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We are delighted to announce that this year, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Bezos Family Foundation, Doris Duke Foundation, and Spencer Foundation have joined us to award $2.6 million in funding ...

The Foundation is delighted to announce the newest class of William T. Grant Scholars: Tolani Britton, in the school of education at the University of California, Berkeley James Chu,in the department of sociology at Columbia University Thania Galvan, in ...

“Collaborations between research and policy partners—like the ones forged by these grantees—have a critical role to play in advancing policies that can reduce inequality in youth outcomes.”

“Community-engaged scholarship can illuminate strategies to confront some of the most critical issues facing youth today, and we are excited by the number of institutions across the nation that are recognizing the value of this work”

“A they carry out their work to provide critical services to youth across New York City, we look forward to witnessing how they grow over the grant period.”

Hailing from fields including sociology, education, operations research, and statistics, each of these finalists demonstrate strong promise to contribute to our knowledge of ways to improve youth lives.

Totaling over $2.9 million, these grants support five studies on ways to reduce inequality in youth outcomes and one study on strategies for improving the use of research evidence in ways that benefit young people

Continuation funding will bolster these partnerships’ efforts to improve reading achievement outcomes, increase college access and success, and understand impacts of mental health-enhanced workforce development programs.

DeLuca’s research uses sociological perspectives to inform education and housing policy, often through mixed-methods studies that incorporate qualitative research into experimental or quasi-experimental designs. Bullock is CEO of Project HOME, and served as a Pennsylvania State Representative from...

The Foundation is pleased to announce two William T. Grant Scholars and two research grantees have been awarded grants to support their development as mentors to junior researchers of color: Riana Anderson, a William T. Grant Scholar, will mentor Minh ...