In this webinar from May 2024, Senior Program Officer Jenny Irons and President Adam Gamoran discuss the background and goals of the Institutional Challenge Grant program, as well as provide an overview of eligibility details, required materials, and review criteria. Jenny ...
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Digest, Issue 9: Winter 2023-24
“Our goal as a grantmaker is not merely to fund high-quality research studies, but to shape the environment for research and its relationship to policy and practice. The Institutional Challenge Grant is central to this strategy.”
Institutional Challenge Grant Task Force
and Adam Gamoran
![Community-engaged research to reduce inequality: The Institutional Challenge Grant](https://wtgrantfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/WTGF_Essay1_3360x1890_final-750x422.jpg)
Commissioned by the Transforming Evidence Funders Network and facilitated by The Pew Charitable Trusts, a new report describes the growing momentum behind university reforms that encourage faculty to conduct collaborative research with community partners and decision-makers outside the university...
![University Reforms that Reward Engaged Research: What Does Change Look Like?](https://wtgrantfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/NM_img-750x482.jpg)
News
• Aug 2, 2022
Yesterday, The Foundation for Child Development announced that Vivian Tseng would become its new president and chief executive officer. Here at the William T. Grant Foundation, the announcement comes with a mix of great pride at seeing her career advancement, ...
![President’s Comment: Farewell and Thanks to Vivian Tseng](https://wtgrantfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Artboard-–-20-750x500.png)
In early September, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget issued a directive that barred federal agencies from providing staff training on concepts including critical race theory and White privilege. This directive, which characterized such training as “un-American propaganda” ...
Foundation Staff
![President’s Comment: Anti-Racist Education is Essential for Research Universities](https://wtgrantfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/handsup_demonstration-scaled-750x600.jpg)
News
• Jun 5, 2018
Betty Hamburg was the first woman, and the first and only African American to serve as president of the Foundation, among many “firsts” in her distinguished career.
![President’s Comment: A Pioneer Among Us](https://wtgrantfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Hamburg_web.jpg)