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Use of Research Evidence

Awarded Grants

Grant

Building a more holistic and inclusive workforce development system for Boston’s Youth

Northeastern University is partnering with The City of Boston’s Department of Youth Engagement and Employment to reduce inequality among young people through the Boston Summer Youth Employment Program and other year-round workforce development programs that aim to improve long-term ...
Alicia Modestino
Northeastern University
2021 – 2026
$999,557
Grant

Training and Coaching to Help Scholars Ensure that Research is Used to Improve Policy

This award will enable the Scholars Strategy Network to provide regular trainings and individual coaching to help Foundation-supported investigators engage in the policy process, with the goal of increasing the likelihood that their research becomes more policy relevant and their ...
Paola Maynard
Scholars Strategy Network
2021 – 2022
$175,893
Grant

Mentoring and Career Development: 2021 Painter-Davis and Setter

Painter-Davis will use this grant to develop skills to better communicate across differences in perspectives, particularly related to racial-ethnic inequalities as they impact his students.
Noah Painter Davis
University Of New Mexico
2021 – 2024
$59,998.84
Grant

Mentoring and Career Development: 2021 Becker and Chu

Becker will use this award to make intentional space for reflection about how her and her mentees’ racial identities shape their experiences in academia.
Kimberly Becker
University Of South Carolina
2021 – 2024
$60,000
Grant

Enhancing Nursing Capacity to Understand and Address the Needs of Native American Youth on the Fort Belknap Reservation

Johns Hopkins University and the Fort Belknap Indian Community will conduct and use research to develop a culturally-responsive intervention for preventing suicide among adolescents and young adults of the Nakoda and Aaniih Nations.
Teresa Brockie
Johns Hopkins University
2021 – 2026
$1,000,000

Articles & More

Publication

Racial Equity and Research Practice Partnerships 2.0: A Critical Reflection

RPPs have the potential to forge relationships that lead to new possibilities for racial justice. However, they also run the risk of reproducing the very inequities that many claim to challenge. To avoid the second scenario, we need to confront ...
John Diamond
Racial Equity and Research Practice Partnerships 2.0: A Critical Reflection
Publication

Research-Practice Partnerships in Education: The State of the Field

Research-Practice Partnerships in Education: The State of the Field expands on the 2013 white paper Research-Practice Partnerships: A Strategy for Leveraging Research for Educational Improvement in School Districts by scanning the current landscape of partnerships, identifying points of variation...
Caitlin Farrell
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William Penuel
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Cynthia Coburn
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Julia Daniel
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and Louisa Steup
Research-Practice Partnerships in Education: The State of the Field
Webinars

Panel Discussion: Power, Possibility, and Equity in Research Practice Partnerships

In partnership with the Spencer Foundation and the Forum for Youth Investment, on June 10, we hosted a 90 minute panel discussion, “Power, Possibility, and Equity in Research Practice Partnerships.” RPPs have been an important approach to research that seeks to center ...
Foundation Staff
Panel Discussion: Power, Possibility, and Equity in Research Practice Partnerships
Blog Post

Studying Ways to Improve the Use of Research Evidence: Is Your Proposal a Good Fit?

The William T Grant Foundation receives hundreds of letters of inquiry every year from individuals pursuing funding for their research. But we decline between a third to a half of submitted letters of inquiry because they are not a fit ...
Lauren Supplee
Studying Ways to Improve the Use of Research Evidence: Is Your Proposal a Good Fit?
Blog Post

Engaging Policymakers: A New Era of Research and Theory That Builds on the Basics

Engaging policymakers encompasses far more than crafting a catchy message: It depends three basic elements of community dissonance theory.
Karen Bogenschneider
Engaging Policymakers: A New Era of Research and Theory That Builds on the Basics

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