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Awarded Grants

Awarded Grants

Grant

Tailoring and Expanding Wellness Supports for OppNet Fellows: Improved Check-Ins and Resource Sharing for Our Students

Wants to improve its Fellows program, which provides services to New York City youth from the summer after 10th-grade through college graduation.
AiLun Ku
The Opportunity Network
2020 – 2021
$25,000
Grant

Bridging the ELA and Math Gap

Kids Creative wants to improve its Rock 2 The Bronx after-school program, which serves students from three elementary schools in community district 9.
DJ Rouzeau
Kids Creative
2020 – 2021
$25,000
Grant

BioBus for Spanish Speakers

BioBus wants to improve its introductory Discover programs and its Explore Lab courses, which provide hands-on science education to K-12 students in New York City.
Ben Dubin-Thaler
Biobus Inc
2020 – 2021
$25,000
Grant

LGBTQ Inclusivity Project

Kingsbridge Heights Community Center wants to improve its Teen Center, which serves Bronx high school students ages 13-21.
Margaret Della
Kingsbridge Heights Community Center
2020 – 2021
$25,000
Grant

Reducing Racial Disparities in Bail Decisions: An Experiment on Public Accountability and Feedback in Texas

Can measures that increase accountability and transparency reduce racial inequality in bail judges’ pretrial decisions?
Will Dobbie
Harvard University
2020 – 2021
$49,897
Grant

Testing Research Communication Strategies and Impact among Policymakers to Reduce Inequalities Precipitated by COVID-19

Can a research communication intervention increase policymakers’ use of research evidence to improve the lives of youth and families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic?
Jennifer Taylor Scott
Pennsylvania State University
2020 – 2021
$38,280
Grant

R3-Including Children of Immigrants in the Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery Efforts and Safety Net.

UnidosUS and the Institute for Child, Youth, and Family Policy seek to leverage a unique policy window to ensure that the children of immigrants are included in safety net programs ...
Dolores Acevedo-Garcia
Brandeis University
2020 – 2022
$83,332
Grant

Measurement of Conceptual Use of Research in Courts

How can we assess whether research has influenced the thinking and decision making orientations of policymakers and practitioners?
Sarah Walker
University Of Washington
2020 – 2024
$409,936
Grant

Reducing COVID-19 Learning Loss through Tutoring: A Meta-Analytic and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Which tutoring programs and practices are most effective at supporting students of color and students from low-income families? v
Matthew Kraft
Brown University
2020 – 2021
$40,000
Grant

Reducing Racial Educational and Behavioral Disparities through Teacher Unconscious Bias Training

Can training teachers to address unconscious racial bias improve African American students’ academic and behavioral outcomes?
Colleen Halliday
Medical University Of South Carolina
2020 – 2027
$599,059

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