Emily Ozer - William T. Grant Foundation

Awarded Grants

Grant

Understanding and Intervening on Inequities in Chronic Absenteeism and its Consequences among High School Students

The University of California, Berkeley, and the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) will pursue a research agenda to reduce inequalities in chronic absenteeism, and, in turn, academic difficulties and school dropout.

Emily Ozer

Regents Of The University Of California, Berkeley

2020 – 2023
$362,487

Grant

Adolescents as Resources in School-Based Prevention: Effects on Program Outcomes and Youth Development

How can youth-led research improve setting-level structures, processes, and practices in secondary schools?

Emily Ozer

Regents Of The University Of California, Berkeley

2006 – 2011
$400,000

Articles & More

News

• Jul 24, 2023

The Foundation Welcomes new Chair and Four new Members of Scholars Selection Committee

The Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Karolyn Tyson, Chair of Sociology at Georgetown University, as Chair of the Scholars Selection Committee, effective July 1, 2023. In addition to Dr. Tyson, the Foundation also named four new members of the ...

Blog Post

How We Embraced the Challenge of Institutional Change to Pave the Way for Community-Engaged Research

At UC-Berkeley, where I trained in clinical-community psychology and have served as a professor for almost two decades, our recent strategic plan framed our public mission as: …a commitment ...

Emily Ozer

How We Embraced the Challenge of Institutional Change to Pave the Way for Community-Engaged Research

The William T. Grant Foundation invests in high-quality research focused on reducing inequality in youth outcomes and improving the use of research evidence in decisions that affect young people in the United States.