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2020

Awarded Grants

Grant

Prosecutorial Reform Initiative

What is the viability of prosecutorial reform as a way to reduce inequality in the justice system?
Anna Harvey
New York University
2020 – 2024
$539,589
Grant

Keeping the ‘Great Equalizer’ Fed: SNAP Access and Young Adults’ Educational Engagement

Would making SNAP benefits available to young adults with limited income improve their post-secondary educational attainment?
Sarah Hamersma
Syracuse University
2020 – 2022
Grant

R3 Using Evidence to Increase Youth Employment in Puerto Rico: Optimizing WIOA funding through use of evidence and data

This grant supplements a prior Rapid Response Research grant to the Youth Development Institute in Puerto Rico and John Martinez of MDRC, titled: “Connecting Puerto Rican Youth to Employment: Leveraging Disaster Recovery as a Pathway to Economic Security.”
Maria Enchautegui
Instituto Del Desarrollo De La Juventud
2020 – 2020
$25,000

Articles & More

News
  •  May 7, 2020

Three New York City Nonprofit Organizations Awarded Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants

We are pleased to announce that the Foundation has awarded three Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants to New York City nonprofit organizations that provide services to young people in the five boroughs. Part of a new program, these grants provide up ...
Foundation Staff
Blog Post

Vivian’s Voice: From the sideline to the frontline—How social science can meet the current moment

In light of the lessons learned over the past decade, as well as those we’re learning in real time as the crisis unfolds, I recently wrote a post for ...
Vivian Tseng
Vivian’s Voice: From the sideline to the frontline—How social science can meet the current moment
News
  •  May 1, 2020

Six New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence in our Focus Areas — Spring 2020

We are proud to announce six new research grants, including five to support studies on reducing inequality in youth outcomes and one to support a study on improving the use ...
Foundation Staff
Six New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence in our Focus Areas — Spring 2020
News
  •  May 1, 2020

Five Early-Career Researchers Selected for the 2020 William T. Grant Scholars Program

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020 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 ...
Boston University School of Public Health
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Brown University
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Regents of the University of California, Berkeley
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University of Chicago
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and University of Texas at Austin
Five Early-Career Researchers Selected for the 2020 William T. Grant Scholars 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
News
  •  Apr 16, 2020

Three New Institutional Challenge Grants to Encourage Partnerships Between Universities, School Districts, and Community Organizations

The William T. Grant, Spencer, and Doris Duke Charitable Foundations are delighted to announce the winners of the 2020 Institutional Challenge Grant competition. The newest grants are jointly funded by the ...
Foundation Staff
Three New Institutional Challenge Grants to Encourage Partnerships Between Universities, School Districts, and Community Organizations
Blog Post

Fresh Insights on Measuring Research Use: Policymaker Perspectives on How Theory Falls Short

Empirical understanding of the “how” of policymakers’ research use can inform our theoretical explanations of the “why”.
Karen Bogenschneider
Fresh Insights on Measuring Research Use: Policymaker Perspectives on How Theory Falls Short

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