post_year

2020

Awarded Grants

Grant

Reducing COVID-19 Learning Loss through Tutoring: A Meta-Analytic and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Which tutoring programs and practices are most effective at supporting students of color and students from low-income families? v
Matthew Kraft
Brown University
2020 – 2021
$40,000
Grant

Measurement of Conceptual Use of Research in Courts

How can we assess whether research has influenced the thinking and decision making orientations of policymakers and practitioners?
Sarah Walker
University Of Washington
2020 – 2024
$409,936
Grant

A Lever for More Equitable Access to Schools? Evidence from San Francisco

Do school choice plans that prioritize families in underserved neighborhoods reduce educational inequality for low-income students and students of color?
Damon Clark
University Of California At Irvine
2020 – 2026
$519,868
Grant

What Drives Racial/Ethnic Disparities in School Discipline? Understanding Mechanisms to Inform Policy Solutions

Can empowering teachers and school leaders with evidence about the drivers of racial/ethnic disparities in their school improve their school discipline practices and policies?
Jayanti Owens
Northwestern University
2020 – 2027
$350,000
Grant

Sanctuary city policy: A mechanism for reducing inequalities by immigrant status in Latino children’s mental health

Do sanctuary city policies help protect the mental health of Latinx immigrant children and their parents?
Cecilia Ayon
University Of California At Riverside
2020 – 2023
$159,804
Grant

R3: Expanding food benefits in response to a crisis: lessons for the covid-19 pandemic

The Urban Food Policy Institute and Hunger-Free America will partner to assist state and local policymakers and advocates with the implementation of these policy expansions to reduce food insecurity.
Nicholas Freudenberg
Research Foundation Of The City University Of New York
2020 – 2021
$83,332
Grant

Reducing Ethnoracial Inequality: A Prosecutor-Led Community Based Diversion Program for Juveniles and Young Adults

Can a prosecutor-led diversion program reduce racial/ethnic inequality in youth contact with the juvenile justice system?
Jennifer Padgett Macias
First Judicial District Attorney's Office
2020 – 2025
$450,000

Articles & More

News
  •  Jul 15, 2020

Welcoming Three New Members to the William T. Grant Scholars Selection Committee

We are pleased to announce three new members of the William T. Grant Scholars Selection Committee, a dedicated group of academics who are committed to the Scholars Program’s priorities of career development, mentoring, and the bold pursuit of new ...
Foundation Staff
Welcoming Three New Members to the William T. Grant Scholars Selection Committee
Webinars

Proposing Studies to Examine Robust Strategies for Improving the Use of Research Evidence

This webinar, recorded on June 30, 2020, provides real-life examples of what studies on robust strategies for improving evidence use look like in different stages of development and at different levels of public policy.
Foundation Staff
Proposing Studies to Examine Robust Strategies for Improving the Use of Research Evidence
Blog Post

Vivian’s Voice: Meeting this Moment

At our recent William T. Grant Scholars retreat, I had the opportunity to share my reflections with early- and mid-career academics about ways they might meet this social and political moment. In this post I expand on three recommendations: 1) act ...
Vivian Tseng
Vivian’s Voice: Meeting this Moment

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