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Lauren Supplee

Awarded Grants

Grant

Impact of the Research-to-Policy Collaboration Model: Testing an Approach to Improve the Use of Evidence

Can structured collaboration between researchers and policymakers improve federal legislators’ use of research pertaining to children and families?
Daniel Crowley
Pennsylvania State University
2018 – 2021
$553,028

Articles & More

Digest, Issue 08: Winter 2022-23

Learning Across Contexts: Bringing Together Research on Research Use and Implementation Science

The fields of implementation science and the study of research use in policy and practice travel on many of the same roads and share similar goals, chief among which is ...
Lauren Supplee
,
Allison Metz
,
and Annette Boaz
Learning Across Contexts: Bringing Together Research on Research Use and Implementation Science
Blog Post

The 21st Century Agenda for Research on Child Welfare and our Interest in Studies on Reducing Inequality

A new agenda for research on child welfare systems calls for bold new studies that meet the needs of the 21st Century child welfare system and improve the lives of ...
Adam Gamoran
 and Lauren Supplee
The 21st Century Agenda for Research on Child Welfare and our Interest in Studies on Reducing Inequality
Blog Post

Studying Ways to Improve the Use of Research Evidence: Distinguishing Data from Research Evidence

We recently analyzed the applications we received over the last two years for research grants on improving the use of research evidence. One of the top three reasons applications were ...
Lauren Supplee
Studying Ways to Improve the Use of Research Evidence: Distinguishing Data from Research Evidence
Blog Post

Studying Ways to Improve the Use of Research Evidence: Is Your Proposal a Good Fit?

The William T Grant Foundation receives hundreds of letters of inquiry every year from individuals pursuing funding for their research. But we decline between a third to a half of submitted letters of inquiry because they are not a fit ...
Lauren Supplee
Studying Ways to Improve the Use of Research Evidence: Is Your Proposal a Good Fit?
Webinars

Webinar: Politics, Power, and the Use of Research Evidence

Hosted by the Foundation and the Forum for Youth Investment on March 11, 2021, this webinar focuses on how concepts such as the perceived objective nature of evidence, the positionality of the researcher in policymaking, and the role of power and politics ...
Foundation Staff
Webinar: Politics, Power, and the Use of Research Evidence
News
  •  Jan 13, 2021

William T. Grant Foundation 2021 Institutional Challenge Grant Finalists

The William T. Grant Foundation is very pleased to announce the finalists for its 2021 Institutional Challenge Grant competition. Launched in 2017, the Institutional Challenge Grant encourages research institutions to build long-term research-practice partnerships with public agencies or nonprofit organizations in order ...
Foundation Staff
William T. Grant Foundation 2021 Institutional Challenge Grant Finalists
News
  •  Sep 8, 2020

William T. Grant Foundation Welcomes Lauren Supplee as Senior Program Officer

In this role, Dr. Supplee will lead the Foundation’s initiatives on improving the use of research evidence and its Institutional Challenge Grants program.
Foundation Staff
William T. Grant Foundation Welcomes Lauren Supplee as Senior Program Officer
Blog Post

Forming and sustaining a research-practice partnership: Lessons from our experience at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Many research-practice partnerships begin when two initially unaffiliated partner organizations decide to pursue collaborative work. Having formed a partnership between our respective offices within a federal agency, our experience is ...
Lauren Supplee
,
Charisse Johnson
,
Seth Chamberlain
,
and Samantha Illangasekare
Blog Post

Creating Partnerships: Learning New Ways to Connect

Building an RPP is hard work. They are complex organisms, with structures, processes, and roles that evolve as partnerships mature and adapt. However they form, we have observed five elements that seem to come together in successful partnerships.
John Easton
,
Lauren Supplee
,
and Vivian Tseng
Creating Partnerships: Learning New Ways to Connect

Lauren Supplee is a co-PI on 1 grant to Pennsylvania State University; an author on 1 publication and 5 blog posts; and is mentioned in 1 webinar and 2 news articles.

Bio
Joanna Williams is an associate professor at the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education.

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