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Digest, Issue 10: Winter 2024-25

Studying Beneficial Uses of Research Evidence in Higher Education

Findings from research studies can provide decision-makers direction on how to enhance student mental health; create high-quality, inclusive learning environments; and transition students into and beyond post-secondary settings.
Kim DuMont
Studying Beneficial Uses of Research Evidence in Higher Education
News
  •  Jan 9, 2025

“Strengthening Social Impact through Collaborative Research”: An Invitation to Connect at Society for Social Work and Research 2025

To help welcome 2025, I am headed to the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) conference and will join researchers, policymakers, and community members in affirming our commitment to Strengthening ...
Kim DuMont
“Strengthening Social Impact through Collaborative Research”: An Invitation to Connect at Society for Social Work and Research 2025
Digest, Issue 09: Winter 2023-24

Doing better by children: Studying ways to fully leverage ideas and findings from research

“Research can contribute to better child outcomes, but waiting for ideas and findings from research to make their way onto the desks of decision-makers is a flawed approach. We need strategies that intentionally nurture conditions that support the use of ...
Kim DuMont
Doing better by children: Studying ways to fully leverage ideas and findings from research
Publication

Engaging Lived Expertise in Child Welfare Research

Research is core to the William T. Grant Foundation, as is the use of the knowledge that results from high-quality, community-based empirical investigations. We are committed to funding the study of 1) programs, policies, and practices to reduce inequalities in the ...
Kim DuMont
Engaging Lived Expertise in Child Welfare Research
News
  •  Aug 4, 2022

Kimberly DuMont Returns to the William T. Grant Foundation as Senior Vice President of Program

The William T. Grant Foundation is delighted to announce the return of Kimberly A. DuMont in the role of Senior Vice President of Program, effective October 1, 2022. Kim was previously employed ...
Foundation Staff
Kimberly DuMont Returns to the William T. Grant Foundation as Senior Vice President of Program
Webinars

Applying for the Institutional Challenge Grant—Identifying and Supporting the Mid-Career Fellows

In this webinar Senior Program Officer Kim DuMont and President Adam Gamoran speak with Laura Tach and Juliana Garcia, research and practice fellows on the Foundation’s first-ever Institutional Challenge ...
Foundation Staff
Applying for the Institutional Challenge Grant—Identifying and Supporting the Mid-Career Fellows
Blog Post

Proposing Strategies to Foster Institutional Change: Key Considerations for Institutional Challenge Grant Applicants

The bottom line: universities can incentivize faculty to become engaged in responding to real-world problems and having a social impact. Join us in figuring out how to make this happen.
Kim DuMont
Proposing Strategies to Foster Institutional Change: Key Considerations for Institutional Challenge Grant Applicants
Digest, Issue 04: Winter 2018-19

Reframing Evidence-Based Policy to Align with the Evidence

In this essay, Kim DuMont urges advocates for evidence-based policy to attend to the evidence on getting evidence used, and calls on researchers to test new models that take into account the social side of evidence use.
Kim DuMont
Reframing Evidence-Based Policy to Align with the Evidence
Publication

Child Welfare Journal, Special Two-Volume Issue: Improving the Use and Usefulness of Research Evidence

This two-part special issue focuses on strategies to improve the use of research in child welfare.
Kim DuMont
Child Welfare Journal, Special Two-Volume Issue: Improving the Use and Usefulness of Research Evidence
Blog Post

Studying Ways to Improve the Use of Research Evidence: Presenting a Strong Rationale in Your Application

In this post, we share some observations about the work that has been proposed thus far, as well as tips for potential applicants as they prepare their letters of inquiry.
Kim DuMont
Studying Ways to Improve the Use of Research Evidence: Presenting a Strong Rationale in Your Application
Blog Post

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

We want to know what it takes to get research evidence used and what happens when it is used.
Kim DuMont
Studying Ways to Improve the Use of Research Evidence: Is Your Proposal a Good Fit?
Digest, Issue 01: Summer 2016

Moving from Data to Research to Policy: What Does it Take?

The potential of big data is multiplied when researchers are able to use it to produce work that is relevant to the leaders who make decisions about policies and practices that affect young people.
Kim DuMont
 and Timothy M. Smeeding
Moving from Data to Research to Policy: What Does it Take?
Blog Post

Studying the Use of Research Evidence: New Directions

Understanding the problem of research use is not enough. As we embark on the next phase of this initiative, we want to support studies of how to improve the use of research evidence in ways that benefit youth.
Kim DuMont
Studying the Use of Research Evidence: New Directions
Digest, Issue 01: Summer 2016

Using Data to Produce Useful Research Evidence

What steps can we take to ensure that access to big data leads to the production of high-quality, useful research evidence?
Kim DuMont
 and Timothy M. Smeeding
Using Data to Produce Useful Research Evidence
Blog Post

The Next Phase in our Research Focus: Improving the Use of Research Evidence

We are shifting our focus from understanding how and under what conditions research is used to understanding how to create those conditions in order to improve the use of research evidence.
Kim DuMont
The Next Phase in our Research Focus: Improving the Use of Research Evidence
Blog Post

Leveraging Knowledge: Taking Stock of the William T. Grant Foundation’s Use of Research Evidence Grants Portfolio

In 2009, we launched an initiative to study research use in the worlds of policy and practice. Staff assumed that knowing more about the potential users of research would improve the ...
Kim DuMont
Leveraging Knowledge: Taking Stock of the William T. Grant Foundation’s Use of Research Evidence Grants Portfolio
Publication

Strategies to Improve the Use and Usefulness of Research in Child Welfare

Abstract Using research evidence is critical to child welfare agencies’ ability to offer effective programs, yet gaps exist between research evidence and needs within the field. Child welfare staff need dedicated time to access evidence, and skills to evaluate the ...
Lydia Killos
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Catherine Roller White
,
Peter J. Pecora
,
Erin Maher
,
Kirk O’Brien
,
Kim DuMont
,
Fred Wulczyn
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Bryan Samuels
,
and Clare Anderson
Strategies to Improve the Use and Usefulness of Research in Child Welfare
Blog Post

Realizing the Potential of Research Evidence in Child Welfare

Research evidence has the potential to contribute to child welfare policy and practice, but we know little about its use and impact. We need stronger theories about how decision-makers engage with research evidence. We need studies that explore who uses ...
Kim DuMont
Realizing the Potential of Research Evidence in Child Welfare

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