post_year

2024

Awarded Grants

Grant

Community-driven, technology-guided school rezoning to reduce economic segregation

Can technology help engage families in examining and redrawing school attendance boundaries to foster more economically integrated schools?
Nabeel Gillani
Northeastern University
2024 – 2025
$323,150
Grant

How can state governments most effectively use research evidence when deciding how to spend tax dollars?

How can routines, tools, and practices improve the use of research evidence in state budgeting practices relevant to children?
David Yokum
University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
2024 – 2026
$400,000
Grant

Quantitative Methods for Assessing the Potential to Disrupt Disparities in and through STEM Education

This award provided support for a two-day conference held at the University of Chicago to increase underrepresented scholars in STEM research.
Guanglei Hong
The University Of Chicago
2024 – 2024
$14,999

Articles & More

News
  •  May 29, 2024

Five Early-Career Researchers Selected for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of 2029

The William T. Grant Foundation is delighted to announce the newest class of William T. Grant Scholars: Raquel Muñiz Castro, in the department of educational leadership and higher education at Boston College, will research professional networks’ role in shaping ...
Foundation Staff
Five Early-Career Researchers Selected for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of 2029
Webinars

2024 Webinar: William T. Grant Scholars Program, An Overview of the Program and How to Apply

Hosted by Program Officer Melissa Wooten on May 20, 2024, this webinar provides an overview of the William T. Grant Scholars Program. Melissa an overview of the program’s background and goals ...
Foundation Staff
2024 Webinar: William T. Grant Scholars Program, An Overview of the Program and How to Apply
Blog Post

Ending Well: Bringing Mentoring Relationships to a Close

I recently had the pleasure to spend a few days with scholars and staff from the William T. Grant Mentoring Grant program. Melissa Wooten and I collaborated on a retreat program intended to create brave and visionary spaces for mentors (...
Richard Reddick
Ending Well: Bringing Mentoring Relationships to a Close
News
  •  May 9, 2024

Announcing New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence in our Focus Areas

We are proud to announce eleven new research grants, totaling nearly $5.5 million, in support of six studies on ways to reduce inequality in youth outcomes and five studies on strategies for improving the use of research evidence in ways that ...
Foundation Staff
Announcing New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence in our Focus Areas
Webinars

2024 Webinar: Research Grants on Reducing Inequality, An Overview of the Program and How to Apply

Hosted by Senior Program Officer Jenny Irons and President Adam Gamoran on April 17, 2024, this webinar provides an overview of our research grants on reducing inequality. Jenny and Adam provide an ...
2024 Webinar: Research Grants on Reducing Inequality, An Overview of the Program and How to Apply
Webinars

2024 Webinar: Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence, An Overview of the Program and How to Apply 

Hosted by Program Officer Anupreet Sidhu and Vice President Kim DuMont on April 19, 2024, this webinar provides an overview of our research grants on improving the use of research evidence. Anu ...
2024 Webinar: Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence, An Overview of the Program and How to Apply 
Blog Post

The Power of Networks: Mentoring Beyond the Dyad

I’m drafting this post in January, which has been National Mentoring Month since 2002. It’s as good a time as any to reflect on the developmental networks that have advanced our professional and personal growth. Often, we think about ...
Richard Reddick
The Power of Networks: Mentoring Beyond the Dyad

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