post_year

2022

Awarded Grants

Grant

Planning a comprehensive evaluation of the Community Foundation Opportunity Network’s aligned action network initiative – Nexus of Equity and Opportunity Nationwide (NEON)

This grant will provide funds to plan a comprehensive evaluation of Nexus for Equity and Opportunity Nationwide (NEON), an initiative of the Community Foundation Opportunity Network (CFON).
Tom Kelly
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
2022 – 2024
$150,000
Grant

Choosing Opportunities: Reducing Racial Inequality with Choice Neighborhoods, Wrap-Around Services, and Case Management

Can a comprehensive neighborhood redevelopment and relocation program reduce racial inequality in education for Black youth?
Jason Jabbari
Washington University In St. Louis
2022 – 2026
$512,314
Grant

R3: Making up for Unfinished Instruction and Equitable Recession-Induced Layoffs

The Education Trust will partner with Jean Grossman and Matthew Kraft to tackle two pressing policy issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic: unfinished instruction and recession-induced layoffs.
Allison Socol
The Education Trust
2022 – 2022
$25,000
Grant

Reducing Inequities in Postsecondary Debt and Repayment through a Multi-Sector Research-Practice Partnership

Georgia State University and Achieve Atlanta will conduct and use research to reduce racial, ethnic, and economic disparities in how new college students finance their education in order to reduce long-term inequities in higher education attainment and reduce loan default.
Thomas Vicino
Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc
2022 – 2027
$1,000,000

Articles & More

Webinars

Webinar: What is the Role for Social Science in Reducing Inequality? Four New Critiques

The recent special collection of Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World began with a question: “If research is to make a difference in reducing inequality… how?” Offering new perspectives on ways that the social sciences can drive action and ...
Foundation Staff
Webinar: What is the Role for Social Science in Reducing Inequality? Four New Critiques
Blog Post

Studying Ways to Improve the Use of Research Evidence: Distinguishing Data from Research Evidence

We recently analyzed the applications we received over the last two years for research grants on improving the use of research evidence. One of the top three reasons applications were ...
Lauren Supplee
Studying Ways to Improve the Use of Research Evidence: Distinguishing Data from Research Evidence
Blog Post

An invitation: Help us to conceptualize what “quality” research evidence use means

For many years, the William T. Grant Foundation has funded research on ways to improve the use of research evidence in ways that benefit young people ages 5-25 in the United States. Initially, this work focused on building theory. Investigators ...
Foundation Staff
An invitation: Help us to conceptualize what “quality” research evidence use means
Publication

A Global Movement for Engaged Research

It’s one thing to know how research is used in policy and practice—to understand the conditions that enable thoughtful deliberation and sense-making of the evidence and the infrastructure that supports those conditions. It’s another thing altogether to ...
Vivian Tseng
 and Angela Bednarek
A Global Movement for Engaged Research
Blog Post

“Evidence is a continually accumulating resource”: An interview with grantee Bruce Chorpita

The question of how to improve the use of research (URE) in policy and practice can be approached from diverse disciplinary and methodological angles. For many who study research use, ...
Foundation Staff
“Evidence is a continually accumulating resource”: An interview with grantee Bruce Chorpita
News
  •  Apr 19, 2022

Five Early-Career Researchers Selected for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of 2027

The William T. Grant Foundation is pleased to announce the newest class of William T. Grant Scholars. Launched in 1982, the Scholars Program supports the professional development of promising researchers in the social, behavioral, and health sciences who have received their ...
Foundation Staff
Five Early-Career Researchers Selected for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of 2027

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