and Engaging Policymakers
Blog Post

Research Alliances: Challenges and Opportunities in Supporting District Improvement

Over the past decades, research-practice partnerships (RPPs) have proliferated across the United States. In one common RPP design, the research alliance (RA), a group of researchers—typically situated within a research university—enters into a long-term partnership with a practice-focused ...
Megan Duff
,
Joshua Glazer
,
and Matthew Shirrell
Research Alliances: Challenges and Opportunities in Supporting District Improvement
Blog Post

No One-Size-Fits-All: A Context-Sensitive Approach to Research-Practice Partnership Health and Effectiveness

Introduction Research-practice partnerships (RPPs) involve long-term partnerships aimed at improving or transforming a wide-range of outcomes through collaboration and research inquiry across a diversity of partner groups. As RPPs proliferate, ...
The National Center for Research in Policy and Practice
 and The National Network of Education Research-Practice Partnerships
No One-Size-Fits-All: A Context-Sensitive Approach to Research-Practice Partnership Health and Effectiveness

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