post_year

2018

Awarded Grants

Grant

Federal Evaluation Forum: Expanding the Capacity to Use Research Evidence in Decision Making

This grant will support an effort to expand the use of research evidence in federal decision making.
Demetra Nightingale
The Urban Institute
2018 – 2021
$49,908
Grant

Technical Assistance and Uses of Research Evidence in Child Welfare: What do we know and where do we need to go?

What technical assistance strategies support locally-relevant and sustained uses of research evidence among child welfare providers?
Allison Metz
University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
2018 – 2021
$50,000
Grant

Implementing State-Level Policy Reform to Eliminate School Discipline Disparities: A Mixed Methods Examination

Can a state-level policy initiative that targets school discipline disparities on the basis of race reduce inequality in student outcomes?
Jessika Bottiani
University Of Virginia
2018 – 2023
$150,403

Articles & More

Publication

“Democratizing Evidence in Education,” from Connecting Research and Practice for Educational Improvement

In this chapter, Vivian Tseng, Steve Fleischman, and Esther Quintero explore what a more democratic evidence movement might look like in the years ahead. Discussing both efforts to build and ...
Vivian Tseng
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Steve Fleischman
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and Esther Quintero
“Democratizing Evidence in Education,” from Connecting Research and Practice for Educational Improvement
News
  •  Apr 11, 2018

Six Early Career Researchers Selected for 2018 Scholars Program

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2018 William T. Grant Scholars awards. Launched in 1982, the Scholars Program supports the professional development of promising researchers in the social, behavioral, and health sciences who have received their terminal degrees within ...
Foundation Staff
Six Early Career Researchers Selected for 2018 Scholars Program
News
  •  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
  •  Apr 9, 2018

Three New-York City Nonprofits Awarded Youth Service Improvement Grants, Spring 2018

The William T. Grant Foundation is pleased to announce that it has awarded three community-based organizations in New York City $25,000 grants to improve the quality of their youth programs. The Foundation’s Youth Service Improvement Grants program supports medium-sized organizations ...
Three New-York City Nonprofits Awarded Youth Service Improvement Grants, Spring 2018
News
  •  Mar 23, 2018

New Rapid Response Research Grants Address Pressing Issues Facing Young People in the U.S.

The William T. Grant Foundation has awarded six Rapid Response Research Grants that will leverage research to address major challenges facing young people in the United States. These awards, the first of their kind, support reviews of existing research, conducted ...
Foundation Staff
New Rapid Response Research Grants Address Pressing Issues Facing Young People in the U.S.
Blog Post

What does youth civic engagement have to do with inequality?

By expanding and equalizing youth civic engagement, we can begin improve youth outcomes. Research helps by making diagnoses and solutions more rigorous and precise, but youth must be part of the conversation.
Peter Levine
What does youth civic engagement have to do with inequality?
Blog Post

Can policies on foster care settings reduce racial and ethnic disparities in youth outcomes?

Fred Wulczyn and Amy Dworsky are investigating how the outcomes of youth in congregate care settings vary by state, and whether and how this variability contributes to racial and ethnic ...
Foundation Staff
Can policies on foster care settings reduce racial and ethnic disparities in youth outcomes?

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