Awarded Grants

To support dissemination of targeted health information resources and intervention strategies that are responsive to the needs of a variety of communities, both nationally and locally, especially those that face the greatest challenge.

Under what conditions do youth develop negative (or positive) social relationships with other youth from diverse social groups?

To support a two day symposium at the Social Science Research Council concerning education research use.

To support the work of the Innovation Center for Community & Youth Development that brings attention to innovations in youth development, youth leadership, youth activism and civic engagement, service-learning, organizational development, youth governance, and evaluation.

How do the translating experiences of immigrant youth change over time in relation to their changing linguistic and social competencies, and their families’ changing circumstances?

This project aims to explore the sexual landscape today and its impact on young women: their attitudes, behaviors and the implications of those attitudes and behaviors for life-long relationships, emotional connectedness and well-being.

What are the roles of social supports, expectations, and guidance in shaping students’ aspirations and college-going patterns?

What are the critical mechanisms in social settings that create positive youth development? By what means can we improve these positive settings?

How do the contexts in which low-income children and youth reside affect the attitudes of American adults?

How are child, family, school, and neighborhood contexts linked to participation in out-of-school activities, particularly for disadvantaged youth?