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William T. Grant Scholars

Awarded Grants

Grant

How does working while enrolled affect the academic and labor-market outcomes of low-income college students?

How can the FWS Program be better used to improve academic and labor market outcomes for low-income college students?
Adela Soliz
Vanderbilt University
2019 – 2024
Grant

School Engagement and Avoidance among System-Involved Parents with Young Children

How do system-involved parents of young children view, interact, and engage (or not) with schools?
Anna Haskins
University Of Notre Dame
2019 – 2026
Grant

Place-Based Opportunity: Housing Models to Reduce Inequality in Children’s Contexts

What programs and policies can help low-income families with children move to higher opportunity neighborhoods, and what is the promise of place-based models that provide affordable housing in specific neighborhoods?
Ann Owens
University Of Southern California
2019 – 2025
$350,000
Grant

How Politics, Poverty, and Social Policy Implementation Shape Racial Inequality in Child Development in the Rural South

How do the organizational practices of public welfare agencies support or undermine family processes and adolescent development in poor rural communities?
Carolyn Barnes
The University Of Chicago
2019 – 2025
$350,000
Grant

Reducing Digital Inequality by Empowering At-Risk Youth to be Resilient against Online Sexual Predation Risks

What factors help some low-income and racial-ethnic minority youth be more resilient to online sexual predation risks than others? What programs, policies, or technology-based interventions might protect these youth from ...
Pamela Wisniewski
University Of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
2018 – 2026
$350,000

Articles & More

News
  •  Nov 21, 2019

Ten Finalists Selected for the William T. Grant Scholars Program

We are pleased to announce the finalists for the 2020 William T. Grant Scholars Program. Ten early-career researchers were selected from a pool of 62 applicants after a rigorous review by our staff and Selection Committee. Program officer Fabienne Doucet said of ...
Ten Finalists Selected for the William T. Grant Scholars Program
News
  •  May 15, 2019

Four Early Career Researchers Selected for 2019 Scholars Program

Scholars receive $350,000 to execute rigorous five-year research plans that stretch their skills and knowledge into new disciplines, content areas, or methods. As they commence their projects, they build mentoring relationships with experts in areas pertinent to their development, and further ...
Foundation Staff
Four Early Career Researchers Selected for 2019 Scholars Program
News
  •  Dec 3, 2018

Foundation Names Ten William T. Grant Scholars Finalists

The William T. Grant Foundation is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2019 William T. Grant Scholars Program. Ten early-career researchers were selected from a pool of 52 applicants after a rigorous review by our staff and Selection Committee. Vivian Tseng, ...
Foundation Staff
Foundation Names Ten William T. Grant Scholars Finalists
Publication

Moving it Forward: The Power of Mentoring, and How Universities Can Confront Institutional Barriers Facing Junior Researchers of Color

While the longstanding structural challenges in the professional development of junior scholars of color can be confronted through strong mentoring relationships, the potential power of effective mentoring will only be ...
Vivian Louie
 and Alicia Wilson-Ahlstrom
Moving it Forward: The Power of Mentoring, and How Universities Can Confront Institutional Barriers Facing Junior Researchers of Color
News
  •  Jul 18, 2018

2018 Mentoring Grants to Support Junior Researchers of Color

Two research grantees and four William T. Grant Scholars have been awarded grants to support their development as mentors to junior colleagues. The awardees will mentor promising doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows in enhancing their methodological skills, publication records, and ...
Foundation Staff
2018 Mentoring Grants to Support Junior Researchers of Color

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