post_year

2024

Awarded Grants

Grant

Child Policy Connect

This grant will enable the Society for Research in Child Development to establish Child Policy Connect, a program to improve evidence-based policymaking by building reliable and trusted relationships between researchers and policymakers in the United States.
Suzanne Le Menestrel
Society For Research In Child Development
2024 – 2026
$80,000
Grant

Reducing Socioeconomic Inequality in Pathways from College to Work

How can four-year colleges better support low-income students’ school-to-work transition?
Natasha Quadlin
University Of California, Los Angeles
2024 – 2029
$350,000
Grant

Exploring the Role of Youth Advocacy in State Policymakers’ Use of Research Evidence for Eating Disorders Prevention

Does youth-led legislative advocacy improve evidence use in eating disorder prevention policy?
Amanda Raffoul
University Of Toronto
2024 – 2029
$349,749
Grant

School Victimization and Hate Crime Exposure Among Asian Students: An Evidence Base to Reduce Well-Being Inequality

What is the impact of school victimization and hate crime exposure on Asian youth academic and psychological outcomes? What institutional attributes might protect Asian students from the harmful effects of school victimization and hate crime exposure?
Ying Shi
Syracuse University
2024 – 2029
$350,000
Grant

Strategies And Conditions Facilitating And Hindering Education Law Attorneys’ Use of Research Evidence

How do professional networks shape evidence use among lawyers engaged in holistic legal youth advocacy?
Raquel Muñiz Castro
Boston College
2024 – 2029
$349,880.40
Grant

Examining the Influence of Teacher Leader Diversity on Outcomes for Teachers and Students of Color

To what extent is the presence of teacher leaders of color associated with positive perceptions of school climate by students of color?
Luis Rodriguez
New York University
2024 – 2026
$50,000
Grant

Improving the use of research evidence to reduce child and youth opioid-related trauma: developing and testing a reflective decision analysis tool

Does using a multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) process with varying levels of support improve decision-makers’ use of research evidence as they allocate opioid settlement funds to benefit youth?
Leah Frerichs
University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
2024 – 2028
$965,366

Articles & More

Blog Post

“Much more can be done to protect Native families”: Expanding tribal sovereignty to reduce family separation

The US Government has a long and deeply harmful legacy of removing American Indian and Alaska Native children from their families. This practice, initially devised as a settler colonial strategy ...
Frank Edwards
“Much more can be done to protect Native families”: Expanding tribal sovereignty to reduce family separation
News
  •  Jun 5, 2024

Announcing the Newest Institutional Challenge Grantees: $2.6 Million for Partnerships Addressing Social Issues

Trustees of the William T. Grant Foundation, Spencer Foundation, Doris Duke Foundation, and Bezos Family Foundation have approved $2.6 million in funding for the winners of the 2024 Institutional Challenge Grant competition. ...
Foundation Staff
Announcing the Newest Institutional Challenge Grantees: $2.6 Million for Partnerships Addressing Social Issues
Webinars

2024 Webinar: Institutional Challenge Grant, An Overview of the Program and How to Apply

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 ...
Foundation Staff
2024 Webinar: Institutional Challenge Grant, An Overview of the Program and How to Apply

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