Awarded Grants

How can a game-based learning environment improve 5th grade Spanish-speaking students’ science learning?

How can collaboration between social science researchers and legal advocates be facilitated to produce research evidence that can be used if/when the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Plyler v. Doe (1982) is challenged? How does participation in research co-design ...

This grant supports the Foundation’s 2025 membership in the Council on Foundations.

How can racial literacy be developed and measured, and how is it associated with culturally informed teaching practices and student reading outcomes?

How does teachers’ professional learning about asset-based pedagogy shape Black and Latinx students’ belonging and academic development in different district contexts?

Do restorative justice practices reduce racial inequalities in graduation, criminal justice system involvement, and post-secondary outcomes, and if so, how?

Does the research-to-policy collaboration model improve policymakers’ use of prevention science research at the state level?

This grant will provide an additional five years of funding to the Reducing Inequality Network, which supports sociology and social work doctoral students from underrepresented backgrounds whose research focuses on reducing inequality.

Does utilizing a Discrete Event Simulation (DES) model improve the local relevance and use of research evidence for school-based mental health decision-making?

With this grant, Futures and Options will refresh their curriculum to ensure that students succeed in the post-pandemic workforce.