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Creating More Equitable and Developmentally Attuned Disciplinary Environments for Adolescent Students

How can school discipline approaches be improved to reduce racial inequality and be more developmentally appropriate for adolescents?
Simone Ispa-Landa
Northwestern University
2018 – 2023
$350,000
Grant

Reducing Harm of Discrimination among Diverse Adolescents with LGBTQ Parents: How do Family, Peers, and Community Matter

What practices reduce the harmful effects of discrimination experienced by racially and economically diverse adolescents with LGBTQ parents?
Rachel Farr
University Of Kentucky
2018 – 2025
$350,000
Grant

Unequally ‘Hispanic’: Intersectional Inequalities and Resiliency among Indigenous ‘Hispanic’ Youth

How do educational policies and programs designed for Latino youth affect immigrant Mexican youth from indigenous families?
Seth Holmes
University Of California At Berkeley
2017 – 2023
$350,000
Grant

Preventing unintended repeat births to Hispanic adolescents

Are postpartum long-acting reversible contraceptives (PPLARC) a culturally and developmentally appropriate strategy to reduce unplanned repeat births among Latina teenage mothers?
Julie Maslowsky
University Of Illinois At Urbana
2017 – 2023
$350,000
Grant

Can an informational intervention reduce race- and class-based gaps in AP course-taking?

Can an informational intervention increase Black, Latino, and low-income student participation in Advanced Placement courses?
Awilda Rodriguez
University Of Michigan
2017 – 2023
$350,000
Grant

Understanding the American Child Welfare System

What circumstances bring parents under Child Protective Services (CPS) supervision? How do parents respond after their children are removed from them? How does CPS intervention change the attitudes, behaviors, and material conditions of birth parents?
Matthew Desmond
Princeton University
2016 – 2026
Grant

Healthy Pathways towards Academic Achievement and Social Mobility for Low-SES Youth

Can a school-based intervention focused on increasing school motivation and academic outcomes of low-SES adolescents have positive effects on students’ health?
Mesmin Destin
Northwestern University
2016 – 2024
$350,000

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News
  •  Apr 11, 2018

Six Early Career Researchers Selected for 2018 Scholars Program

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2018 William T. Grant Scholars awards. Launched in 1982, the Scholars Program supports the professional development of promising researchers in the social, behavioral, and health sciences who have received their terminal degrees within ...
Foundation Staff
Six Early Career Researchers Selected for 2018 Scholars Program
Publication

Pay it Forward: Guidance for Mentoring Junior Scholars

Excerpt from the Introduction Having a good mentor early in a scholarly career can mean the difference between success and failure. It is striking that such an important activity in the training of new scholars has had few established definitions ...
Alicia Wilson-Ahlstrom
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Vivian Tseng
,
Nalini Ravindranath
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and Nicole Yohalem
Pay it Forward: Guidance for Mentoring Junior Scholars
Blog Post

Reducing Inequality for English Learners: Research Questions for the Field

At the William T. Grant Foundation, we have made it a priority to support research on reducing inequality among young people in the United States. A key area for progress is in the policies, programs and practices to reduce unequal ...
Vivian Louie
Reducing Inequality for English Learners: Research Questions for the Field

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