Can a light-touch intervention that provides information, nudges, and financial incentives to high-achieving, low-income students help them apply for and get into college?
What programs and policies can help low-income families with children move to higher opportunity neighborhoods, and what is the promise of place-based models that provide affordable housing in specific neighborhoods?
How do the organizational practices of public welfare agencies support or undermine family processes and adolescent development in poor rural communities?
Strong measures are needed to assess when and how research-practice partnerships are effective and can improve the use of research evidence in policy and practice.
Farr will use this award to develop cultural competencies that will help her tailor her mentoring to be more helpful to the unique needs of students of color, particularly their professional development and networking
Wisniewski will use this award to develop the skills necessary to provide the scaffolding that students, particularly students of color, need to become strong, well-networked researchers.
The William T. Grant Foundation invests in high-quality research focused on reducing inequality in youth outcomes and improving the use of research evidence in decisions that affect young people in the United States.
