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Detecting Preventable Childhood Vision Loss and Barriers to Care in the Navajo Nation to Reduce Vision Health Disparities

Will assessing preventable childhood vision loss in the Navajo nation reveal inequalities that are amenable to targeted screening interventions?
Julius Oatts
Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia
2024 – 2029
$350,000
Grant

Reducing Socioeconomic Inequality in Pathways from College to Work

How can four-year colleges better support low-income students’ school-to-work transition?
Natasha Quadlin
University Of California, Los Angeles
2024 – 2029
$350,000
Grant

Exploring the Role of Youth Advocacy in State Policymakers’ Use of Research Evidence for Eating Disorders Prevention

Does youth-led legislative advocacy improve evidence use in eating disorder prevention policy?
Amanda Raffoul
University Of Toronto
2024 – 2029
$349,749
Grant

School Victimization and Hate Crime Exposure Among Asian Students: An Evidence Base to Reduce Well-Being Inequality

What is the impact of school victimization and hate crime exposure on Asian youth academic and psychological outcomes? What institutional attributes might protect Asian students from the harmful effects of ...
Ying Shi
Syracuse University
2024 – 2029
$350,000
Grant

Strategies And Conditions Facilitating And Hindering Education Law Attorneys’ Use of Research Evidence

How do professional networks shape evidence use among lawyers engaged in holistic legal youth advocacy?
Raquel Muñiz Castro
Boston College
2024 – 2029
$349,880.40

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  •  May 6, 2025

Five Early-Career Researchers Selected for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of 2030

The Foundation is proud to announce the newest class of William T. Grant Scholars: Farzana Adjah, in the graduate school of education at Stanford University, will examine whether an intervention that equips youth to resist stress and trauma from racism ...
Foundation Staff
Five Early-Career Researchers Selected for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of 2030
Digest, Issue 10: Winter 2024-25

Career Development at the Foundation: Keeping Sight of the People Carrying Out the Work

From the point of application through the post-award review process, we seek to ensure that all who interact with the Foundation receive guidance and feedback that will move their research forward.
Melissa Wooten
Career Development at the Foundation: Keeping Sight of the People Carrying Out the Work
News
  •  Dec 19, 2024

Ten Finalists Selected for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of 2030

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 ...
Foundation Staff
Ten Finalists Selected for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of 2030
News
  •  Dec 19, 2024

Bolstering our Commitment to the William T. Grant Scholars Program

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 ...
Foundation Staff
Bolstering our Commitment to the William T. Grant Scholars Program
News
  •  Jul 2, 2024

Welcoming Anne Gregory to the William T. Grant Scholars Selection Committee

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 ...
Foundation Staff
Welcoming Anne Gregory to the William T. Grant Scholars Selection Committee

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