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Institutional Challenge Grant

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Disrupting Inequalities Along the Path to College and Career: A Partnership between Metro Nashville Public Schools and Vanderbilt University

This grant will strengthen the Nashville Partnership for Educational Equity Research, a partnership between Vanderbilt University and Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, in understanding and addressing disparities in early postsecondary opportunities.
Sean Corcoran
Vanderbilt University
2023 – 2026
$650,000
Grant

Restoring Justice and Reimaging Research: Building Community to Disrupt the Cycle of Violence and Enhance Research-Practice Partnerships

This grant will support a partnership between the University of Texas at Austin, the Travis County District Attorney’s Office, the Excellence and Advancement Foundation, the Amala Foundation, and Youth ...
Becky Pettit
University Of Texas
2023 – 2028
$999,988
Grant

University Research Partnerships to Reduce Educational Disparity in College Towns: Building a Model in Tallahassee, FL

Florida State University, Leon County Schools, and Florida A&M University are conducting and using research to improve reading instruction and address educational disparities.
Nicole Patton-Terry
Florida State University Research Foundation
2022 – 2027
$999,999
Grant

Focus: Mental Health: A Stress and Workforce Development Intervention Promoting Racial and Economic Justice Among Youth

The University of Michigan School of Public Health and Focus: HOPE will conduct and use research to understand how mental health-enhanced workforce development programs may benefit employment, economic, and mental ...
Enrique Neblett
University Of Michigan
2022 – 2027
$999,999
Grant

Reducing Inequities in Postsecondary Debt and Repayment through a Multi-Sector Research-Practice Partnership

Georgia State University and Achieve Atlanta will conduct and use research to reduce racial, ethnic, and economic disparities in how new college students finance their education in order to reduce ...
Thomas Vicino
Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc
2022 – 2027
$1,000,000

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News
  •  Jun 5, 2023

Bezos Family Foundation, Doris Duke Foundation, Spencer Foundation, and William T. Grant Foundation Award Grants to Four Partnerships Addressing Social Issues

The William T. Grant Foundation, Spencer Foundation, Doris Duke Foundation, and the Bezos Family Foundation are delighted to announce the winners of the 2023 Institutional Challenge Grant competition. The Institutional Challenge ...
Bezos Family Foundation, Doris Duke Foundation, Spencer Foundation, and William T. Grant Foundation Award Grants to Four Partnerships Addressing Social Issues
Webinars

The Institutional Challenge Grant: An Overview of the Program and How to Apply

In this webinar, William T. Grant Foundation Senior Program Officer Jenny Irons and President Adam Gamoran discuss the background and goals of the Institutional Challenge Grant program and provide an overview of eligibility details, required materials, and review criteria. Jenny ...
Foundation Staff
The Institutional Challenge Grant: An Overview of the Program and How to Apply
News
  •  Jan 18, 2023

Announcing the 2023 Institutional Challenge Grant Finalists

This year’s proposals include partnerships that will examine programs, policies, or practices that seek to reduce racial and economic disparities in K-12 educational outcomes; improve college enrollment, attendance, and completion among youth of color and youth from low-income families; ...
Announcing the 2023 Institutional Challenge Grant Finalists
Blog Post

Advancing Engaged Research: How Two Deans are Fostering Change through the Institutional Challenge Grant

One of the namesake challenges of the Institutional Challenge Grant is creating structural changes within research institutions in ways that value research-practice partnerships. In other words, we ask that applicants “...
Foundation Staff
Advancing Engaged Research: How Two Deans are Fostering Change through the Institutional Challenge Grant
Webinars

Webinar: Applying for the Institutional Challenge Grant: The Dean’s Role in Institutional Change

In this webinar, deans from two current Institutional Challenge Grant teams join us to discuss the changes they intend for their respective schools, the concrete steps they are taking to ...
Foundation Staff
Webinar: Applying for the Institutional Challenge Grant: The Dean’s Role in Institutional Change

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