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Rachel Dunifon

Awarded Grants

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Protecting Vulnerable Families and Children in the Crosshairs of the Opioid Epidemic: A Research-Practice Partnership

The partnership will respond to increasing rates of opioid abuse and child maltreatment in low-income, rural communities in upstate New York.
Rachel Dunifon
Cornell University
2018 – 2024
$650,000
Grant

The Role of Grandparents in the Lives of Adolescent Grandchildren

To what extent are grandparents involved with their grandchildren, how does this involvement change during adolescence, and what are the implications of grandparent involvement for youth?
Rachel Dunifon
Cornell University
2005 – 2010
$330,000

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Engaged Research and Lasting Change: Lessons from an Institutional Challenge Grantee

Community-engaged research is not the norm for social scientists. When it comes to faculty career advancement criteria, research institutions typically value studies that advance the field and generate publications more than collaborative knowledge-building that advances the public good. But...
Foundation Staff
Engaged Research and Lasting Change: Lessons from an Institutional Challenge Grantee
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  •  Apr 9, 2018

Announcing the Foundation’s First Institutional Challenge Grantee

This grant challenges universities to reward faculty members whose research is directed to public service. The inaugural grantees will support research on one of our most vexing social problems, the opioid crisis, in a partnership that is poised to take ...
Foundation Staff
Announcing the Foundation’s First Institutional Challenge Grantee
News
  •  Jan 11, 2018

Announcing the 2018 Institutional Challenge Grant Finalists

The William T. Grant Foundation is very pleased to announce the finalists for its new grant program, the Institutional Challenge Grant. Launched in March of 2017, the Institutional Challenge Grant encourages research institutions to build long-term research-practice partnerships with public agencies...
Foundation Staff
Announcing the 2018 Institutional Challenge Grant Finalists

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