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Originally published on September 10, 2024, this post was updated on January 2, 2025 to reflect recent developments. On September 9, President Biden announced his intention to nominate Adam Gamoran, president of the William T. Grant Foundation, as director of the Institute of Education Sciences (...

We are pleased to announce the finalists for the William T. Grant Scholars Program class of 2030. Ten early-career researchers were selected from a pool of 58 applicants after a rigorous review by our staff and Selection Committee. The ten finalists will ...

The Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Geetanjali Gupta, Chief Investment Officer at The New York Public Library, to the Board of Trustees, effective October 2024. She will also serve as a member of the Board’s Finance and ...

The Foundation is bolstering its commitment to the William T. Grant Scholars program. Beginning in 2025, the William T. Grant Scholars award will increase from $350,000 to $425,000 for new awards. The new award is inclusive of 7.5% indirect costs. This increase reflects the ...

We are proud to announce six new research grants, totaling over $3 million, in support of 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 ...

The Foundation is pleased to announce that three research grantees and one William T. Grant Scholar have been awarded grants to support their development as mentors to junior researchers of color: Faiza Jamil, a research grantee, will mentor Nora Hochstetter, ...

We are proud to announce six new research grants, totaling over $2.8 million, in support of four studies on ways to reduce inequality in youth outcomes and two studies on strategies for improving the use of research evidence in ways that ...

The Trustees of the William T. Grant Foundation have approved continuation grants for four research-practice partnerships currently funded under the Foundation’s Institutional Challenge Grant program: Northeastern University and the City of Boston’s Office of Youth Employment and Opportunity ...

The Foundation is delighted to welcome Anne Gregory, Professor of School Psychology at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, to the William T. Grant Scholars Selection Committee, effective July 1, 2024. Launched in 1982, the William T. Grant Scholars Program supports the ...

Trustees of the William T. Grant Foundation, Spencer Foundation, Doris Duke Foundation, and Bezos Family Foundation have approved $2.6 million in funding for the winners of the 2024 Institutional Challenge Grant competition. ...